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During the tail end of Sony’s film slate presentation at CinemaCon, chairman Tom Rothman revealed that the next Jumanji will arrive December 2019, and implored the exhibition crowd. “Don’t give all your screens to Star Wars,” he said. A reboot of the 1995 Robin Williams hit, Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle surpassed…

FX continues to stock up on big movie titles. FX was an early adopter of the strategy, opting to spend the bulk of its acquisition budget on theatrical films instead of off-network shows. Along with original content, which is the main ratings driver for any network, movies have been a solid viewership generator on…

Sony capped off their CinemaCon presentation tonight with a brand new five-minute clip of its upcoming Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, due out on Dec. 22. Introducing Dwayne Johnson, the studio’s worldwide marketing and distribution chief Josh Greenstein said that the movie will appeal to everyone “from eight to…

Refresh for updates: Sony is kicking off the first night of CinemaCon and, boy, are we seeing a lot tonight. On deck are Sony Pictures Motion Group Chairman Tom Rothman, global marketing and distribution chief Josh Greenstein and worldwide distribution chief Rory Bruer. Tonight here in Las Vegas the Culver City, CA…

EXCLUSIVE: Radar Pictures and Ted Field won't be seeing any money from Jumanji when it comes out on December 22 – at least until a $2 million debt is paid off. In a court order dated December 20, Judge Gerald Rosenberg formally assigned funds and fees that Field or his company might get from their executive producing…

EXCLUSIVE: Tim Matheson has joined the cast of Jumanji, Sony Pictures and Village Roadshow’s new adventure based on the 1995 movie and the original book. Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart star alongside Jack Black, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Rhys Darby and Morgan Turner in the pic, which was just slotted into a December…

UPDATE with more release date changes: Sony Pictures has made several changes to its release schedule, moving some films and dating others for the first time. First up, The Dark Tower, the long-in-the-works adaptation of the Stephen King fantasy series, has been moved off its current February 2017 release date. It…

Sony Pictures and Dalian Wanda Group have announced in China and confirmed yesterday’s Deadline scoop that the China-based conglomerate will partner on numerous Sony tent poles with global appeal. (Release follows this update). On some films, Wanda will mainly provide marketing help in launching films in China, and on…

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Rhys Darby and Morgan Turner are the latest to join the cast of  Sony’s Jumanji. Out July 28, the continuation to the original is toplined by Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, and Nick Jonas. Helmed by Jake Kasdan, Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner wrote the most recent version…

EXCLUSIVE: Ser’Darius Blain and Madison Iseman have joined the cast of Jumanji, the Jake Kasdan-directed Sony remake that stars Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan and Nick Jonas. Said to be a continuation of the 1995 Robin Williams-starrer, Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner wrote the script based on…

EXCLUSIVE: Karen Gillan has landed a major role in Sony’s Jumanji, the Jake Kasdan-directed pic that toplines Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Nick Jonas. It’s the final piece of the casting puzzle for the pic, which now is set to kick off principal photography next month in Honolulu. The Scotland-born…

EXCLUSIVE: Nick Jonas is in talks to join Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Jack Black in the Jake Kasdan-directed reimagining of Jumanji that Sony Pictures has set for a July 28, 2017 release. Matt Tolmach is producing. While Jonas is best known for his singing voice as a solo artist who started as one of the Jonas…