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Sony unveiled the title and first-look teaser for the Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse sequel at the Brazil Comic-Con today. Dubbed Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (Part One), the title implies the film will serve as the first installation of a two-part sequel. The first part is scheduled to release in theaters…

Sony Pictures and Marvel on Tuesday dropped the official trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home, the latest installment of the superhero franchise starring Tom Holland – and in this case Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange. The pic is gearing up for its December 17 release exclusively in theaters. The plot revolves…

EXCLUSIVE: After recently wrapping production on Bullet Train, Sony Pictures is eyeing another popular Japanese IP adaptation. Sources tell Deadline that Julius Avery has been set to direct Gantz for the studio. Based on the manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku, the script will be adapted by Marc…

Update: Sony has moved up its release of Sam Raimi production 65 from May 13, which was in the second weekend of Disney/Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, another film directed by the filmmaker to April 29, 2022. On its new date, 65 stands alone as the only major studio wide release. The movie…

Amy Koppelman writes and makes her feature directorial debut with A Mouthful of Air, which deals with postpartum depression. It’s a subject that doesn’t exactly top the list of surefire box office draws, but fits perfectly into Koppelman’s entire creative oeuvre as primarily a novelist whose main topic is motherhood…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has set Jon Croker (High In The Clouds) to adapt anticipated fantasy novel series Skandar And The Unicorn Thief, which was acquired by Simon and Schuster and Sony in seven-figure deals last year. The first book in author A.F Steadman's series, which is set to launch in spring 2022, follows a…

After the 2018 origin story Venom was critically reviled but a commercial smash at $825 million in worldwide box office, a sequel to the stand-alone flick spotlighting one of Spider-Man’s most notorious villains was inevitable. This time, star Tom Hardy, who plays the title role in Venom: Let There Be Carnage, has…

Tony Vinciquerra, CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, says a decision to release Venom: Let There Be Carnage two weeks early shows the film studio “demonstrating our confidence that people will be going to the movies, if the Delta Variant seems to be receding a bit.” He says that was the clear takeaway from Disney’s…

Sony Pictures announced a slew of release dates late Thursday, including its Whitney Houston and George Foreman biopics, children’s book adaptation Harold and the Purple Crayon and its acquired title A Mouthful of Air. The studio also moved back the opening of Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile by four months. I Wanna Dance with So…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony has preemptively bought the spec The Dryline written by David Rothley, with Joel Silver attached to produce. Patrick Brennan will serve as exec producer. Sources add development is still early on the project and no director or talent are attached at this time. Plot details are being kept under…

EXCLUSIVE: With filming wrapped on the third Fantastic Beasts film, David Yates is looking to take a break from the universe of Harry Potter as the director has his sights set on a new drama at Sony. Sources tell Deadline, Yates is in talks to direct an untitled original film for Sony Pictures, with the original…

EXCLUSIVE: Former eOne Asia Pacific boss Troy Lum is officially launching new Australia-New Zealand distributor Kismet, with a slate of projects including Cannes hits and pre-sale titles. Kismet is headed by Lum, founder of local indie Hopscotch, and Jason Hernandez, former Head of Theatrical Distribution at eOne…