Pacific Rim: Uprising actress Cailee Spaeny is in talks for the lead role in Blumhouse/Sony’s The Craft remake, Deadline has confirmed. Zoe Lister-Jones is attached to write and direct the project, which is based on the 1996 original, which followed a newcomer at a Catholic prep high school who falls in with a trio of…

EXCLUSIVE: With the upcoming departure of Sony Studio Operations & Imageworks President Randy Lake to DreamWorks Animation as their new COO, Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman Tom Rothman has expanded the roles of Sony execs Jon Hookstratten and Carrie Ferman on the Culver City lot today, Deadline has learned. Jon…

Disruption in the entertainment business can sometimes come in unlikely forms. Witness Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, whose earnest name and humble corporate headquarters in Cos Cob, CT, belie its aggressive acquisition drive and canny knack for outmaneuvering larger rivals. The company’s Brooklyn-born CEO, B…

As it continues to partner on international productions, China's Tencent Pictures today said it has boarded a pair of upcoming titles. They include Sony/TriStar’s Mister Rogers pic A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood led by Tom Hanks as the children’s TV host. It has also become an equity partner on Constantin Film’s M…

4th Update Sunday AM writethru, after Friday midday and Saturday AM updates If you’re a rival major studio in the Disney-Fox era and you want to continue to play around with franchises, you have to make a movie that’s so outstanding, there’s no question in any person’s mind that they should go to the cinema. The…

Any sweat Sony is apt to endure this weekend with the potential under-performance of Men in Black: International will be extremely alleviated in less than three weeks when their Marvel Cinematic Universe co-production Spider-Man: Far From Home puts summer back on track with a $170M-plus opening over six days. And…

With sequelitis in full swing at the domestic box office before Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 4 changes that course, Sony is plotting for its responsibly-budgeted reboot of Men in Black: International to carry the load exactly there — overseas.  Currently, industry estimates are now at $30M in U.S. Canada at 4,200 theaters…

When Ghostbusters 3 arrives in theaters next summer, Sigourney Weaver will be along for the ride. The actress confirmed she’ll join co-stars Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd in the sequel, as she reprises her role as cellist Dana Barrett. "It's going to be crazy working with the guys again!" Weaver told Parade magazine in…

It doesn’t seem that any suitor is out of the game yet but there has been persistent chatter over the past few weeks that WarnerMedia and Apple may have emerged as frontrunners to land J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production company. Over the past couple of months, Abrams and his team had engaged with the two…

Sony’s Spider-Man: Far From Home has been confirmed for a June 28 release date in China, meaning it will open a few days ahead of domestic’s July 2 debut. The early date is a Friday, but mirrors somewhat the jump that Disney/Marvel's Avengers: Endgame had in the market when it bowed on a Wednesday, two days before…

EXCLUSIVE: For moviegoers interested in a new way to experience Spider-Man, Sony has set its first partnership with CJ 4DPlex to convert this summer’s Spider-Man: Far from Home into the 270-degree, panoramic ScreenX format. The July 2 release will be the studio’s first in the new format. Sony and CJ had previously…

EXCLUSIVE: The high-end luxury goods and bling of the Men in Black agents including their cars, watches, sunglasses and suits, are part of the prolific estimated $75M promotional push for Sony’s June 14 reboot of the hit franchise Men in Black: International.  That figure is close to the media value reaped by…