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U.S. stock dipped Tuesday after Apple warned it wouldn’t hit sales forecasts for the current quarter as the deadly coronavirus is impeding production and sales in China. Apple has been trading down about 2.3% for most of the session and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 200 points. It’s not a massive…

As we close the book on one of the most truncated and stressful Oscar seasons in history, the mindsets of many studio and network executives will soon turn to another case of agita: AMPTP’s upcoming contract negotiations with the WGA and the possibility of a writers strike. Speaking to Deadline on the Oscars red…

EXCLUSIVE:  With cameras set to roll on Thursday, Sony is rounding out the cast for Kay Cannon’s new telling of Cinderella, starring Camila Cabello. Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Minnie Driver is set to play Queen Beatrice, with Grammy-Award winning musician Missy Elliott in talks to play the role of the Town…

Activist investor Daniel Loeb’s hedge fund Third Point, after buzzing around Sony for years, urged the conglomerate to continue selling off non-strategic assets, insisting that the media and entertainment businesses can “stand alone.” Loeb also commended Sony for strong returns in 2019 but said in a letter to…

With the BAFTA Film Awards fast approaching this Sunday, London is poised to start swinging into revelry from Friday through to the wee hours of Monday morning. The party roster this year as compared to last is slightly different, but that shouldn't dampen the spirit of the home stretch towards the Oscars on February…

Hollywood action and comedy heavyweights Jason Statham and Kevin Hart are in talks to star in The Man From Toronto,  which is being directed by The Expendables 3 and The Hitman’s Bodyguard helmer Patrick Hughes.  The action-comedy is slated for release November 20 via Sony Pictures. Robbie Fox (Playing for Keeps)…

EXCLUSIVE: Former Columbia Pictures marketing chief and industry vet Christine Birch is opening the doors to The ROYGBIV Collective, a new consulting firm which will provide media, tech, and lifestyle companies with powerful strategic narratives across their positioning, creative branding, messaging and overall…

Sony Pictures and filmmaker Will Gluck are extending their longtime partnership as the Culver City-based studio has renewed its first-look deal with Gluck's Olive Bridge Entertainment. In addition to new deal, the studio also announced two new projects in development: Much Ado, a modern retelling of Shakespeare's Much…

EXCLUSIVE: Maddie Baillio and Charlotte Spencer have landed the roles of the stepsisters in Sony Pictures and writer-director Kay Cannon's Cinderella retelling. Señorita crooner Camila Cabello stars in the film along with Pierce Brosnan, Billy Porter, Idina Menzel, and Nicholas Galitzine. The re-imagined musical…

After beginning limited overseas rollout in late December, Sony's Little Women continues marching to strong numbers. With two Golden Globe nominations on Sunday, the Greta Gerwig-directed update of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel has enjoyed notable post-Christmas launches in the UK, Australia/New Zealand, France…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony/Seven Bucks/Matt Tolmach Productions' Jumanji: The Next Level is closing in on its predecessor, Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle. With a $548.8M worldwide gross through January 2, the Dwayne Johnson-starrer now counts $209.7M domestic and $339.1M from the international box office. Comparatively at the…

Editors note: The 2019 domestic box office figures are for the period of January 1-December 29. We will update further on January 2. With the total 2019 domestic box office expected to ring up close to $11.4 billion according to Comscore, down 4% from last year’s banner $11.88B, and the forecast that 2020 will be down…