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EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures’ Stage 6 Films has acquired international rights (outside of China) to the dark comedy Bodies Bodies Bodies, from director Halina Reijn (Instinct). The film is billed as a fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake friends, and one party gone very, very wrong. It watches as a game goes awry…

Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) has signed on for a role in the drama Downtown Owl, from Sony Pictures’ Stage 6 Films, Deadline can confirmed. He’s set to star alongside previously announced cast members including Ed Harris, Vanessa Hudgens, Finn Wittrock, Jack Dylan Grazer, August Blanco Rosenstein and Lily…

EXCLUSIVE:  As the American Film Market kicks off this week, Deadline has learned about some executive changes at Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions and Stage 6 Films. Jon Freedberg has been promoted to EVP Content Strategy & Operations of the division. He began with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions in 2008 and…

Sony’s Stage 6 Films has unveiled the first official trailer for A Mouthful of Air, a family drama led by Oscar nominee Amanda Seyfried (Mank) and two-time Emmy nominee Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story), which will be released in theaters on October 29. The first feature written and directed by I Smile Back author…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures' Stage 6 Films has acquired worldwide rights to Breaker Studios' Down with the King, which had its world premiere in the ACID lineup that runs parallel to the Cannes Film Festival and just scored the Grand Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival. Written and directed by Diego Ongaro (Bob…

Bleecker Street and Stage 6 Films have jointly acquired worldwide rights to Summering, a new coming-of-age film from director James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now). Bleecker Street will handle the film’s U.S. release, with Stage 6 overseeing its international distribution. Lia Barnett, Lake Bell, Sarah Cooper, Ashley…

EXCLUSIVE: The Tiffany Haddish and Billy Crystal dramedy Here Today has been picked up by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions' Stage 6 Films and will open in theaters on May 7. Crystal directed the movie, repping his eighth time directing and his third on a feature film. Crystal co-wrote the screenplay with his…

EXCLUSIVE: Stage 6 Films, a production arm of Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, has picked up worldwide distribution rights Long Weekend, a romantic comedy starring Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story) and Zoë Chao (Love Life). The film also stars Happy Endings alums Damon Wayans, Jr. and Casey Wilson as well as C…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures' Stage 6 Films has acquired worldwide rights to Raimi Productions and Starlight Media's supernatural horror film Umma, starring Golden Globe winner Sandra Oh, who also serves as executive producer. Iris K. Shim, wrote the screenplay and will make her feature film directing debut. Fivel…

EXCLUSIVE: In a new clip from the forthcoming musical drama Yellow Rose from Diane Paragas, we are immediately immersed into an intimate moment where Tony-winner and Grammy-nominee Lea Salonga (Mulan, Aladdin) is singing the classic Filipino song “Dahil Sa Iyo (Because of You)” to her child as a lullaby while…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony’s label Stage 6 Films has hired Elizabeth Grave and Tamara Woolfork as SVP of Production and Development and SVP of Business Affairs respectively, under the studio’s Worldwide Acquisitions division. The announcement today was made by Stage 6 co-heads Michael Helfand and Joe Matukewicz. In a joint…

EXCLUSIVE: Vida and Everybody Loves Somebody director Catalina Aguilar Mastretta is set to helm the bilingual comedy Este Día (This Day) from Sony Pictures' Stage 6 Films. Production is slated to start in New York this spring. Mastretta will direct the film from a script written by Borja Cobeaga and Diego San Jose and…