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Naomie Harris is in talks to portray the sonic-powered villain Shriek in the upcoming sequel to Venom, which returns Tom Hardy in the title role and features Woody Harrelson as the fan-favorite bad guy called Carnage. Shriek has been closely associated with Carnage in the pages of Marvel Comics since her introduction…

EXCLUSIVE: It looks like Carnage will have company in Sony’s upcoming Venom sequel. The Marvel Comics character called Shriek has been incorporated into the plot of the Venom sequel (due in theaters on Oct. 2, 2020), according to two sources close to the project. A Sony spokesman declined comment, citing the…

Sony Pictures is starting to take meetings to lock down a director for Venom 2, the sequel to last year’s Marvel villain pic that grossed $856.1 million worldwide. We hear that it’s only at the meeting stages at this point, and no offers are out, but that the list of helmers includes Mowgli and Breathe director Andy…

Sony Corp is reporting its full year 2018 earnings from Tokyo this morning with a 30% hike in profits at the Pictures division to $489M. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, the electronics and entertainment giant overall increased operating income by 22% to $8B. Sony Pictures Entertainment did see a 3%…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysteri…

FX Networks continues to snap up all marquee movie titles that become available. Over the past six months, the network has acquired such commercial and critical hits as Venom and the Oscar-nominated Bohemian Rhapsody, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and Green Book. FX, whose movie deals also include streaming rights…

Notably boosted by the theatrical strength of Venom, Sony Pictures saw an improved third quarter for the fiscal year 2018, rising to 11.6B yen ($106.5M) in profits versus 10.5B yen in the comparable period of 2017. The Pictures division logged a 6% increase in sales to 276.7B yen ($2.54B) due in part to the muscular…

With $41.66B worldwide, movie theater turnstiles spun to another record in 2018. Largely boosted by domestic receipts, the total includes a preliminary comScore estimate of $29.8B from the international box office. That's also a record, though just a 1% increase on 2017 with some offshore markets stung by exchange…

Venom was the surprise sensation among 2018’s many superhero films (the $100 million project piled up $856 million in global box office) so it’s no surprise at all that Sony’s sequel effort is ramping up: Kelly Marcel, one of the screenwriters on the first film, has been hired to begin writing a follow-up to showcase…

IMAX is rolling out its ‘Enhanced’ home ent content via partnerships with streamers Tencent Video (China), FandangoNow (U.S.) and Rakuten TV (Europe), and device partners Arcam, Elite, Integra, Lexicon, Onkyo, Pioneer, TCL and Trinnov. Among first movies made available in the program will be Sony’s Venom and <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/alpha/" id="auto-tag_alpha"…

SUNDAY UPDATE, writethru…: The tide was with Warner Bros/DC's Aquaman this weekend in China where the James Wan-directed pic splashed out on a huge $93.6M (RMB 644.8M) opening. This is the biggest Middle Kingdom launch frame ever for WB, surpassing Ready Player One by 66%, and the best ever for the month of December…

After nearly four weeks of sinking its fangs into the Chinese box office, Sony's Venom has been granted an extended run. Through Monday, the Tom Hardy-starrer has grossed $263.6M locally, taking the past frame at No. 2 behind China breakout A Cool Fish. It had earlier held No. 1 during its first two weeks of play…