Seeing as Marvel Studios won’t do it anytime soon, Sony has reportedly pledged to release a female-led superhero film in 2017. According to Deadline, they’ll find a female character from the Spider-Man universe (which Sony holds the rights to) to base a movie around. It follows news of them delaying The Amazing Spider-Man 3 to 2018 following the exit […]
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‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ is getting his own movie (one per year, actually)
June 11, 2014 
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Sonic, beloved video game character and bane of egg-shaped doctors around the world, is ready for his close-up. Deadline reports a new partnership between Sony and SEGA, which will result in one new feature film based around Sonic the Hedgehog per year. That’s the plan anyway, with each movie focusing on SEGA legend Sonic facing off […]
Continue readingBarbie to get her own live-action movie
April 24, 2014 0 Comments
Barbie is ready for her close up. Mattel has set up a live-action Barbie movie at Sony Pictures, Variety reports. The picture, written by Jenny Bicks, is expected to begin shooting by the end of the year, and will be a comedy. (Hopefully a self-aware one.) It’s not the first time a Barbie movie has […]
Continue readingSony ensnare Drew Goddard for their ‘Spider-Man’ spinoff ‘Sinister Six’
April 8, 2014 0 Comments
Sony is making good on their promise to foster a Marvel-like franchise based around Spider-Man by recruiting Drew Goddard as director of a Sinister Six movie. According to Deadline, Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods) is nearing a deal with the studio to make a movie based around Spidey’s most notorious enemies. The Sinister Six is being set-up in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and include super-villains Electro, […]
Continue readingHumans get smurfed: ‘The Smurfs 3’ to be an entirely animated reboot
March 13, 2014 0 Comments
Expect The Smurfs to return to cinemas in 2015. Just don’t expect Neil Patrick Harris to be back with them. Sony Pictures – not messing around – confirmed an August 2015 release date for a third Smurfs movie, while also making the surprise announcement that it would be an entirely animated reboot, surely a response to the previous […]
Continue readingIs Sony prepping a ‘Last of Us’ movie?
December 2, 2013 0 Comments
Sony has registered a number of website domains for the hit PS3 video game The Last of Us, suggesting they’re getting ready to make a film adaptation. IGN advises us to take this with a “giraffe-sized grain of salt,” and it’s probably good advice. Still, Sony’s online brand protection agency MarkMonitor purchasing the domains “TheLastOfUs-Movie.com” and “TheLastOfUsMovie.net” […]
Continue readingLive-action Captain Planet movie coming together
July 1, 2013 0 Comments
Producers Don Murphy, Susan Montford, and Mark Gordon have found a studio for their proposed Captain Planet movie, almost two years after announcing their intentions to the world. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony Pictures is in final negotiations to pick up the rights to the animated environmental series. The show featured five Earth-loving teens […]
Continue readingCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs sequel gets a release date
March 13, 2012 0 Comments
The sequel to the wonderful animated comedy Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs has secured a release date. According to Box Office Mojo, Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers will hit cinemas December 20, 2013. This means Sony Pictures expects the film to be a big player during the 2013/2014 holiday season, which is fair enough considering the original film’s surprise […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Amazing Spider-Man
February 8, 2012 2 Comments
The feature trailer for Marc Webb‘s The Amazing Spider-Man has arrived online, featuring a glut of new footage for those tired of poring over the teaser. The trailer, as well as some bonus footage and Q&As with the cast and filmmakers, was simultaneously debuted by Sony Pictures across the world at an event entitled The […]
Continue readingSony set to Smurf-up Popeye
November 4, 2011 3 Comments
Following the surprise success of The Smurfs, Sony Pictures Animation are set to bring another beloved retro cartoon character to the big screen. Deadline reports Smurfs scribes Jay Scherick and David Ronn have been recruited to pen Popeye and introduce a new generation to the spinach-eating sailorman. Popeye will, of course, be in 3D. Discuss: Looking […]
Continue readingWitherspoon and Segel wanted for Sex Tape
October 31, 2011 0 Comments
Back in June, Sony paid seven-figures for a spec script with the tantalising title Sex Tape. Nearly half a year later, they’re making good on the deal and recruiting some talent to bring the raunchy tale to the screen. According to Deadline, the studio has offered Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) the opportunity to direct, […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
September 22, 2011 1 Comment
The feature trailer for David Fincher‘s adaptation of the bestselling novel The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo has debuted online. Last week, ahead of media screenings of Straw Dogs in the US, Sony premiered eight new minutes of footage from Fincher’s upcoming flick. Although we don’t have access to that nugget of goodness, this new […]
Continue readingSony pays seven-figures for Sex Tape
June 7, 2011 0 Comments
Sony Pictures will develop a spec script with the working title Sex Tape, in a seven figure deal, according to Deadline. The screenplay, written by Kate Angelo, follows a married couple who decide to spice up their relationship and make a sex tape. When they wake the following morning and find the tape is missing […]
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