Sony Pictures Classics to Buy Sundance Hit 'Smashed' (Exclusive)

February 5, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 4 days ago

Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars in "Smashed," which Sony Pictures Classics is on the verge of acquiring out of Sundance (Exclusive)

  

Sony Pictures Classics Nabs Rights to Jacques Audiard's 'Rust and Bone'

February 1, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 week ago

The film from the "A Prophet" director stars Marion Cotillard

  

Sony Classics Picks Up 'Neil Young Journeys'

October 11, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 17 weeks ago

The company has acquired rights to Jonathan Demme's movie, "Neil Young Journeys"

  

Sony Classics Picks Up Toronto Winner 'Where Do We Go Now?'

September 28, 2011 By Steve Pond 19 weeks ago

Film was previously chosen as Lebanon's entry into Academy's Foreign-Language race

  

TIFF, Day 4: Memories, Deceit and Breasts

September 12, 2011 By Steve Pond 21 weeks ago

Which movie mogul went to high school with Stevie Ray Vaughan? Sunday's fest provided the answer

  

How Corey Stoll Manned Up for Hemingway in 'Midnight in Paris'

August 26, 2011 By Steve Pond 23 weeks ago

"His voice was actually kind of high and reedy, with a little bit of a lisp -- it doesn't fit at all with what we see in the film"

  

'Midnight in Paris' Getting Another Box-Office Push in Late August

August 17, 2011 By Steve Pond 25 weeks ago

Sony Classics is re-expanding distribution for Allen's top-grossing film as it nears the $50 million mark

  

Sony Classics Scoops Up Lawrence Kasdan's 'Darling Companion'

July 27, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 28 weeks ago

Movie stars Kevin Kline, Diane Keaton and Dianne Wiest

  

For Woody Allen, 'Midnight in Paris' Is No. 1 (Updated)

July 14, 2011 By Steve Pond 30 weeks ago

At some point on Friday, Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" will officially become the veteran director's top-grossing film ever

  

Sony Classics to Theaters: Help Woody's 'Midnight' Break the Record, or Else!

July 8, 2011 By Steve Pond 30 weeks ago

The studio has been unusually aggressive, threatening to take exhibitors off service if they don't help "Midnight" become Allen's most profitable film ever

  

'Midnight in Paris' -- Will It Be Woody Allen's Biggest Hit Ever?

June 24, 2011 By Steve Pond 32 weeks ago

This week the comedy became the director's top grosser in a quarter century; one more giant hurdle awaits

  

Sony Pictures Classics Nabs Cronenberg's 'A Dangerous Method'

June 16, 2011 By Brent Lang 34 weeks ago

The Carl Jung biopic stars Viggo Mortenson, Keira Knightley and Michael Fassbender

  

Cannes: Sony Classics Buys Israeli Drama 'Footnote'

May 13, 2011 By Steve Pond 38 weeks ago

SPC's first purchase at Cannes is Joseph Cedar drama about father-son rivalry

  

Sponsors Rule At Morgan Spurlock's Premiere

April 21, 2011 By Steve Pond 42 weeks ago

Dcumentarian launches "POM Wonderful Presents the Greatest Movie Ever Sold" by touting his array of sponsors at premiere and party

  

Sony Pictures Classics Nabs Rights to Roman Polanski's 'Carnage'

April 14, 2011 By Brent Lang 43 weeks ago

Studio will release film in North America by the end of the year

  

Sony Picks Up Rapaport's Tribe Called Quest Doc 'Beats, Rhymes & Life'

March 10, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 48 weeks ago

Actor's directorial debut about legendary rap group screened at Sundance

  

Sony Pictures Classics Acquires U.S. Rights to 'In Darkness'

February 15, 2011 By Brent Lang 51 weeks ago

Polish films centers on a thief who risks his life to help Jewish refugees during World War II

  

UPDATED: Sundance 2011 Deal Scorecard = 34 Films Sold!

January 26, 2011 By Dominic Patten & Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Studios were on a buying spree this year in Park City. With the festival now completed, TheWrap does the numbers on who has what and how many of them

  

Director Morgan Spurlock on 'The Greatest Movie Ever Sold'

January 26, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

The documentary filmmaker predicts that some brands will begin to question the need for agencies

  

Sony Classics Acquires Spurlock's 'Greatest Movie'

January 20, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

With the documentary filmmaker gorging himself on movie product placement instead of Big Macs this time, Sony Classics makes an early Sundance pickup

  

Sony Pictures Classics Takes Jeff Nichols' Drama 'Take Shelter'

January 18, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain and Shea Whigham star in the apocalyptic drama

  

TIFF's Day 3: Ebert’s Tweet-off, and Subtitles Gone Bad

September 12, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The top specialty divisions both throw parties, but TIFF malfunctions wreak havoc

  

Good Morning Hollywood, August 13: The Producer Strikes Back

August 13, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Han Solo escapes death, and evil ex-boyfriends line up

  

Robert Duvall, Lucas Black Reunite for Indie Golf Drama

July 28, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Melissa Leo, Deborah Ann Woll and Brian Geraghty co-star in Matthew Dean Russell's "Seven Days in Utopia"

  

Sony Pictures Gets North American Rights to 'Life, Above All'

June 28, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Film tells the story of girl growing up in South African village

  

'Of Gods and Men' Goes to Sony Classics

May 21, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

SPC acquires Xavier Beauvois drama about conflict between Christian monks and Muslim extremists

  

Cannes, Day 10: Winding Down

May 21, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Politics are in the air as the festival enters its final few days

  

Sony Classics Grabs 'Another Year'

May 18, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Mike Leigh drama becomes first major Cannes acquisition

  

Sony Classics Picks Up 'Made in Dagenham'

April 13, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Nigel Cole feature is "Erin Brockovich"-style workplace tale

  

Sony Pictures Classics Acquires 'Winter in Wartime'

February 1, 2010 By Wrap Staff 2 years ago

Set in World War II, movie is Dutch entry for Oscars

  

Sony Pictures Classics Picks Up 'Mother'

November 2, 2009 By Wrap Staff 2 years ago

Rodrigo Garcia's film premiered at Toronto Film Festival.

  

SPC Buys Tolstoy Drama 'The Last Station'

October 3, 2009 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

Helen Mirren and James McAvoy star in story of last days of Russian writer.