Keith Le Goy Named Sony Pictures Chairman of Distribution and Networks

As part of a reconfiguration of its Worldwide Television Distribution operations, Lionsgate has promoted Kate Nexon and Chase Brisbin to new roles. Nexon has been elevated to EVP of Domestic Television & Digital Distribution, and Brisbin, to EVP of International Television & Digital Distribution.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterLionsgate is reconfiguring its worldwide television distribution operations and promoting two executives as it looks to capitalize on the demand for premium content in an ever-competitive market, with more personnel announcements expected in the weeks to come.Kate Nexon, most recently senior vice president of North American TV and digital sales, has been upped to executive vice president of domestic TV and digital distribution, where her duties have been expanded to

EXCLUSIVE; Sony Pictures has set Will Speck & Josh Gordon to direct Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, based on the bestselling Bernard Waber children’s book. Will Davies is adapting the screenplay and it will be a live action hybrid film. The picture will be released July 22, 2022.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla HBO Max has given a series order to the family-friendly comedy “Gordita Chronicles” that hails from Sony Pictures TV, Zoe Saldana’s Cinestar Pictures and Osprey Productions.The Latino-focused series stars Diana-Maria Riva (“Dead to Me,” “Telenovela”), Juan Javier Cardenas (“Snowfall,” “9-1-1: Lone Star”) and Olivia Goncalves (“Scooter McGruder”).Claudia Forestieri (“Good Trouble,” “Selena: The Series”), wrote the pilot and Eva Longoria directed.

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Antonio Ferme editorSony Pictures Classics has updated its summer release plans for “I Carry You With Me,” “12 Mighty Orphans” and “The Lost Leonardo.” All three films are set to screen at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival both in person and virtually.The world premiere of the art documentary “The Lost Leonardo” will screen at Tribeca on June 13 at The Battery.

UPDATED, 11:18 AM: Sony Pictures Classics has set for release dates for two more of its pics that will screen at the Tribeca: Art world documentary The Lost Leonardo will bow August 13 in Los Angeles and New York, and GLAAD Media Award nominee I Carry You with Me hits L.A. and NYC theaters on June 25. Both will expand in the weeks after their debuts, with Lost Leonardo going nationwide.

Do Sony Pictures have something on their hands that none of us know about? Because Sony has dated a non-franchise crime drama for summer 2022: an adaptation of Delia Owens‘ celebrated first novel, “Where the Crawdads Sing,” now scheduled for a June 24, 2022 release.

Sony Pictures has announced that its anticipated drama, Where the Crawdads Sing, will hit theaters on June 24, 2022.

Sony Pictures Classics is releasing the fantastical drama Nine Days in New York and L.A. theaters on July 30, with plans to roll the film out nationwide on August 6.

EXCLUSIVE: In her feature debut, singer Camila Cabello will be seen fitted for the glass slipper on Amazon Prime. Amazon Studios has acquired worldwide rights to the Kay Cannon-directed musical Cinderella from Sony Pictures.

EXCLUSIVE: The Good Doctor creator David Shore has re-upped his overall deal with Sony Pictures Television, extending his long-running relationship with the studio behind the hit ABC medical drama, which was just renewed for a fifth season.

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has unveiled a new Creative Diversity Fund to be operated across its international production group, starting with its U.K.-based entities, which include recently acquired Sex Education producer Eleven Films and The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures. Sony says the aim of the program —part of Sony's Sony Pictures Action initiative — is to help build a community of diverse creative talent within the international television industry.

Ben Shephard was called out by viewers of Good Morning Britain after making a royal blunder on Friday morning. The 46 year old accidentally called Prince William and Kate Middleton the 'The Duke and Duchess of Sussex' – mixing them up with Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle.

Sony Pictures Entertainment veteran exec Keith Le Goy has been named chairman of distribution and networks.

EXCLUSIVE:  Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has acquired global rights to Maven Screen Media’s A Mouthful of Air based on Amy Koppelman’s novel of the same name.

Keith Le Goy has been promoted to chairman of distribution and networks at Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Sony sold 3.3 million PlayStation 5 consoles in the final quarter of fiscal 2020, bringing its full-year tally up to 7.8 million. That helped offset what the Japanese company referred to as a “significant decrease in sales” at Sony Pictures.Sticking with the good news at gaming, Sony now touts a PlayStation Plus subscriber count of 47.6 million, which is up nearly 15% from last year.Sony’s operating income for the final quarter was 342.2 billion yen.

Refresh for latest…: Sony Pictures Entertainment saw its full-year 2020 profits rise 21%, to $762M, despite a 25% decrease in sales to $7.2B. Both are results of the impact of the coronavirus. With movie theaters shut around the world for a large portion of the year, and amid a production slowdown, revenues were affected. Conversely, lower spend on theatrical marketing and higher home entertainment sales had a positive effect on profits.