Sony patents a PlayStation controller to be used with a portable screen

With Spider-Man: No Way Home now out in theaters, Disney and Sony are “actively beginning to develop” where the web-slinger’s story goes next, says Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige.

Who says people love to stay home and stream movies? Proving that theatrical is still king, Sony/Disney/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home rang up a massive $50M, the third highest preview night ever, and the most money Sony has ever seen for a Thursday preview night that easily buries the previous high we’ve seen during the pandemic, that being for Disney/Marvel’s Black Widow at $13.2M.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorYou can learn a lot about a company by watching what assets it buys and what assets it sells. Sony Pictures Entertainment has been busy over the past four and a half years with a steady stream of deal activity.Most of the transactions haven’t made big headlines because they haven’t involved big dollars compared with megabucks media mergers and acquisitions of late.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Recording Academy has announced that Sony Music Group Chairman Rob Stringer will receive the 2022 Grammy Salute to Industry Icons award “for his leadership, impact and dedication to advancing innovation in the music industry.” Stringer will be honored at Clive Davis’ and the Recording Academy’s Pre-Grammy Gala, which is scheduled to return to the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles — in person — on Sunday, Jan.

Sony Pictures has pushed back Brad Pitt actioner “Bullet Train” three months to July 2022, the studio announced on Tuesday.

Before Spider-Man: No Way Home dominates the world this weekend and 2022 sets in, Sony has moved its David Leitch Brad Pitt action movie Bullet Train and Hello Sunshine production Where the Crawdads Sing to July, respectively July 15 and July 22.

Sony Pictures CEO Tom Rothman is sharing some new details about Tom Holland‘s future in the MCU.

Sony Music Publishing has extended its deal with 2021 Eurovision winners Mâneskin. Originally signed in 2017, the deal covers the band’s past and future catalogue.“It has been a huge privilege to work with Måneskin over the past four years, because they reflect how music should be – free-spoken, inclusive, and authentic – and it’s why their songs are so incredible”, says Paola Balestrazzi, A&R Director at Sony Music Publishing Italy.

We’re likely going to see more collaboration between Sony Pictures and the Disney-owned Marvel Studios for future “Spider-Man” installments with teasing of a new trilogy from producer Amy Pascal and “Spider-Man 4” potentially already in development stages. There had been assumptions about the new deal struck between former Disney CEO Bob Iger and Sony’s Tom Rothman, during an in-depth interview with The Hollywood Reporter, actor Tom Holland revealed what the deal actually entails.

What’s going to happen to the live-action ‘Spider-Man’ film franchise after “Spider-Man: No Way Home?” Tom Holland seems unsure, but producer Amy Pascal wants to keep having the actor appear as Peter Parker for years to come, hinting that a new trilogy is on the way.

Sony has been approved a patent for player-influenced gaming environments alike to Death Stranding, suggesting that the studio and Hideo Kojima have more plans for the universe – perhaps with the long-rumoured Death Stranding 2.The patent, submitted by Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2019, was granted yesterday (December 7).

GSN, the game-focused media brand owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, has promoted longtime sales chief John Zaccario to the position of president.

Before Tom Holland put on his Spider-Man tights and began swinging around New York City for Sony/Marvel Studios, the actor was probably best known for his stage work, particularly in the musical, “Billy Elliott.” And through various interviews and whatnot, we’ve seen Holland show that he has plenty of dance moves. So, obviously, he’d make a pretty great Fred Astaire.

Sony is reportedly planning to consolidate its existing PlayStation subscription services into one package, potentially to take on Microsoft’s all-encompassing Xbox Game Pass.The move comes from a Bloomberg report citing “people familiar with Sony’s plans” and claims the project is currently codenamed “Spartacus”.At present, Sony has two subscription packages.

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Naman Ramachandran The Indian arm of Sony is planning to produce local content that has the potential to travel globally.Speaking at Singapore’s Asia TV Forum and Market on Friday, Vivek Krishnani, MD at Sony Pictures Entertainment Films India, said: “We are strongly focusing on creating Indian IPs, which can crossover into the mainstream and therefore, to that extent, some of the content that we’re creating for certain OTT [streaming] platforms, does have the ability to appeal to audiences,

Naman Ramachandran Sony Pictures Television has confirmed the long-rumored acquisition of U.K. independent production outfit Bad Wolf.Bad Wolf’s credits include “His Dark Materials,” “Industry,” “The Night Of,” “A Discovery of Witches” and “I Hate Suzie.”Sony has taken a majority stake in the company, which includes buying out the minority stakes held in Bad Wolf by Sky/HBO and Access Entertainment.

Sony Interactive Entertainment patent has been found which details plans for a new UI. It is possible that the PlayStation 5 interface could be getting an upgrade.Japanese gaming blog Game Jouhou & Blog 2.0, which gathers gaming information and rumours, has found a new patent registered by Sony.