Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Pedro Almodovar & Penelope Cruz Reteam ‘Madres Paralelas’

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.

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.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentMorena Films, one of Spain’s biggest movie production forces, has closed Spanish distribution on “On the Fringes,” starring Penelope Cruz and Luis Tosar (“The Minions of Midas”).The feature debut of actor-turned-director Juan Diego Botto (“White Lines,” “Good Behavior”), “On the Fringes” (“En las margenes”) will be released in Spain by the Wild Bunch-owned Vértice Cine.Scheduled to shoot in Madrid from October and sold by the U.K.’s Bankside Films,

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.

Salma Hayek and Penelope Cruz have been best friends for years and what better way to wish your nearest and dearest a happy birthday than with a throwback swimsuit photo or two!Salma was eager to celebrate Penelope’s big day and the images she posted on Instagram blew their fans away. MORE: Salma Hayek posts incredible rare photo with husband - and she looks amazing The Mexican-born actress shared two side-by-side images of herself and the Vanilla Sky star and they were as stunning as each

Penélope Cruz is celebrating her 47th birthday, and we wanted to take a walk to memory lane and enjoy the best fashion moments of the Spanish actress and model. Cruz started her modeling career at the age of 15, and at 16 years old, she debuted as an actress on television and later in the 1992 film Jamón Jamón.Throughout the years, she consolidated as a Hollywood superstar and fashion icon thanks to her ever-so-chic style.

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.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterLongtime Sony Pictures Entertainment executive Keith Le Goy has been named the studio’s chairman of worldwide distribution and networks.Le Goy joins SPE motion picture group’s Tom Rothman and global TV studios and corporate development’s Ravi Ahuja as one of three chairman-level leaders running the studio’s business under Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman and CEO Tony Vinciquerra.Here’s the full memo from Vinciquerra:I am pleased to announce that Keith Le Goy has

Spanish actress Penelope Cruz celebrates her 47th birthday today! Ever since making her big-screen debut in the acclaimed 1992 Spanish rom-com Jamon, Jamon, Penelope Cruz has slowly risen to international superstardom.

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.

Talk about Hollywood power couples! From Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, to Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz — and a few pairs of exes — there are quite a few duos who have both had the honor of winning Oscars.

th collaboration between El Deseo and Sony Pictures Classics. It also reunites the filmmaker with longtime collaborators Cruz, Serrano and de Palma.“Madres Paralelas” is a drama that centers on three mothers, portrayed by Cruz, Gijón and Smit.