Sony Pictures Television Names Dylan Massin Executive VP of Production, Ups Adam Moos to Head of Production Operations

General Hospital is making a big change in the writers room.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony, which kicked off CinemaCon last year, is skipping this year’s exhibitor-studio conference in Las Vegas, NV which runs April 8-11 at Caesar’s Palace.

“The first time I came to this studio was 1940 when my father brought me here to show me the stage and I was about 9 or 10 years old, and I thought, some day this will all be mine! It’s finally come to be – it’s only taken me 92 years to get here!”, said 5 time Oscar winning and 53 times-nominated legendary composer John Williams after the curtain was raised on the iconic Sony Pictures Entertainment lot’s newly renamed John Williams Music Building.

EXCLUSIVE: Hera Pictures, the indie behind Jodie Comer-starrer The End We Start From and Sky/Starz’ upcoming Mary & George, is developing a TV version of Joanna Quinn’s hit novel The Whalebone Theatre.

Alec Musser has sadly passed away.

Adam Sandler has taken to social media to express his condolences following the loss of Alec Musser.

Ruth Ashton Taylor, a pioneer as the first female television newscaster in Los Angeles and one of the first in the country, died Thursday in Northern California. She was 101.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Adam Fogelson is replacing Joe Drake as chair of Lionsgate‘s motion picture group. Drake reportedly initiated the transition and will be working with Fogelson over the coming months on succession plans.

Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chair Joe Drake is exiting the company, and handing over executive duties and title to Motion Picture Group Vice Chair Adam Fogelson.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures International Productions is ramping up two sequels to 2023 German box office hit The Three Investigators – Legacy of the Dragon (Die Drei ??? – Erbe des Drachen). Both adventure mysteries are co-productions from Wiedemann & Berg Film and Deutsche Columbia Pictures Filmproduktion in cooperation with Kosmos Verlag.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television has taken a £39.7M ($50.5M) hit on Silvergate Media, the Peter Rabbit producer it acquired for $195M in 2019.

After a 28-year run at Sony Pictures, the studio’s SEVP & General Counsel Leah Weil is departing the studio.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Sony Pictures Entertainment general counsel Leah Weil is exiting her role after almost three decades with the company. The longtime senior executive vice president is the studio’s most senior legal advisor with oversight across film and TV production, acquisition and distribution, media networks, digital content creation and distribution, operation of studio facilities and development of new entertainment offerings.

Columbia Pictures‘ Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire has pushed up its release date by one week, from March 29 to March 22, 2024, Sony announced on Tuesday.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Sony Pictures Entertainment is set to announce its latest advanced visualization facility, Torchlight, at CES this evening. Located at Sony’s Culver City studios, Torchlight is already operational and being used by filmmakers. The facility will allow filmmakers to create digital scenes as part of their pre-visualization process.

2024 Golden Globes Awards .Patrick Adams dished about a potential “Suits” spinoff on Sunday’s red carpet. “We found out about — well, it’s not a revival — but a ‘Suits’ spinoff. I think it’s all in early stages.

The National Society of Film Critics 58th annual awards has honored Celine Song’s directorial debut Past Lives for its top prize, beating out runners-up Oppenheimer and The Zone of Interest for Best Picture.

Valerie Wu Intern Ernst Goldschmidt, member of the founding team of Orion Pictures and an international film executive, died Dec. 2 from heart failure in Badenweller, Germany. He was 92.

Veteran producer Dylan Massin (The West Wing) has been named EVP of Production for Sony Pictures Television Studios. Massin, who reports to SPTS President Katherine Pope, assumes the Head of Production role from Ed Lammi, who retired in December after a 36-year career at the studio. Massin will oversee all physical production for the U.S. scripted studio, including pre-production/budgeting, production, and post-production teams.

Amanda Seyfried, Angela Bassett, Suits stars Gabriel Macht and Patrick J. Adams, George Lopez, Julia Garner, Justin Hartley, Michelle Yeoh and Will Ferrell make up the first list of presenters for Sunday’s 81st Golden Globe Awards.