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Sony International Distribution Chief On Recent Acquisitions: “To Invest In Cinema Is The Biggest Statement We Could Make” About Future Of The Industry – CineEurope
Sony was the first studio presentation today at CineEurope, touting Fly Me to the Moon, its overall slate and its acquisition of Alamo Drafthouse
This reiterated something the exec had said during a CineEurope panel earlier in the day: “The exciting thing is, if anybody wants to doubt that we believe in our future, to invest in cinema is the biggest statement we could make. During the studio presentation today, O’Dell ran down a diverse slate ahead, highlighting a number of titles including Danny Boyle’s upcoming 28 Years Later, Margot Robbie-starrer A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing starring Austin Butler, Taika Waititi’s Klara and the Sun with Jenna Ortega and the live-action Legend of Zelda collaboration with Nintendo. The exec further promised a “distribution pattern never before seen” for Sam Mendes’ four separate theatrical films about the members of The Beatles and added, “We are also in development on some of Sony’s most prized IP including a sequel to Tom Holland’s Uncharted and of course our crown jewel franchise, Spider-Man.
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