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Sony’s Tom Rothman On Skydance-Paramount Deal, Calls David Ellison “A Very Capable Executive” – ‘Fly Me To The Moon’ Premiere


Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group Chairman & CEO Tom Rothman gave his thoughts on the Skydance Paramount Deal; he talks the success of rom-coms and Apple's 'Fly Me to the Moon'

Those were Sony Pictures Chairman and CEO Tom Rothman ‘s thoughts tonight when Deadline asked him at the NYC premiere of Apple’s Fly Me to the Moon for his take on the big news going around town, read the pending $8 billion Skydance – Paramount deal. The Culver City lot is distributing the Greg Berlanti directed romantic comedy Fly Me to the Moon which stars Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson and opens this Friday. The movie is one of three Apple Original Films that Sony won distribution deals for following Napoleon($221.3M) and the Jon Watts directed George Clooney-Brad Pitt crime thriller Wolfs opening on Sept. 20.

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