Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions
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| Division of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group | |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (2007) |
| Headquarters | Culver City, California, USA |
Key people |
Steve Bersch, President Michael Helfand, Vice President of Business Affairs |
| Products | Motion pictures |
| Owner | Sony |
| Parent | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Website | sonypicturesworldwideacquisitions.com |
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) is a specialty division of Sony Pictures Entertainment.[1] The company specializes in acquiring and producing films for a wide variety of distribution platforms,[2] but the group's main focus is non-theatrical markets (some film sellers even called the group as one of super-ancillaries).[3]
History
SPWA was formerly a division of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, but the group became a stand-alone division of Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2007.[2] Originally being called as Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG),[4] the group's name was changed to "Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions" (SPWA) in late 2010.[5] The group had sometimes been called "Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group".
On February 21, 2010, The Weinstein Company made a deal with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releasing the DVDs through Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group.[6] TWC then shifted its home entertainment output to Anchor Bay Entertainment on January 4, 2011 when they've acquired 25% of Starz Media.[7]
SPWA produces and acquires about 60 films per year.[8] Most films of SPWA would go straight-to-video, but the group would also release few of its films theatrically;[9] the group would analyze how much a theatrical release would impact a film's TV, VOD and home video revenue, and then the group would determine whether the film should bows theatrically.[10]
In the case of theatrical releases, SPWA will offer the films to Sony's distribution labels (i.e. TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, Triumph Films, and Crackle) firstly; if Sony's distribution labels pass on the films, the company will release the films through other distributors (i.e. Samuel Goldwyn Films, Magnolia Pictures, FilmDistrict, Picturehouse, IFC Films, Vertical Entertainment, Stage 6 Films, Affirm Films, Destination Films.[11][12]
Select United States theatrical releases
2000s
- Daddy Day Camp (2007) (production of Revolution Studios)
- Paprika (2007) (production of Madhouse)
- Revolver (2007) (production of EuropaCorp. Co-released with Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- Rise: Blood Hunter (2007) (production of Ghost House Pictures. Co-released with Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- Seraphim Falls (2007) (production of Icon Productions. Co-released with Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- Slipstream (2007) (Independently produced. Co-released with Strand Releasing)
- Southland Tales (2007) (production of Darko Entertainment and Wild Bunch. Co-released with Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- Tekkon Kinkreet (2007) (production on behalf of Studio 4C)
- The Nines (2007) (production of Newmarket Films)
- We Own The Night (2007) (production of 2929 Productions)
- 88 Minutes (2008) (production of Millennium Films and Nu Image)
- Elegy (2008) (production of Lakeshore Entertainment. Co-released with Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- Fireproof (2008) (production of Sherwood Pictures. Co-released with Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- Kabluey (2008) (Independently produced. Co-released with Regent Releasing)
- Married Life (2008) (production of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Anonymous Content)
- The Perfect Holiday (2008) (production of Flavor Unit Films. Co-released with Yari Film Group)
- Black Dynamite (2009) (production of Ars Nova. Co-released with Apparition)
- Blood: The Last Vampire (2009) (production of East Wing Holdings Corp. and SAJ. Co-released with Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- District 9 (2009) (production of WingNut Films and QED International)
- Moon (2009) (production of Liberty Films UK)
- Planet 51 (2009) (production of Ilion Animation Studios and HandMade Films)
- The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009) (Independently produced. Co-released with Apparition)
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) (production of Davis Films and Infinity Features)
- The Young Victoria (2009) (production of GK Films. Co-released with Apparition)
2010s
- Chloe (2010) (production of StudioCanal and The Montecito Picture Company)
- Defendor (2010) (production of Alliance Films and Darius Films)
- Faster (2010) (production of CBS Films and Castle Rock Entertainment)
- Harry Brown (2010) (production of Hanway Films. Co-released with Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- Legion (2010) (production of Bold Films)
- REC 2 (2010) (production of Filmax Entertainment and Castelao Productions)
- Red Hill (2010) (production of Arclight Films and Screen Australia. Co-released with Strand Releasing)
- The Tourist (2010) (production of GK Films and Spyglass Entertainment)
- To Save A Life (2010) (production of New Song Pictures. Co-released with Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- Welcome to the Rileys (2010) (production of Scott Free Productions and Argonaut Pictures. Co-released with Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011) (production of Endgame Entertainment. Co-released with Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- Attack the Block (2011) (production of Film4 and StudioCanal)
- Bloodworth (2011) (Independently produced. Co-released with Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- Colombiana (2011) (production of EuropaCorp)
- Courageous (2011) (production of Sherwood Pictures and Provident Films)
- Elektra Luxx (2011) (production of Gato Negro Films. Co-released with Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- Insidious (2011) (production of Alliance Films and IM Global. Co-released with FilmDistrict)
- Jumping the Broom (2011) (Produced in-house)
- Midnight in Paris (2011) (production of Mediapro)
- POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011) (production of Snoot Entertainment and Warrior Poets)
- Salvation Boulevard (2011) (production of Mandalay Pictures. Co-released with IFC Films)
- Soul Surfer (2011) (production of Mandalay Pictures, Enticing Entertainment and Brookwell/McNamara Entertainment. Co-released with FilmDistrict)
- The Grace Card (2011) (production of Provident Films. Co-released with Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- Bel Ami (2012) (production of Protagonist Pictures and Rai Cinema. Co-released with Magnolia Pictures)
- Detention (2012) (Independently produced. Co-released with Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- Looper (2012) (production of Endgame Entertainment and DMG Entertainment. Co-released with FilmDistrict)
- Meeting Evil (2012) (production of Motion Picture Corporation of America. Co-released with Magnolia Pictures)
- The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) (production of Aardman Animations)
- Red Dawn (2012) (production of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists, Contrafilm, and Vincent Newman Entertainment. Co-released with FilmDistrict)
- Robot & Frank (2012) (production of Park Pictures. Co-released with Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- The Raid: Redemption (2012) (production of XYZ Films, Celluloid Nightmares and P.T. Merantau Films)
- Sparkle (2012) (Produced in-house)
- The First Time (2012) (production of Jerimaca Films. Co-released with Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- Tonight You're Mine (2012) (production of BBC Films, Sigma Films and Creative Scotland. Co-released with Roadside Attractions)
- Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012)
- Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012) (production of Foresight Unlimited. Co-released with Magnolia Pictures)
- A Dark Truth (2013) (production of RollerCoaster Entertainment. Co-released with Magnolia Pictures)
- Austenland (2013) (production of Fickle Fish Films)
- The Call (2013) (production of WWE Studios and Troika Pictures)
- Cold Comes the Night (2013) (Independently produced. Co-released with Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- Elysium (2013) (production of Media Rights Capital)
- Evil Dead (2013) (production of Ghost House Pictures and FilmDistrict)
- Insidious Chapter 2 (2013) (production of Blumhouse Productions and Entertainment One. Co-released with FilmDistrict)
- Stalingrad (2014) (production of Russia One and Cinema Fund)
- Pompeii (2014) (production of Impact Pictures and Constantin Film, co-release with FilmDistrict )
- Moms' Night Out (2014) (production of Provident Films and Pure Flix Entertainment)
- When the Game Stands Tall (2014) (production of Mandalay Pictures)
- The Raid 2: Berandal (2014) (production of XYZ Films, Celluloid Nightmares and P.T. Merantau Films)
- The Remaining (2014) (distributed by Affirm Films)
- Predestination (2014) (production of Blacklab Entertainment, Screen Australia and Wolfhound Pictures)
- Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) (distributed on behalf of Focus Features)
- The End of The Tour (2015) (distributed on behalf of A24 Films).
- The Final Girls (2015) (distributed by Vertical Entertainment and Stage 6 Films).[13]<
- Ratter (2016) (distributed by Destination Films and Vertical Entertainment)[14][15]
- The Bronze (2016) (distributed by Sony Pictures Classics)[16]
Upcoming releases
2016
- Elvis and Nixon (2016) (distributed by Amazon Studios and Bleecker Street)
- Special Correspondents (2016) (distributed by Netflix)
- Bad Santa 2 (2016) (distributed by Broad Green Pictures; co-produced Miramax and Mandeville Films)
TBA
- Micro (TBA) (distributed by Relativity Media and DreamWorks Pictures; co-producted by Touchstone Pictures)
- A Wrinkle in Time (TBA) (distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, Relativity Media and Fox Searchlight Pictures)
- Stan & Ollie (TBA) (distributed by Universal Pictures and Miramax; co-produced BBC Films, Studio Canal and Mandeville Films)
References
- ↑ Sony Pictures - Press Releases
- 1 2 K. Arnold, Thomas (January 18, 2007). "Sony Creates Acquisitions Group". Home Media Magazine. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ↑ Festival Season: Feast and Famine, Ten Hot Toronto Pick-Ups - Thompson on Hollywood
- ↑ PEACE ARCH ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC (Form: 6-K, Received: 05/17/2007 15:42:23)
- ↑ FilmDistrict and TriStar Pictures to Partner on Release of 'SOUL SURFER' - NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/
- ↑ Weinstein Company Seals Sony DVD Deal, deadline.com
- ↑ Weinsteins Buy 25% Stake In Starz Media, deadline.com
- ↑ Stewart, Andrew (December 4, 2010). "Sony scores in pickup game". Variety.
- ↑ Hazelton, John (March 16, 2007). "United States - Feeding the distribution machine". Screen International. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ↑ Baseline Intelligence
- ↑ Defining Indie 2010: The Indie World Needs New Language « Movie City News
- ↑ Kay, Jeremy (October 9, 2007). "Sony launches new production division Stage 6 Films". Screen International. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ↑ Collins, Clark (August 3, 2015). "Taissa Farmiga and Nina Dobrev go back to camp in slasher comedy The Final Girls". Entertainment Weekly.
- ↑ "Ratter". CinemaVillage.com. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ↑ Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquires Cyber-Thriller 'Ratter' | Indiewire
- ↑ Alessandro, Anthony D (December 9, 2015). "Sony Pictures Classics Will Spring Relativity Pickup ‘The Bronze’ On March 18". Deadline.com. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
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