Sony Making An Emoji Movie

Well we all know that Hollywood is out of ideas, and this news kind of confirms that.

Sony Plans A Female-Led "21 JUMP STREET" Spin-Off; and Sony's Desperate Moves

Aside from a "23 Jump Street" starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, having already green-lit, Sony is branching out its "21 JumpStreet" franchise with a female-led spin-off. And it's going to be given a dual-track development in terms of the script. [hit the jump to continue]

Sony set for an Animated Spider-man Film

Tom Rothman, chairman of the Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, has announced that Sony is set to make an animated Spider-man film, and it will be masterminded by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, the directors of "The Lego Movie", "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs", and "21 and 22 Jump Street". The film is set for release on July 20, 2018. [hit the jump to continue]

Sony will make Robotech take off

A month ago, we talked about the planned Hollywood live-action adaptation of Robotech. Hollywood Gang, a production company on the Warner Bros. lot run by Mark Canton and Gianni Nunnari had obtained the rights to the long-in-development Robotech movie and are eyeing Andy Muschietti, who directed "Mama" to develop and perhaps direct the film. Now, sources indicate that the film has moved to Sony and is now on the fast track there since they see it as a potential franchise. [hit the jump to continue]

Sony Kills Genndy Tartakovsky’s Animated Popeye Movie

Regardless of the fact that the upcoming animated "Popeye" movie and the buzz surrounding it have been very positive, Sony won’t be taking Genndy Tartakovsky’s vision any further, The director has recently clarified that he was no longer working on the film. [hit the jump to continue]

Details of the Spider-man Deal, What Happens to the Other Spin-off Projects?

Yesterday, the big news shocked the geek world. Spider-man will be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, yet still being owned by Sony. This is actually Sony's  agreement with Marvel that sees them maintaining ownership and creative control of the character while gaining exposure to the Marvel Studios fanbase as well as input from Feige, and Marvel studio's "think tank" which made their Marvel movies work. There are several details that have been revealed since yesterday, and questions that need to be answered; Questions and details that many of you might wanna find out. [hit the jump to continue]

Spider-man will now Appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Reboots the Character

BIG News today! Spider-man will now be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Sony Pictures has announced that Spider-Man will next appear in an untitled Marvel movie before getting a new solo installment, which will be released on July 28, 2017. Kevin Feige will produce the next Spider-Man movie, and yes the role is being recast and its story universe being rebooted to fit into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But Sony remains to be the legal holder of Spider-man's cinematic rights. This is merely a deal wherein Sony allows the Marvel Studio to use the character.[hit the jump to continue]

Gambit will be penned by Robocop Scribe Josh Zetumer

20th Century Fox is officially moving forward with the Gambit movie.  Months ago, reports came in that Fox was developing an X-Men spinoff featuring the card-wielding mutant with Channing Tatum set to star, and now Fox has hired screenwriter Josh Zetumer to get to work on a script while Tatum is indeed officially attached to lead the feature.  But earlier, Marvel Comics writer Chris Claremont apparently wrote the treatment for the Gambit movie, which will form the basis of the screenplay. 

According to several sources, Fox has set screenwriter Josh Zetumer to pen the Gambit movie script based off of Claremont’s treatment.  Zetumer only has one produced feature under his belt, this year’s RoboCop remake, but apparently Fox thinks he’s the right man to tackle Gambit.  The storyline for the film is being kept under wraps, but the Gambit character has been a fan-favorite for sometime.  A native of New Orleans, Gambit aka Remy LeBeau has the power to control and manipulate kinetic energy, with a propensity for card throwing. [hit the jump to continue]

The Future of Spider-man Movies Look Uncertain

Changes are going on at Sony Pictures with regards to the Spider-man movies. Screenwriter/producer Roberto Orci, who penned The Amazing Spider-man 2 with former writing partner Alex Kurtzman, will not be involved with part 3 or any of the Spider-man spin-offs anymore. Orci was initially reported to be part of Sony's plans to move on to part 3 and its spin-offs which include a Venom and The Sinister Six movies. Reports from IGN add that Alex Kurtzman, on the other hand, will remain at the studio to write and direct the Venom spin-off. [hit the jump to continue]

Sony set to adapt a 'Sonic the Hedgehog' Movie

Producer Neal Moritz is working on a big-screen version of the $1 billion video game franchise, which is being written by Upright Citizens Brigade alums Evan Susser and Van Robichaux. Sony and producer Neal Moritz are bringing the best-selling Sega video game Sonic the Hedgehog to the big screen. The studio is teaming with Japan-based production company Marza Animation Planet, a division of the Sega Sammy Group, to make a hybrid computer-animated/live-action feature. The movie will follow the antics of Sonic, the world's fastest hedgehog, and his adventures. The film will also feature some of the franchise's favorite characters including the evil Dr. Eggman. Sony-based Moritz (22 Jump Street) is producing through his Original Film banner alongside Marza’s Takeshi Ito and Mie Onishi. Toby Ascher is executive producing.

Sony Pictures Animation sets its eyes on MEDUSA

Sony Pictures Animation has announced the acquisition of an original animated comedy feature pitch by Todd Alcott and Holly Golden entitled MEDUSA, which will tell an all-new story behind the infamous snake-headed lady from Greek mythology. Emmy winner Lauren Faust, who rebooted the My Little Pony franchise in 2010 and turned it into the current My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic phenomenon with an ever-growing fanbase of all ages, is attached to direct the feature.
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Neill Blomkamp's Next Movie CHAPPIE gets a Greenlight

Neill Blomkamp’s ELYSIUM opened in Number 1 in the US Box Office, and is still yet to open on September 4 here in the Philippines. Blomkamp seems to be on a roll, as this week, it was reported that Sony and MRC has agreed to finance the director's next film CHAPPIE. This sci-fi film tells the story of a robot imbued with artificial intelligence who is stolen by two local gangsters who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes. The film will star Sharlto Copley as the voice of Chappie, with Ninja and Yolandi Visser, voices of the South African Zef counter-culture movement and members of rap-rave duo Die Antwoord, as the two gangsters. The script for CHAPPIE was written by Blomkamp along with co-writer Teri Tatchell (with whom he co-wrote District 9 with). [hit the jump to continue]

Hanks and Howard brings Robert Langdon back in INFERNO Adaptation

Tom Hanks and Ron Howard are not yet done with the mysteries of Robert Langdon. After The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons, Sony has set their sights on Dan Brown's INFERNO with Ron Howard as director, and Tom Hanks reprising his role as Harvard professor of symbology, Robert Langdon. Sony has set INFERNO's release date on December 18, 2015. [read the full article after the jump]

Amazing Spider-man 3 and 4 set for 2016 and 2018 target dates

Sony's reboot of the Spider-man franchise may not be a very good movie, but it did manage to rake in the box office numbers, enough to fuel the urge for a sequel, and continue with their rebooted direction. And while it makes that much money, you can be sure that there will be more Spider-man sequels off this rebooted continuity.

Amazing Spider-man 2 is currently in production, and is slated to be released May 2014. The producers (and Sony) are expressing optimism on their superhero franchise, that they have locked on to set two (2) more films; Amazing Spider-man 3 and Spider-man 4; and have set their target release dates on June 10, 2016, and on May 4, 2018, respectively. [read full article after the jump]