Spider-Man fans are attacking Sony’s decision to possibly cast actress Dakota Johnson as Madame Web in a new solo film, calling the move “disability erasure.”
Sony appears to be trying to memory-hole its woke 2016 box-office dud Ghostbusters by omitting the feminist reboot from its upcoming Ghostbusters “Ultimate Collection” box set.
A prominent Sony executive who worked on the company’s massively popular Playstation gaming console has reportedly been fired after being accused by a group of amateur pedophile hunters in an online sting operation. The group claims that George Cacioppo gave his address to someone he thought was a 15-year-old boy for an alleged sexual encounter, but it was really a participant in the sting operation.
Jeff Garlin has forcefully denied that he has been fired form the ABC TV series, ‘The Goldbergs,’ over reported inappropriate comments.
Andy Serkis, the director for Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man spinoff, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, said that the film represents the alien symbiote’s gay “coming out party” and depicts a “love affair” between the CGI alien and star Tom Hardy.
The major Hollywood studios and streamers have signed on to a diversity initiative spearheaded by Selma filmmaker Ava DuVernay that will promote women and ethnic minority crew members for jobs on TV and movie productions.
Sony announced on Thursday that it is acquiring the streaming service launched by the producers of the popular God’s Not Dead film franchise, Pure Flix, in a move to expand its reach with Christian audiences.
Kanye West has compared the music industry and the NBA to a “modern day slave ship,” saying that he won’t release any more new music under his current contract. The rapper, billionaire fashion mogul, and presidential candidate also declared himself the “new Moses” and compared himself to inventor Nikola Tesla in a series of tweets.
Sony Pictures is looking for an all-female team for its upcoming Marvel film with Olivia Wilde leading the project in the director’s chair, according to Deadline.
Video game studio Naughty Dog, together with its parent company, Sony, has been flooding social media platforms with questionable copyright complaints aimed at censoring critics of their upcoming title, the widely mocked The Last of Us 2.
One of the world’s largest gaming and consumer electronics conventions, the E3 expo, has been canceled due to fear of the Wuhan coronavirus.
A report published Sunday by an Australian think tank revealed that as many as 83 internationally known brands – including Nike, BMW, Apple, Sony, Google, Lacoste, and Nintendo – have active ties to factories where evidence suggests the Communist Party has shipped Uyghur Muslims to engage in forced labor.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Star Wars was still rising in the last weekend of the year, while Little Women broke big at the box office. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker brought in $72 million over the weekend to remain
“Jumanji: The Next Level” topped the weekend box office in its debut, bringing in $60.1 million, while Clint Eastwood’s “Richard Jewell” underperformed, debuting at the No. 4 spot with just $5 million.
The FBI applied for a search warrant to compel Sony to share private data on a Playstation 4 user who was allegedly brokering cocaine distribution deals using the Playstation’s in-game chat functionality, according to a new report.
Director Quentin Tarantino is reportedly refusing to re-cut his film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to please censors in Beijing, virtually guaranteeing that the Sony release won’t play in China.
Actor and LGBTQ activist Billy Porter has confirmed that he will play the role of the fairy godmother in James Corden’s forthcoming live-action movie musical Cinderella.
The CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment announced a new partnership with the United Nations environment committee called the Playing for the Planet alliance. Sony vows its upcoming Playstation 5 gaming platform will focus on lower power consumption to save the Earth.
NEW YORK (AP) — Multiple outlets have reported that Sony Music has dropped embattled R&B star R. Kelly from its roster.
Armed police stormed Sony’s London headquarters today after a ‘bloody knife fight’ broke out between kitchen staff in the building’s canteen, according to reports.
The Justice Department has charged a computer programmer working on behalf of the North Korean government with the hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014, along with the massive WannaCry ransomware attack last year and an $81 million theft from a bank in Bangladesh.
The new Jumanji franchise, that unexpectedly flourished against box office under-performer Star Wars: The Last Jedi last year, just announced Jumanji 3 will open on December 13, 2019, just one week prior to the opening of Star Wars: Episode IX. So much for Star Wars being the 900 pound gorilla.
Sony Pictures Classics released a statement shredding actor Peter Fonda for his tweets, one of which called for 12-year-old Barron Trump to be raped — but the company said it would still release Boundaries, a new film co-starring Fonda.
Gay advocacy group GLAAD slapped Hollywood with a failing grade on its annual report card for the lack of roles for gays and a dearth of gay storylines in films for 2017.
The Four judge Charlie Walk is being investigated by the Fox broadcast network over allegations of harassment and groping.
In a wholly unprecedented move, Kevin Spacey is being cut from Ridley Scott’s finished film “All the Money in the World” and replaced by Christopher Plummer just over one month before it’s supposed to hit theaters.
Sony Entertainment has canceled the American Film Institute premiere of the film ‘All the Money’ featuring the embattled actor Kevin Spacey,
Sony showed up to E3 with all of the expected fanfare and a meaty serving of footage from a rich library of upcoming exclusives.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Cybersecurity experts are pointing to circumstantial evidence that North Korea may be behind the global “ransomware” attack: the way the hackers took hostage computers and servers across the world was similar to previous cyberattacks attributed to North Korea.
Although Apple claims its fingerprint scanner is 5 times more secure than a typical 4-digit passcode, security researchers claim they have developed a set of fake MasterPrints that demonstrate criminal intruders could access 65 percent of fingerprint scanners.
Amy Schumer has reportedly exited Sony’s live-action Barbie film due to scheduling conflicts.
Fallout 4 and Skyrim developer Bethesda has publicly called out Sony for the lack of mod support on PS4.
Sony has been paying special attention to the global success of Pokemon Go, and now they want in on that action.
Warner Bros./DC’s Suicide Squad took a deep nosedive in its second weekend of release while Seth Rogen and Sony’s raunchy Sausage Party became the highest-grossing animated release ever for August and Disney’s reboot of Pete’s Dragon stumbled out of the gate at the box office this weekend.
The Hollywood Reporter’s Pamela McClintock writes that despite their calm and even joyful reaction to the Ghostbusters remake’s box office results, Sony will probably end up taking a massive financial hit on the movie.
Sony/Village Roadshow’s female-led Ghostbusters reboot failed to scare up enough business to be considered a hit in its opening frame, while Universal/Illumination’s latest animated offering The Secret Life of Pets looked to be on track for a $50M+ weekend to retain the top spot and Bryan Cranston’s undercover caper The Infiltrator fell flat at the box office this weekend.
The PlayStation VR is coming out this October, and the speculated PS4 “Neo” are at the top of Sony’s E3 playlist this year.
A number of top television networks and production studios have joined the growing list of companies who have vowed an economic boycott of the state of Georgia if Gov. Nathan Deal does not veto a religious freedom bill that passed the state Legislature last week.
Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Andrew House has confirmed a release date and price point for the PlayStation VR.
Pop star Demi Lovato ripped fellow artist Taylor Swift on Sunday after Swift donated $250,000 to help cover legal fees for rapper Kesha, who lost a bid last week to be released from her Sony contract under her producer and alleged rapist Dr. Luke.
