Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group
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Division of Sony Pictures | |
Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. (1998) |
Headquarters | Culver City, California, U.S. |
Key people
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Steve Bersch, President Michael Helfand, Vice President of Business Affairs |
Products | Motion pictures |
Owner | Sony |
Parent | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
Website | sonypictures.com |
The Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group (previously known as the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group until 2013) is an American film group as the result of merging Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. and TriStar Pictures, Inc. in 1998.[1] The company is a division of Sony Pictures.
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History
The Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group was launched in 1998 as the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, as a current division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, owned by Sony. It also has many of Sony Pictures's current motion picture divisions as part of it. Its divisions at that time were Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Triumph Films, Sony Pictures Classics, and Sony Pictures Releasing.
On December 8, 1998, SPE resurrected it's former animation and television division Screen Gems as a film division of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation.[2]
In 2002, Columbia TriStar Television was renamed as Sony Pictures Television. The last two remaining companies, with the "Columbia TriStar" brand in its name, were Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, and the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group. Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment became Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in 2004 and Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group became the only subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment that used the "Columbia TriStar" brand name in its name.
In 2013, TriStar Productions was launched, as a joint venture of Sony Pictures Entertainment and Thomas Rothman.[3][4]
In October 2013, Sony Pictures renamed its motion picture group as the "Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group". Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks were moved from Sony Pictures Digital to its motion picture group.
Production deals
Active
- Escape Artists (2001–)
- Ghost House Pictures (2004–)
- Happy Madison (1999–)
- Castle Rock Entertainment (2004–present)
- Lakeshore Entertainment (1999–)
- Marvel Studios (2015–present)
- Original Film (1999–)
- Overbrook Entertainment (2001–)
- Point Grey Pictures (2013–)
- Will Packer Productions (2014–)
- Apatow Productions (2003–)
- Gracie Films (1991–)
- Cross Creek Pictures[5] (2015–present)
Former
- Amblin Entertainment (1991–2012)
- Mandalay Pictures (1996–present)
- Phoenix Pictures (1996–2006)
- Rainforest Films (2005–2014)
- Beacon Pictures (1992–1997)
- Marvel Entertainment (2002–2015)
- Relativity Media (2006–2015)
- Lynda Obst Productions (1989–1993)
Distribution deals
Active
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (2005–present)
- Cross Creek Pictures (2015–present)
Former
- Carolco Pictures (1985–1994)
- Castle Rock Entertainment (1989–1998)
- HBO Pictures (1984–1986)
- Revolution Studios (2001–2007)
- Weintraub Entertainment Group (1988–1989)
Financers
- Village Roadshow Pictures (2001, 2014–present)[6]
- LStar Capital and CitiBank[7] (2014–present)
- Cross Creek Pictures (2015–present)
Film divisions
Current
- Columbia Pictures
- TriStar Pictures
- TriStar Productions
- Screen Gems
- Sony Pictures Classics
- Sony Pictures Animation
- Sony Pictures Imageworks
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Sony Pictures Releasing International
- Monumental Pictures
- Sony Pictures Releasing International
Active In-name-only
Highest-grossing films
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See also
References
- ↑ "Sony Hitches TriStar to Col", Variety, March 31, 1998.
- ↑ "Los Angeles Times" Sony Forms New Movie Division articles.latimes.com December 8, 1998, Retrieved on 4 April 2016
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- Columbia TriStar
- Entertainment companies of the United States
- Film distributors of the United States
- Film production companies of the United States
- Entertainment companies based in California
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Companies based in Culver City, California
- Entertainment companies established in 1998
- Media companies established in 1998
- 1998 establishments in California
- Multinational companies
- Sony subsidiaries