Sony, Netflix reportedly working on 'Horizon Zero Dawn' series

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We might see another Sony game turned into a television series. The company is reportedly working with Netflix to develop a Horizon Zero Dawn series. The report came out the same day Sony Pictures presented its 2022 business segment briefing. However, this series wasn't mentioned in the presentation document.

This adaptation will join many of the series and movies Sony is currently developing, including a God of War series coming to Amazon Prime and the Gran Turismo series in development. There is also a Ghost Tsushima movie coming out, a Twisted Metal series, and The Last of Us series. That last series is expected to debut on HBO sometime in 2023. It stars Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian) and Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones) and is being created by Craig Mazin (Chernobyl).

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US movie theatre chain partners with Sony to offer 'Spider-Man' NFTs for advance ticket buyers

It looks like NFTs are turning into the new collectible cards. US movie theatre chain AMC partners with Sony Pictures to give away 86,000 NFTs to Stubs Premiere, A-List, and Investor Connect members who buy or reserve tickets for Spider-Man: No Way Home screenings on December 16. 

To qualify, buyers need to purchase their tickets through the AMC Theatres' website or mobile app when pre-orders launch on November 29. They will receive their code on December 22 and have until March 1, 2022, to redeem one of the 100 designs through the more eco-friendly Wax blockchain. It isn't guaranteed that this promo will improve ticket sales, but it might be something we'll see more often.

Source: Engadget

The 'Uncharted' move will be pushed back to 2022

Uncharted stars Spider-Man's Tom Holland as Nathan Drake (Source: Sony Pictures)

You can say that the Uncharted movie has been over a decade in the making. News about the film being made started since at least 2008. But now the film has finally been wrapped (at least since October 2020), with Spider-Man's Tom Holland as the lead, Nathan Drake. Unfortunately, since we are still living through a global pandemic, it looks like Sony Pictures is opting to push back its release date from July 16, 2021, to February 11, 2022, at least according to different sources. On the film's official Twitter account, it just states 2022, which seems like a safer bet given current circumstances.

Source: Engadget

Sony Pictures CEO claims WarnerMedia's HBO Max move bolstered its movie business

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Directors like Christopher Nolan and Denis Villeneuve have decried WarnerMedia's decision to release all its 2021 movies on HBO Max. But a rival studio is reaping its benefits. Sony Pictures head Tony Vinciquerra told CNBC in an interview that its studio is enjoying "a bit of a boom" from Hollywood creators looking for a company that is still devoted to movie theatres. While he didn't name talents, he said Sony's role as a theatrical distributor had "worked very well."

Unlike WarnerMedia or Disney, Sony doesn't have a streaming service to support, so it can either sell films to third-party series or offer titles for rent earlier than expected. But while it doesn't have much of a choice when it comes to where it can release its films, Vinciquerra argues for greater flexibility in how long a movie stays in theatres, depending on whether the film does well or does not.

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