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MIAMI BEACH, FL, June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - In response to numerous inquiries, Rangemore Film Productions Corp. ("Rangemore") (OTCPINK:RANF) would like to clarify to shareholders and potential investors its current business model. The business of Rangemore consists of two components: studio operations and film royalties. Studio Operations The studio operations could be compared to that of a property management company. Rangemore has access to a portfolio of properties of which...
BERLIN, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox announced today that The Monuments Men, a Smokehouse production directed by and starring George Clooney, has started production in Berlin, Germany. The action-thriller is written by Clooney & Grant Heslov, based on the book by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter. Clooney and Heslov also produce the film through their Smokehouse Productions. It is their first production since winning the Academy...
CULVER CITY, Calif., Feb. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Overbrook Entertainment, Marcy Media, director Will Gluck and Sony Pictures Entertainment have cast Academy Award® nominee Quvenzhane Wallis, the star of Beasts of the Southern Wild, in the title role of Annie, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, and Hannah Minghella, president of Production for the studio. Commenting on the announcement, Minghella said, "With the recent Academy Award® nomination...
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Pictures announced today that it's making a 3D film showcasing London-based global music sensation One Direction. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) will direct the film, which TriStar Pictures will release on August 30, 2013 (Labor Day weekend). "This is an incredible opportunity and an amazing moment in time for the band," said director/producer Spurlock. "To capture this journey and share it with...
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Production is set to begin on Saturday, September 15 in Toronto on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' and Columbia Pictures' RoboCop, directed by Jose Padilha. The film stars Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, and Samuel L. Jackson, as well as Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael K. Williams, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Ehle, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. The screenplay is by Josh Zetumer and Nick Schenk, based on the 1987 motion...
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Passion Pictures and Red Box Films are proud to announce their new feature documentary EVERYTHING OR NOTHING: THE UNTOLD STORY OF 007 directed by Stevan Riley (FIRE IN BABYLON), produced by John Battsek (ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER, THE TILLMAN STORY) and Simon Chinn (MAN ON WIRE, PROJECT NIM) to coincide with the 50th anniversary of James Bond films on October 5. Country specific release plans to...
CULVER CITY, Calif., Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The forecast is sunny side up for Sony Pictures Animation as the studio has reassembled the all-star, comedy voice cast of the animated hit Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs for Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers, set for release in 3D on February 7, 2014. The first Cloudy film took in $243 million worldwide. The sequel is directed by Cody Cameron (whose story artist credits include Shrek, Madagascar, Surf's Up and Cloudy with a...
CULVER CITY, Calif., Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Pictures Interactive has launched the company's first premium social game, The Hotel Transylvania Social Game (facebook.com/hoteltgame), it was announced today by Bob Osher, president, Sony Pictures Digital Productions, and Emmanuelle Borde, executive vice president and general manager, Sony Pictures Interactive. Featuring the iconic setting of the upcoming Sony Pictures Animation monster comedy Hotel Transylvania, the Hotel...
CULVER CITY, Calif., June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In the highly anticipated movie The Amazing Spider-Man(TM), in theaters July 3, 2012, Peter Parker finds that being a hero isn't about having amazing powers - it is about how he chooses to use those powers. On Tuesday, June 26, Americans all across the country will discover the same thing as Sony Pictures Entertainment's program "Be Amazing, Stand Up and Volunteer" celebrates the hero in all of us. On that day, people of all ages in...
CULVER CITY, Calif., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Pictures Entertainment confirmed that six minutes of the highly anticipated film The Amazing Spider-Man(TM) will be shown in IMAX® 3D and other select theaters with Men In Black(TM) 3, it was announced today by Rory Bruer, President of Worldwide Distribution for Sony Pictures Worldwide Marketing and Distribution. The footage, which will play before the feature film, is available to fans during the engagement of Men In Black 3....
