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Hugely Anticipated Sequel Hits Theatres July 31 With Retail, Licensing, and Promotional Partners Stacked Much Higher Than Three Apples CULVER CITY, Calif., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- After conquering the global box office with their first 3D trip to the big screen in the live-action/CG animated global smash hit The Smurfs(TM), the world's favorite three-apple-high heroes are back on July 31 in Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation's The Smurfs 2 - and just as with the first...

Celebrate the Birthday of Peyo, the Creator of the Smurfs, with Smurfy Events Around the World CULVER CITY, Calif., June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, June 22, 2013, in celebration of the birthday of Peyo, the creator of the Smurfs (born June 25, 1928), Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation will once again coordinate events all over the world as part of Global Smurfs Day, a worldwide event in anticipation of the release of The Smurfs(TM) 2, in theaters July 31, it was...

CULVER CITY, Calif., June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In anticipation of the worldwide release of Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation's The Smurfs(TM) 2, in theaters July 31, and in honor of the Smurfs' timeless message of harmony with the environment, the studio is orchestrating a nationwide series of environmental efforts celebrating "America the Bluetiful," in which kids and their parents can meet the Smurfs as they clean up their local parks, encourage recycling, plant trees,...

CULVER CITY, Calif., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pop icon Britney Spears will release a song for Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation's highly anticipated family comedy The Smurfs(TM) 2, entitled "Ooh La La," via Kemosabe / RCA Records. "Ooh La La," which will play at the end credits of the film, was written by Lukasz Gottwald (Dr. Luke), Joshua Coleman (Ammo), Henry Walter (Cirkut), Bonnie McKee, Jacob Kasher Hindlin (J Kash), Lola Blanc and Fransisca Hall and produced by...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Pictures Imageworks, the Academy Award®-winning visual effects and digital creature and character animation company, has further enhanced its Vancouver, British Columbia studio with the appointment of Jason Dowdeswell as Vice President, Production Operations and Oscar® winner Steve Nichols as Imageworks Senior Animation Supervisor, it was announced today by Randy Lake, Executive Vice President and General...

CULVER CITY, Calif., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Pictures Digital Productions (SPDP) racked up a solid 16 Annie Award nominations for 2012, the highest in the company's history, including eight nods for the Sony Pictures Animation (SPA) monster hit Hotel Transylvania, it was announced Monday by ASIFA-Hollywood, the international animated film society. The 40(th) annual Annie Awards ceremony will be held February 2, 2013 at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles. Beyond, Hotel...

CULVER CITY, Calif.,, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks will lead several engaging panels, signings and recruitment opportunities November 16-18 at the CTN animation eXpo, the preeminent gathering of professionals from both the traditional and digital worlds of animation, in Burbank, CA. Hotel Transylvania, Sony Pictures Animation's monster hit currently in theaters which broke box office records in the U.S. and already opened #1 in...

CULVER CITY, Calif., Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA - the record-setting 3D computer-animated monster comedy from Sony Pictures Animation that ranked as the biggest September opening in movie history and the best opening ever for the studio - is releasing a new animated short as a special Halloween treat. Beginning October 26, all digital showings of HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA in Regal Entertainment Group Cinemas around the country will be preceded with a new...

CULVER CITY, Calif., Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The 10(th) anniversary celebration of Sony Pictures Animation (SPA) continues with a five-week series of special screenings featuring SPA's beloved collection of animated and hybrid films, as well as reunions with filmmakers participating in Q & As following each screening, rare footage/materials from the SPA archives and giveaways. The series, which will culminate with an exclusive screening of the highly-anticipated...

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...