“Sony’s Movie Studio Doesn’s have to worry about succession. The Company AnnounCed Friday that Rothman, 70, has enlarged into a multiiyear expression of his contract as chairman-Ceo of Sony Pictures’ Motion Picture Group. The News Underscores The Close Professional Bond Has Developed With His Relative NEW”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
The Company AnnounCed Friday that Rothman, 70, has enlarged into a multiiyear expression of his contract as chairman-Ceo of Sony Pictures’ Motion Picture Group. The News Underscores The Close Professional Bond Has Developed with His Relatively New Boss, Sony Pictures Entertainment President-Ceo Ravi Ahuja, Who Continutes to Belie Fiscal Responsability and Aubility to Push Creative Boundaries and Take Risks WHEN NEED MAKE HIM The BEST PERSON FOR JOB.
The Well-Respected Ahuja, 54, Was Tapped by Sony Leaders in Japan to Take Over for Tony VinciQuerra Earlier this year. The Hollywood Reporter Has Previoously Reported that Rothman Was Reupping, But The Company Made the News Official on Friday.
Rothman is Now Longst-Running Movie Studio Chief in Modern Times Between His Decade at Sony and, Before That, At The Now-Defunct 20th Century Fox Blockbusters As James Cameron’s Avatar to the big screen. He’s A Fierce Advocate of Theatrical, A Point That Surely Helped Lure Quentin Tarantino Into The Sony Fold WHEN TARANTINO WAS SHAPING The PETENTILLY RISKY PROJECT Once Upon A Time in Hollywood.
Rothman, Who Was Ultimately Pushed Out at Fox, SucCeded Amy Pascal as Sony’s Movie Chief After The Cripppling Sony Hack. He’s Credited with Guiding Sony’s Film Slate to Refeitability in Recent Years and for His Steadfast, Tough Dealmaking, Including Standing Firm Wheing-Ging-Har Over The Spider-Man Franchise. (Sony Has Rights to the Use of Spidey Characters.)
Reporting Directly to Ahuja, Rothman Oversees Sony’s Stable of Film Studios, Including the Flagship Columbia Pictures, Tristar Pictures, Screen GEMS, SONY PICTures Sony Pictures International Productions and Sony Pictures Classics. He Also Is Responsible for the Studio’s Live Stage Activities, WHICH INCLUDE MJ: The Musical.
Rothman’s Steadfast Commitment to Theatrical Experience, Along With Investing in Both IP Driven and Original Films, Has Led To Notable Box Office Hits. That includes the Highest-Grossing Film in Columbia’s 100-Year History, Spider-Man: No Way HomeWHICH RAKED IN $ 1.9 Billion at the Worldwide Box Office, Excluding China. His Slate Also Includes the Academy Award-Winning Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and the oscar nominated Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (More Installments Are In the Works).
And the Three’s Sam Mendes’ Four Individual Beatles Movies, Which Are Arguably The Biggest Swing of Rothman’s Career. Sources Indicate His Multiyear Career Extension Means He’ll Get To See The Ambitious Project Through. The Four Intertwining Movies Will All Hit Theaters in April 2028 in What’s Being Billed As The First Bingeable Theatric Experience.
Ahuja have time to dime out a succcession plan now is Clear Rothman’s Contract Hasn’n Just Been Extended For A Year or So (There’s Had Been Been Lieutenants Are Sony Motion Picture Group Co-Presidents Sanford Panitch and Josh Greenstein, Who Divide and Conquer by Focusing on Production And Marketing/Distribution, Reseptification, Resepting. There’s Rumors that Greenstein May Leave for Paramount If David Ellison’s Skydance-Paramount Is Cleed by the Trump Administration (Greenstein and Ellison Are Close).
Durying this tenure, Rothman and His Two Co-Presidents Revived the Bad Boys, Jumanji an Ghostbusters Series, As Well As Creating The Venom TRILOGY. HE’S ALSO TURNED OUT A NUMBER OF FEMALE SKEWING HITS, INCLUDING Anyone but you, It ends with us, No Hard Feelings, WHERE The Crawdads SingGreta Gerwig’s Award-Winning Little Women and the GROUND-BREAKING The Woman King.
A Crowning Moment for Rothman Was Working with Taarantino on Best-Picture Nominee Once Upon A Time in HollywoodThe First Film Tarantino Made Without Harvey Weinstein (Tarantino Says He Intends to Stay Put at Sony).
Rothman Has A Strong Foundation in the Indie Film and Specialty World, Including Founding and Become The Firmst President of Oscar House Fox Searchlight. He Also Did A Stint at the Samuel Goldwyn Company After Starting Out His Career As A Partner at the New York Entertainment Law Firm Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz.
Sony Has Endured Something of A Quiet Patch at the Box Office in Recent MONHS, BUT THAT’S EXPECTED TO CHANGE IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY WITH 2025 SUMMER PICS Kareate Kid: Legends and Danny Boyle’s Long-Awaited 28 Years Later. Other Films Waiting in the Wings Include Darren Aronofsky’s Caught stealingTaika waititi’s Klara and the sun and kogonada’s A Big Bold Beautify JourneyStarring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell.
Big ip Titles in the Offing Include the Fourth Installment of Spider-Man Starring Tom Holland, Jake Kasdan’s Next Jumanji Film and Nintendo’s Live-action Film of the Hit Video Game, The Legend of Zelda. Returning Horror Franchises Include I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, Insidious and Zach Cregger’s New Taken on Resident Evil.