Sony Pictures Entertainment Announces the Formation of Screen Gems.CULVER CITY Culver City, city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. , Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1998--Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE SPE - Software Practice and Experience ) Monday announced that it is creating a new movie distribution label, Screen Gems. John Calley, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Sony Pictures Entertainment, announced the new label as "a wonderful new opportunity to extend our motion picture distribution business beyond the traditional slate considered by SPE. Screen Gems will provide a haven for a type of film that falls between those currently released by our highly valued Sony Pictures Classics, and the wide release movies that are more traditionally developed and released by Columbia Pictures. "By creating a new label with a targeted marketing capability for movies that fall into this in-between category, we are in a unique position among the larger studios," said Calley. "We were convinced that these movies have not had the concentrated marketing efforts needed to capture their full potential in the past." Lucy Fisher, chairman of the Columbia/TriStar Motion Picture Group (CTMPG), commended the creation of the new label, stating: "Screen Gems will enable this type of movie to thrive while, at the same time, give SPE a platform for new, cutting edge talent to grow and prosper." "The creation of this new label will in no way overlap with or diminish our reliance on Sony Pictures Classics, so ably run by Michael Barker
Lieutenant-General Michael George Henry Barker (1884 – 1960), CB, DSO was a British Army general who served as commander of I Corps in 1940, before being , Tom Bernard and Marcie Bloom," emphasized Gareth Wigan Wigan (wĭg`ən), city (1991 pop. 88,725) and metropolitan district, N England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Douglas River. , co-vice chairman of CTMPG. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Ken Lemberger, president of CTMPG: "Sony Pictures Classics has a proven record of marketing and distributing award winning and audience pleasing movies that garner enormous prestige for SPE while holding costs in line and providing maximum revenues to their producers. Screen Gems films will be supplemental to both Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Classics." The three Co-Presidents of Sony Pictures Classics welcomed the new label, stating: "With Screen Gems, Sony has created a new impetus for movies that are currently not being served by the studio or by Sony Pictures Classics. It is a welcome addition to the mix here at Sony." Lemberger stated that Screen Gems will concentrate on using existing Sony Pictures resources to acquire and market films that reach a broader audience. "Screen Gems will eventually handle roughly a half dozen movies a year and will allow us to concentrate on the specific marketing and distribution needs for films that fall into this category," he said. "We hope to make Screen Gems operational over the next six months. The identification of Screen Gems projects for worldwide SPE distribution will be primarily handled by Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group Senior Vice Presidents, Peter Schlessel and Clint Clint is the diminutive word for the given name Clinton and may refer to: People:
Culpepper and Schlessel will be charged with acquiring and financing films on behalf of Screen Gems at any stage from a script to a final feature film. Both executives will continue to work closely with Jeff Blake Jeff Bertrand Coleman Blake (born December 4, 1970 in Daytona Beach, Florida) is a retired American football quarterback who played in the NFL. Although he finished his career with the Chicago Bears, he was formerly a quarterback for the New York Jets, Cincinnati Bengals, New , president of Sony Pictures Releasing and with Robert Levin Robert Levin can direct to:
"Peter and Clint's additional responsibilities are an acknowledgement of their fine work on behalf of Sony Pictures over the past five years," noted Feingold. "They have built up a strong and fruitful network of relationships in the film community and their acquisitions have made important contributions to the company." While Screen Gems will rely primarily on existing SPE resources and personnel, there will be key executives added to the marketing division. According to Levin lev·in n. Archaic Lightning. [Middle English levene, levin; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.] , "The projects that we hope to see under the Screen Gems Label, whether they are genre films, concept films, or filmmaker driven movies that mandate broad distribution, will all need a targeted marketing campaign. We will put together an innovative marketing team that can reap rewards for both the filmmaker and the studio." Blake added his voice to the SPE enthusiasm for the label, stating, "All of us at Sony Releasing are excited at the prospect of a new label, and are ready to start the distribution process for movies brought in under the Screen Gems banner. I have every confidence that our distribution staff has all the skills and resources at their fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. to make this new label a wonderful new asset for Sony," said Blake. The name Screen Gems has a long and valued history for Sony Pictures. It was first incorporated in 1948 to serve as the television subsidiary of Columbia Pictures. While the company initially produced commercials, it quickly established itself as an innovator in creating, packaging and syndicating television shows and specials. Later Screen Gems branched out into broadcasting, recording, music publishing The contractual relationship between a songwriter or music composer and a music publisher, whereby the writer assigns part or all of his or her music copyrights to the publisher in exchange for the publisher's commercial exploitation of the music. , audience testing and large scale merchandising, and eventually in 1974 became Columbia Pictures Television Columbia Pictures Television (CPT) was the second name of the Columbia Pictures television division Screen Gems (SG). The studio changed its name on September 4, 1974. History Early years CPT was home to the popular daytime soap operas Days of our Lives . Screen Gems is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company. Sony Pictures' global operations Global Operations is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by both Crave Entertainment and Electronic Arts. It was released in March of 2002, following its public multiplayer beta version which contained only the Quebec map. encompass motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home video acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities, development of new entertainment products, services, and technologies, and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries. Sony Pictures Entertainment can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.spe.sony.com. |
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