By Sony Motion Pictures Group chairman Tom Rothman is in Cannes this week and spoke with Deadline about the industry and where things stand with various upcoming Sony Pictures projects.
First up, he was asked if Oscar winner Cillian Murphy will be back on screen in the first of Danny Boyle’s “28 Years Later” films. Rothman confirms he will be:
“Yes, but in a surprising way and in a way that grows, let me put it that way. This is Danny at his best, combined with a very commercial genre.”
He then cites Darren Aronofsky’s next film “Caught Stealing starring Austin Butler which he dubs “Darren’s most commercial entry ever”. He called Kogonada’s “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey”, starring Margot Robbie, as “one of the most poetic exquisite scripts I’ve ever read”.
He adds that big IP movies are going to stay big though and says he thinks “The Legend of Zelda” is going to be huge for the studio:
“Massive…. the movie is being developed and made in the closest possible collaboration with [Nintendo video game designer] Shigeru Miyamoto. He’s a true genius in that world, and it’s really his strong vision that is motivating it. He created it and understands it thoroughly.”
He also discussed some of those big IP titles coming up including confirmation about “Spider-Verse” and “Venom” coming to an end with their third entries:
“Let me tell you when the last of the Spider-Verse movies comes with Phil Lord and Chris Miller, it’s going to be a significant event, as will the next Tom Holland Spider-Man film. And when all the Karate Kid storylines come together with Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan and a new young karate kid. For those fans, that’s going to be a significant moment. We have those. The third and last Venom, is going to be huge.”
Rothman also says they are pushing hard on originals because audiences want that – arguing there’s a far greater risk “that we bore the audience to death if we don’t try to expand and give the audience some new stuff.”
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