Artists Equity-The independent artist-led studio founded by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Gerry Cardinal-Har signed an overall theater film agreement with Sony Pictures, the studio announced on Thursday.
According to the three -year agreement, Sony will distribute the theater films globally, which will be developed and produced by Artists Equity. Sony will finance the films and manage all associated, with Artists Equity, which has the opportunity to co -finance individual projects.
“Artists Equity, in a short range, has proven remarkably skillfully on developing and producing high -quality commercial films,” said Tom Rothman, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures’ Motion Picture Group, in a statement to sue. “This is not a surprise to me because I have known the two creative” professionals from Dover “for many years and always admired their smarts, talent and Moxie. Now that Ben and Matt and their team have stuck to the high bar in the theatrical market, Sony is lucky as hell to cooperate with them.
Added Artists Equity Ceo Ben Affleck added: “It is an extremely meaningful landmark for Artists Equity to make films for theater publishing with Sony pictures and especially with Tom Rothman, with which Matt and I go back more than twenty years. Tom has both a deep and constant love for movies and an understanding and appreciation for how they are The cinema, with an audience it is an honor to make movies for the magical dark room where we come together with strangers to project our innermost secrets on a screen.
Upcoming Artists Equity Releases include the “RIP” Action movie with Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Teyana Taylor and Scott Adkins, directed by Joe Carnahan; “Animals” A thriller directed by Ben Affleck with Affleck, Gillian Anderson, Steven Yeun and Kerry Washington; And “Kiss of the Spider-Woman” adapted from the seven toned award-winning Broadway musical written and directed by Bill Condon with Jennifer Lopez and Diego Luna.
Previous emissions from the company include “Air” company’s first film directed by Ben Affleck with Matt Damon, Affleck, Jason Bateman and Viola Davis; “The Instigators” with Matt Damon and Casey Affleck directed by Doug Liman; “The Accountant 2” sequel to the 2016 hit directed by Gavin O’Connor, written by Bill Dubuque, and with the lead role Affleck, Jon Bernthal, JK Simmons and Cynthia Addai-Robinson; “Unstoppable” directed by William Goldenberg with Jharrel Jerome, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Peña and Don Cheadle; And “Small things like these” with Cillian Murphy adapted from Claire Keegan’s acclaimed novel.
