News Summary

• Sanford Panitch, President of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, talked about the power of Japanese IP.
• Sony has produced many of these Japanese IP-based franchises; also owns anime powerhouses Aniplex and Crunchyroll, and invests in Japanese live-action films adapted from manga.
• Upcoming international projects based on Japanese IP include Resident Evil, Legend Of Zelda and Japanese director Takashi Yamazaki’s first Hollywood film Grandgear.
• Panitch: “Film for the most part has remained pretty stable, despite the scale of content being created on streaming platforms”