Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group Chairman and CEO Tom Rothman is quite happy heading into the Oscars with the studio’s animated production, KPop Demon Hunters, a top contender in the Feature Animation and Best Song categories.
A fierce proponent of theatrical, we asked Rothman on tonight’s Oscars red carpet if the sequel has a shot at getting a wide release on the big screen.
“That’s a Netflix call,” he said, adding “It will take us a few years to make the next one. To get that quality of animation from Sony Pictures Imageworks — it’s a numbered year process. By then, who knows? Fingers crossed.”
Back in January, Sony hammered an industry first $7 billion exclusive global pay-one deal with Netflix.
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