Sony Pic Boss Tom Rothman On Studio During Town’s M&A Craze, ‘KPop Demon Hunters 2’ & Uni’s Windows Embrace – Oscars Red Carpet

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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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