Sony Pictures CEO: streaming media cannot create stars, big screen movies can create

​​The 2023 Film Industry Conference (CinemaCon) was grandly opened in Las Vegas recently. Sony Pictures announced that it will release 23 theatrical films this year, which excited people in the global film industry.

Sony Pictures' "Spider-Man: Across the Universe", "Kraven the Hunter", "The Witcher 3" and many other works made their debuts and attracted enthusiastic attention.

Sony Pictures Chairman and CEO Tom Rothman (Tom Rothman) speaks on stage : "Streaming media cannot create movie stars, only the world's most popular theater blockbusters can create them." Sony, as a Hollywood film company that has insisted on releasing theater movies for the past three years, Rothman said: "Big-screen movies can not only survive, but eventually win." become the focus of the conference.

 

"Analytics say movie stars don't matter anymore, and I really want all my competitors to believe that shit. Real movie stars matter more than ever, they're just rarer than ever."

The mood at this year's convention was decidedly more upbeat, with exhibitors predicting a big box-office recovery as summer looms, with Universal Pictures and Illumination's Super Mario Bros. movie a hit.

"Spider-Man: Into the Universe" is one of the most popular movies of Sony Pictures this year, and it is highly anticipated by fans all over the world. In a recent list selection by the ticketing website Fandango, "Spider-Man: Across the Universe" defeated "Mission: Impossible 7", "The Flash", "Fast and Furious 10" and other films to become the most anticipated by North American audiences in 2023 The number one summer movie.

"As you can see at Sony, we're not messing around, there's always a risk of being original, but for me the bigger risk is boring the audience to death with the sameness. No goals conceded, no glory."

"Everyone says the future is streaming. During those darkest times, our commitment to movies at Sony has never wavered," said Josh Greenstein, president of Sony Pictures Pictures Group. "Oh, times have changed? Come on." Come on, the water temperature is just right."

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