Creator / Sony Pictures

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Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (SPE) is the film and television production arm of the Japanese multinational conglomerate Sony. They count the Columbia and TriStar studios, SPE Television, SP Animation and SPE Home Entertainment as their leading subsidiaries, and own and operate the Sony Pictures Studios (previously the old Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) lot for films, TV shows, and audio post-production services.

Beyond production, Sony Pictures houses a variety of TV and streaming outlets. These include Game Show Network, Crackle (an ad-supported streaming service now majority owned by Chicken Soup for the Soul), GetTV (a network for classic movie and television series from the Sony libraries), and Funimation's streaming service (following their majority acquisition by Sony Pictures Television in 2017).

As of 2021, it is the only one of the "Big Six" studios (including mini-major Lionsgate) to not have launched or acquired a paid all-inclusive streaming service/premium cable channel, choosing instead to license its library to other outlets (currently Starz and FX, soon to be Netflix and Disney's various media arms among many others) for a lucrative payday.

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Sony Pictures divisions and subsidiaries:

• Columbia Pictures
  • Ghost Corps
• TriStar Pictures
• Screen Gems
• Sony Pictures International Productions
• Sony Pictures Releasing
  • Sony Pictures Releasing International
  • Gaumont Columbia TriStar Films (joint venture between Gaumont and Sony Pictures)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan
• Sony Pictures Animation
• Sony Pictures Imageworks
• Sony Pictures Studios
• Sony Pictures Television
  • Crunchyroll (Jointly operated with Aniplex)
    • Funimation
    • Nozomi Entertainment
    • Lucky Penny Entertainment
    • Manga Entertainment (UK division, the US division is owned by Lionsgate)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions
  • Stage 6 Films
  • Affirm Films
    • Affirm Originals
  • Destination Films
  • Sony Pictures Classics

List of films released under the Sony Pictures banner:

• The Assignment (1997)
• El Camino (with Netflix)
• Cinderella (2021) (with Amazon Studios)
• Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (outside of Japan; with Square Enix)
• Love Again
• A Man Called Otto
• The Man from Toronto (with Netflix)
• Napoleon (with Apple TV+)
• Resident Evil (with Capcom)
  • Resident Evil: Degeneration
  • Resident Evil: Damnation
• Metal Gear (Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection releases only; with Konami, Kojima Productions, IDW Publishing and Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Metal Gear Solid: Bande Dessinée
  • Metal Gear Solid 2: Bande Dessinée

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