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Sony Pictures Targets 16 New Films Through 2019

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Sony Pictures Entertainment has unveiled the release dates for 16 films slate to hit theaters through 2019.

The full list of films and their release dates includes:

Money Monster – 4/8/16
The Shallows – 6/24/16
Ghostbusters – 7/15/16
Patient Zero – 9/2/16
The Magnificent Seven – 9/23/16
Underworld 5 – 10/21/16
Passengers – 12/21/16
Jumanji – 12/25/16
Stephen King’s The Dark Tower – 1/13/17
Resident Evil 6 – 1/27/17
Bad Boys 3 – 2/17/17
Baby Driver – 3/17/17
Barbie – 6/2/17
Uncharted – 6/30/17
The Lamb – 12/8/17
Bad Boys 4 – 7/3/19

Many established franchises will be extended (Underworld 5, Resident Evil 6 and Bad Boys) and the studio hopes to create new franchises with their new version of Ghostbusters as well as the hit video game Uncharted, along with Stephen King’s The Dark Tower,  Barbie, The Magnificent Seven and the upcoming Jumanji remake.

Upcoming releases not mentioned with this press release but previously announced are:

Spider-Man reboot (7/28/17)                                                                                                 The Equalizer 2 (9/29/17)                                                                                                        Dan Brown’s Inferno (10/14/16)                                                                                        Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk(11/11/16)                                                       Christopher Miller and Phil Lord’s animated Spider-Man film  (7/20/18).

Sony Pictures and MRC Team Up to Make ‘The Dark Tower’

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Longing_the_Dark_Tower_by_andyfactor-1The once believed to be “unfilmable” book series may have just found a dance partner. Deadline is reporting that Sony Pictures and MRC are teaming to make a live-action version of the Stephen King series “The Dark Tower”. Sony and MRC will co-finance the franchise with Sony developing the first feature film and MRC beginning work on a tie-in television series.

The film will be based on King’s book, The Gunslinger, which just so happens to be the first book in the series. Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) and Jeff Pinker (The Amazing Spider-Man 2) are currently writing the screenplay.

“I’m excited that ‘The Dark Tower’ is finally going to appear on the screen,” says King. “Those who have traveled with Roland and his friends in their search for the Dark Tower are going to have their long-held hopes fully realized. This is a brilliant and creative approach to my books.”

“There are few projects out there that compare with the scope, vision, complex characters and fully drawn world that Stephen King has created with The Dark Tower,” adds Sony chairman Tom Rothman. “I am a giant fan. And, as Stephen himself does, we love the direction that Akiva and Jeff have taken. This is a great opportunity for a director to put his or her stamp on a cool global franchise.”

No release date and cast has been released at this time. Keep checking back for updates.