Tom Rothman isn’t going anyplace. The chairman and CEO of Sony Footage’ Movement Image Group has agreed to a contract extension that may preserve him answerable for the studio’s movie output for years to return, Sony introduced Friday. Phrases of the multi-year extension, together with compensation and the precise variety of years, weren’t disclosed.
Rothman oversees all movie manufacturers underneath the Sony Footage umbrella, together with Columbia Footage, TriStar Footage, Display screen Gems, Sony Footage Animation, Sony Footage Imageworks, Sony Footage Worldwide Productions, and Sony Footage Classics.
The transfer will preserve Hollywood’s longest-tenured studio head in place for even longer throughout a time of elevated uncertainty within the business. Rothman has served as Sony’s movie chairman since 2015, including CEO to his title in 2021. He first joined the corporate in 2013 following a multi-decade profession at twentieth Century Fox that noticed him discovered the Searchlight label and function co-chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Leisure, president of Twentieth Century Fox Movie Group, and president of manufacturing for Twentieth Century Fox.
Whereas Rothman has greenlit his share of I.P.-driven initiatives just like the “Into the Spider-Verse” and “Venom” franchises, his tenure has been notable for his willingness to take massive swings on bold filmmaker-driven initiatives reminiscent of Quentin Tarantino’s “As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Greta Gerwig’s “Little Girls,” and Sam Mendes’ upcoming four-part Beatles biopic. As a famously devoted cinephile, Rothman’s dedication to unique theatrical releases has made him fashionable amongst filmmakers, with Tarantino going to date to say that he wouldn’t work with another studio at this level.
“I’m in all probability going to be doing the film with Sony as a result of they’re the final recreation on the town that’s simply completely, totally, dedicated to the theatrical expertise,” Tarantino informed Deadline in a 2023 interview whereas discussing his hypothetical ultimate movie. “It’s not about feeding their streaming community. They’re dedicated to theatrical expertise. They choose success by asses on seats. And so they choose success by the films getting into the zeitgeist, not simply making an enormous costly film after which placing it in your streaming platform. Nobody even is aware of it’s there.”