Sanford Panitch appointed the president of Sony Pictures, Josh Greenstein leaving
Sanford Panitch will remain president of the Sony film group. He used to share the title with Josh Greenstein, who officially withdrew to join Paramount after the sale in Skydance.
As part of The Shift at Sony, Peter Kang was promoted to Columbia Production President Pictures, Nicholas Weiss and Dave Fruchbom were raised for co-chefs of global creativity and strategy, and Andrea “Angel” Giannetti was increased to the executive vice-president of the production and senior creation for Columbia Pictures.
Danielle Misher, head of theatrical marketing, and Steven O’Dell, president of international marketing and distribution, will continue to supervise the marketing operation of Sony. Weiss and Fruchbom will present themselves in Misher and work closely with O’Dell on international efforts. Kang and Giannetti will continue to present themselves in Panitch. Misher and O’Dell will go directly to Tom Rothman, CEO and president of the Sony film group.
“We are all sorry to see Josh leaving. He has been a wonderful colleague for many years, and we wish him the best,” Rothman said in a statement. “The key to a solid organization, however, is to have a solid bench. Our marketing group has this, and I am very happy to recognize some of our exceptional longtime talents with enlarged roles. Dave and Nick are two of the best creative advertising minds that I have met in my many years of walking, and Danielle and Steven provide experienced leadership.
Rothman continued: “Likewise, Peter is one of the most skilful and devoted production leaders of all Hollywood. Sanford and I have been working with him for over 25 years, with great success. I am sure that Peter will keep the Torch of Columbia the brilliant torch, and that Age will continue to deliver great successful films, as she has always done. And I know that I can count on Sanford to adopt his extensive responsibilities. unrivaled and essential to our success. »»
Panitch joined Sony in 2016 and was appointed co-president of the film group with Greenstein in October 2019. He supervised the successful franchises of the studio such as “Spider-Man”, “Jumanji” and “Venom”, as well as recent gains like “Morbius”, “Madame Web” and “Kraven the Hunter”.
Kang joined Sony Pictures in 2019 and worked on the development and production of films such as “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” of 2024 and the comedy of Jennifer Lawrence “No Hard Feelings”. He played a key role in the launch of Sony’s collaboration with PlayStation Productions, which gave “Uncharted” from 2022 with Tom Holland and “Gran Turismo” by Neill Blomkamp.
Fruchbom, who joined Sony Pictures in 2015, and Weiss, who joined in 2014, directed the creative campaigns behind “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” by Quentin Tarantino, the “Little Women” by Gerwig, Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, “Any but you” and “Jumanji: the next level”.
Giannetti, a veteran of the 35 -year -old company, supervised production on new films “Jumanji”, “IT ends with us” and “The Equalizer 3” “
“I am delighted to have someone as accomplished and intelligent as Peter leading photos of Columbia,” said Panitch. “And in addition to the pleasure of working with all the many executives capable of each of the divisions that I supervise, I feel particularly lucky to collaborate directly with the exceptional Angel Giannetti. We have a lot of great event films that descend our pipeline, so it is a very exciting and promising period at Sony, where we continue to prioritize and write the experience in theater.”
Sony’s next film includes the criminal thriller by Darren Aronofsky “captured to fly”, the continuation “28 years later: Bone Temple”, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” by Marvel and a new episode “Jumanji”.
