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Sony Pictures and Legendary Entertainment won’t be renewing their global distribution pact when it expires at the end of this year, Deadline has confirmed.
We understand it was a mutual decision.
The original deal, announced two years ago, was set on replacing the former pact which Legendary had with Warner Bros. However, when it came to Legendary, all the good stuff was over at Warner Bros. with Dune: Part Two and Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire making a combined $1.28 billion. Also in the mix for next year, Legendary has Minecraft at Warners, the big screen take of the massively popular computer game. That’s coming out on April 4, 2025.
A third Dune is being buzzed to be in the works at Warners from Legendary with Denis Villeneuve returning; that’s dated for Dec. 18, 2026.
Under the new Sony deal, the Culver City, CA studio marketed and released Legendary’s slate, sans China where Legendary East will handle all marketing and distribution on its movies. Most of the movies bombs, i.e. the Biblical comedy The Book of Clarence ($6M off a $40M production cost) and the Bert Kreischer comedy The Machine which grossed $11M versus a $20M production cost. Left over from the pact is Animal Friends, a live-action animated R-rated hybrid which stars Ryan Reynolds, Jason Momoa, Vince Vaughn and Aubrey Plaza. Legendary produced the title with Reynolds’ Maximum Effort and Prime Focus Studios. The pic hits theaters on Aug. 15, 2025.
Recently, Legendary bought out Wanda Group’s remaining 60% equity interest in the studio.
The Wrap first reported the news about Sony and Legendary calling quits.
