Artists Fairness, the impartial studio based by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Gerry Cardinale, has signed an total theatrical function movie settlement with Sony Photos. Beneath the three-year settlement, Sony will distribute the theatrical movies globally, which shall be developed and produced by Artists Fairness. Sony will finance the movies and deal with all ancillaries, with Artists Fairness having the choice to co-finance particular person tasks.

“Artists Fairness, within the quick span of its existence, has confirmed remarkably adept at creating and producing prime quality business movies,” stated Sony Photos’ Movement Image Group chairman and CEO Tom Rothman. “This isn’t a shock to me as I’ve recognized the 2 inventive ‘Execs from Dover’ for a few years and all the time admired their smarts, expertise and moxie. Now that Ben and Matt and their group have set their sights firmly on the excessive bar of the theatrical market, Sony is fortunate as hell to be partnering with them. We look ahead to making a bunch of hit movies collectively.”

Artists Fairness CEO Affleck added, “It’s an enormously significant landmark for Artists Fairness to be making movies for theatrical launch with Sony Photos and specifically with Tom Rothman, with whom Matt and I’m going again greater than twenty years. Tom has each a deep and abiding love for motion pictures and an understanding of and appreciation for a way they’re made. I can’t consider a greater associate than Sony, which is absolutely in on the theatrical expertise, as Artists Fairness seeks to make movies expressly meant to be seen within the cinema, with an viewers. It’s an honor to make movies for the magical darkish room the place we come along with strangers to venture our innermost secrets and techniques onto a display screen, surrendering to a narrative collectively, agreeing to share the identical flickering dream. I’m grateful for the chance to convey motion pictures to a worldwide viewers, with your complete knowledgeable Sony group.”

Upcoming Artists Fairness releases embrace Joe Carnahan’s “RIP,” an motion movie starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Teyana Taylor and Scott Adkins; Affleck’s “Animals,” a thriller starring Affleck, Gillian Anderson, Steven Yeun and Kerry Washington; and Invoice Condon’s “Kiss of the Spider Girl,” tailored from the seven-Tony Award-winning Broadway musical and starring Jennifer Lopez and Diego Luna.

Artists Fairness was launched in 2022, with Cardinale’s RedBird stated to have dedicated a minimum of $100 million to funding the enterprise. Previous releases from the corporate embrace Affleck’s “Air,” starring Damon, Affleck, Jason Bateman and Viola Davis; Doug Liman’s “The Instigators,” starring Damon and Casey Affleck; Gavin O’Connor’s “The Accountant 2” starring Affleck, Jon Bernthal, J.Ok. Simmons and Cynthia Addai-Robinson; William Goldenberg’s “Unstoppable” starring Jharrel Jerome, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Peña and Don Cheadle; and Tim Mielants’ “Small Issues Like These” starring Cillian Murphy.