"One of the things you won't see us doing is a lot of individual territory purchasing," says
SPWAG prexy Steve Bersch.
The filmmakers have done a beautiful job of creating a compelling narrative, and we are proud to be able to make the film available to the global market," the New York Daily News quoted Steve Bersch, the President of Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (
SPWAG), as saying.
SPWAG, which buys for various Sony units, gobbled up rights on about a half-dozen titles in the market (including "The Spirit" and "Legion") and made the biggest fest purchase: "We Own the Night." Bersch, formerly chief operating officer at Fox Home Entertainment, says the group will again be opportunistic in Cannes this year.