Sony Pictures Imageworks Closes Indian Branch

Sony Pictures continues to shrink. After closing the branch in Mexico in 2012, the contract for the location in Chennai, India, will not be renewed.
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Yet the Chennai branch had made a not insignificant contribution to success. Not only to "Men in Black 3", but the team also made a not insignificant contribution to "The Amazing Spider-Man 2", as Variety recently reported.

The Indian location was originally created in 2007 with the acquisition of the local studio FrameFlow and, according to Variety, most recently consisted of around 100 employees. No information was provided on how many of them would be taken on, although some jobs had already been moved to the studio in Vancouver.