Sony Pictures names new chairman

Sony Pictures has named a replacement for Amy Pascal, who stepped down as co-chair following a debilitating cyber attack that revealed her private emails

Tom Rothman, a Hollywood veteran, will become chair of the film studio.

He spent 18 years at 20th Century Fox and helped bring Titanic and Avatar to the big screen.

Tom Rothman(60) left Fox in 2012 and has been chairman of TriStar Productions, a joint venture with Sony, since 2013

The entertainment division of Sony Corp said that Michael Lynton would remain its chief executive and chairman Tom Rothman will report to him.