Sony Pictures Entertainment and Guardian Media Group have announced a strategic creative collaboration for the publication of the left-leaning The Guardian newspaper.

A strategic creative relationship has been unveiled between Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and Guardian Media Group, a U.K. news media organization that publishes the left-leaning The Guardian newspaper.

With the goal of creating content appropriate for audio-visual adaptation, SPE will acquire exclusive first rights to all of the Guardian's worldwide journalism as a result of the partnership. The agreement covers all of SPE's television production units, including the nonfiction and scripted television divisions in the United States and worldwide production. The deal also covers SPE's feature picture branch, which is home to the labels Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures, 3000 Pictures, and TriStar Pictures.

All of these SPE entities will have access to the 200-year history of the Guardian archive, in addition to the news stories that are now trending and developing.

The Guardian group won the Oscar for best documentary short in 2021 for "Colette." They have three option deals with SPE, along with previous deals with BBC, Netflix, and Sky. They also have other projects in development in the UK and the US.

Curtis Brown mediated the agreement, and a new executive team appointed by SPE and the Guardian will oversee it. The team will collaborate with the Guardian's journalists and contributors to develop content together.