MUMBAI: Founder of Original Films and producer of some forthcoming films like Battle: Los Angeles and Fast Five, Neal H. Moritz has extended his first-look development and production pact with Columbia Pictures for a further period of three more years.

The extension of the deal comes 18 months before his current deal was set to expire and continues a successful partnership and collaboration with Sony, the studio that has been his home since he produced I Know What You Did Last Summer way back in 1997.

Said Moritz, "Sony has been my home almost since I first started producing and I couldn‘t ask for a better or more supportive studio partner. Amy, Michael, Doug and the entire production team is first rate. They are truly the best as creative collaborators and problem solvers, and they are backed by Jeff Blake‘s marketing and distribution team.

There is a reason that I continue to call Sony my home and it has everything to do with the pleasure I get from being part of such a great, winning team. Years from now, when I have produced the last film of my career, it will probably be made with my friends at Sony."

Among the fifteen films that Moritz has made, the most recent one was The Green Hornet for Columbia Pictures. As founder of Original Films, Moritz has been producing feature films and television series for over three decades.