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From: "DeLuca, Michael"
Sender: "DeLuca, Michael"
To: "Pascal, Amy"
Cc: "Belgrad, Doug",
	"Minghella, Hannah"
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Subject: Re: I am very frustrated about the sinister six situation
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 20:12:29 -0400
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Totally understand 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 20, 2014, at 5:06 PM, "Pascal, Amy" <Amy_Pascal@spe.sony.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm not saying executives can only do one kind of movie
> They should be allowed to make all kinds of movies but
> Everyone has to be held accountable for something specific. I am being held accountable for fixing the motion picture group. I try and help with tv guys but not much. I used to help more with japan and do a lot more meetings with michael. The new building design, larger corporate matters....interviewing replacements for jobs only preriferally to do with mp ( there is a lot of that coming up) most board meetings and mrp meetings and larger investments and asset sales .  Not  anymore. This is it.
> 
> It doesn't matter what else I wanna do....this is how i am being judged and compensated .That is how everyone has to feel now and the confines should feel liberating
> 
> I don't need to share all this but I want to so u know we are in this together....and I'm am betting it all on this working
> 
>> On Sep 20, 2014, at 3:55 PM, "DeLuca, Michael" <Michael_DeLuca@spe.sony.com> wrote:
>> 
>> By the way, and I hate to say this in an email, what you're describing is the perfect job for the guy we like at you know where, rothmans protege
>> 
>> This carrot could mean a lot
>> 
>> This line of thinking extends to everything, I noticed universal picked up an available book of three novellas from the Fault in our Stars author. Why didn't someone on our staff make it an automatic thing after the success of that movie to immediately see what else the author had. That shit has to become automatic with the group. Hannah and I will address
>> 
>> Unless we say the book and passed in which case I say mea culpa!
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Sep 20, 2014, at 3:48 PM, "Pascal, Amy" <Amy_Pascal@spe.sony.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Yeah
>>> Let's have a big meeting about all of this and put Rachel in charge of being to keeper if all information and brain storming and our strategy and making sure we know all writers Ect
>>> But I feel better already
>>> 
>>> Sent from my Sony Xperia Z2
>>> 
>>>> On Sep 20, 2014, at 3:27 PM, "DeLuca, Michael" <Michael_DeLuca@spe.sony.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Marvel:
>>>> 
>>>> Feige has had a three phase approach to the library, phase 1 was launching Iron Man, captain America and they tried Hulk in advance of the Avengers film, which in turn set up the cosmic aspects of phase 2, leading to Guardians of the Galaxy which will tie into avengers 2 and cap 3. Phase 3 begins with lesser character Ant Man. The emphasis for Feige has been the use of the connective tissue of the marvel universe, using the well known to connect to and set up the lesser known. 
>>>> 
>>>> It's a brilliant plan and could go on forever. The universe has thousands of characters and stories at its disposal. Key writing talent like Marcus and Mcfeeley, drew Pearce, joss whedon, James gunn and even Shane Black have been instrumental. 
>>>> 
>>>> We are literally stalking all that writing talent for their post marvel life. That is something we have literally implemented so rest easy on that.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> DC Comics/wb:
>>>> 
>>>> They are using the new superman to intro the justice league and then hope to do one off movies after justice league, sort of the reverse of Marvel. They don't have a Feige, they sort of have Nolan and Goyer and Zack Snyder. Plus the dc characters are corny and it remains to be seen how this all works out. Ayers suicide squad is dc's version of sinister six so we shouldn't dilly dally. 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Star Wars:
>>>> 
>>>> Any studio would have lost josh trank and rian Johnson to this, it's freaking Star Wars. Your After Earth writer Gary Whitta is writing Gareth Edwards stand alone Star Wars film. Simon Kinberg is writing Josh Tranks. No one knows what they're about but Boba Fett is rumored to be the subject of one. Rian Johnson as you know is doing the main ones, episodes 8 and 9 of the Luke and Leia story lines, after JJ. Not sure anything is gained by looking at what Lucasfilm is doing except we are stalking all these people too, except Whitta whom I think blows.
>>>> 
>>>> There's no way to compete with the lure of Star Wars for these guys. It's like Bond for some people. By the way, if Sony were able to offer Bond to a broad swath of exciting new genre guys like Trank and Rian on a regular basis it would help us catch and retain this talent but I hear that's tough.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> As for us, we are competing in this arena in two ways:
>>>> 
>>>> We are trying to expand the IP at our disposal with plans for Ghostbusters and Bloodshot, and secondly Hannah and I have steered the majority of recent development activity into tent pole candidates like captain nemo, gray man, masters of the universe rewrite, royal honor society rewrite, etc. that is all besides what your are doing with the Spider-man universe, which needs a bible and a strategic plan for expanding like feiges marvel phase plan, you can do that right now it just needs an architect.
>>>> 
>>>> We need to stay in business with Chris and Phil, and the Russos, we need to create homes here for Edgar Wright, James Gunn, Bay, Del Toro, Rupert Wyatt, Neil Blomkamp, Peter Jackson, and catch all the new guys. We are totally big game hunting, that's happening right now.
>>>> 
>>>> We track all the genre writers from the marvel lab, the fox lab, the writers we like who write tent pole genre candidates, and directors who seem suited to it. 
>>>> 
>>>> Our strategy has been, since we don't own a lot of IP, to get to the source of original material ahead of anyone else, the writers or writer directors that are generating new ideas. On the IP we do own, the strategy has been expansion, with a plan. 
>>>> 
>>>> We are investigating even tying Singularity into Bloodshot so we can do it all. But Bond and spidey are both big calling cards and properly positioned could keep our kids down on our farm. 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 20, 2014, at 2:27 PM, "Pascal, Amy" <Amy_Pascal@spe.sony.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> This was a frustrating week
>>>>> In terms of the whole sinister six thing in addition to 100 other things 
>>>>> 
>>>>> But instead if being angry I have an idea 
>>>>> 
>>>>> And it is what I wanted you Rachel to be in charge of when we spoke about the whole spideman world thing
>>>>> 
>>>>> We are not operating with he kind of information we need and in this world it is gonna put us behind
>>>>> 
>>>>> We can't have less assets 
>>>>> Less money and do less homework
>>>>> We will fail 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here is what we always need to know starting yesterday
>>>>> 
>>>>> What comic book 
>>>>> Movies are being made at every single studio
>>>>> 
>>>>> When they are starting
>>>>> Who is in them
>>>>> Who is directing them
>>>>> What actors are they looking at
>>>>> What is the pholopsy  behind them at dc marvel fox Star Wars Star Trek
>>>>> What are the release dates people are planning on secretly and publicly 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Who are the writers writing these movies
>>>>> 
>>>>> Who recently turned in good and bad scripts that are slowing down or speeding up the process
>>>>> 
>>>>> Who are the writers who should  or could be be writing these movies
>>>>> 
>>>>> Who are the directors who are doing rhese movies and who are the new ones to recruit
>>>>> 
>>>>> We have lost josh Trank Rian johnson Scott dereckson David Ayer to other studios all directors I personally  invested in 
>>>>> Talking to and it really angers me that we didn't land any of them
>>>>> 
>>>>> What is happening with all the universe building everywhere else
>>>>> 
>>>>> What is our plan?
>>>>> How is it different from other studios?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Who are the actors on the horizon who are fantastic ? Meet with them 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Meet with the directors. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Meet with the writers
>>>>> 
>>>>> How can image works help us ?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Why did we let Jerome go to do a dc movie with David Ayer in competiton with as
>>>>> 
>>>>> Why would nt someone have put the pieces together
>>>>> 
>>>>> Why a other comic books graphic novels are out there
>>>>> 
>>>>> What is our relationship to the powers that sony play station is doing
>>>>> 
>>>>> What happened with the boys is it time to take a orbiter look at that
>>>>> 
>>>>> Who is thinking about this
>>>>> 
>>>>> Who are he amazing story board artists visual effects supervisors 
>>>>> Visual effects houses who are doing new things that can help us
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is a huge issue
>>>>> 
>>>>> It needs to get solved now 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my Sony Xperia Z2

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