Harmony Jones
The hacking of Sony’s computer systems a week ago is hurting many. Not only have at least five of Sony’s films been thieved and uploaded onto the internet (including forthcoming release “Annie”) but personal details and business dealings of some of the company’s major players have also been revealed. It’s also a nightmare for actors like Seth Rogen – whose wage on “The Interview” has been revealed via the leaked docs – and Adam Sandler, who we’ve now discovered, via stolen Sony emails, wasn’t popular with the studio anymore.
One email, some of which has been reprinted by Gawker, has an employee complaining that all Sony make are reboots and crappy Adam Sandler movies.
Here’s the goods :
There is a general “blah-ness” to the films we produce. Althought we manage to produce an innovative film once in a while, Social Network, Moneyball, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, we continue to be saddled with the mundane, formulaic Adam Sandler films. Let’s raise the bar a little on the films we produce, and inspire employees that they are working on the next Social Network.
In TV and Theatrical, I hope management looks closely at the money spent on development and term deals to ensure efficiency. There are a lot of term deal personnel as well as creative personnel, yet we only release a dozen or so Columbia Pictures a year, for example. And will we still be paying for Adam Sandler? Why?
It is commenable [sic] that SPE understands/supports the importance of risk-taking, particularly in how the we pick films to greenlight. However, the studio needs to change deal structure that has been in place with Happy Madison, as this arrangement has disproportionately benefitted Adam Sandler and his team, relative to SPE.
Stop making the same, safe, soul-less movies and TV shows. Enough with the re-makes and reboots. Breaking Bad and Community are just about the most artful and innovative gems we currently have
Sandler’s deal with Sony seems to have ended anyway, since he’s now doing four movies for streaming service Netflix, but hearing this from the studio is definitely not going to sit well with him. Sandler is part of Sony’s forthcoming “Hotel Transylvania” sequel, so they’re definitely going to want to kiss and make up with him if they want him to do any PR for it.
