Brian Fowler Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Sony is really talking out of both sides of their mouths here "We didn't want it pulled!" But they take down all of its digital marketing. "We didn't cave, the exhibitors did! And nobody is stepping up to distribute it online digitally!" But they don't announce any plans for a DVD/Blu-ray release. Bunch of mealy mouthed pansies. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 North Korea threatening the US if they.... don't let them help investigate? "The nation is so anxious to "help" that it warned the US of "grave consequences" if it doesn't undertake a joint probe." http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/20/north-korea-offers-joint-investigation/?ncid=rss_truncated Meanwhile, Evan Goldberg (co-director) and most of his staff think it's an inside job at Sony. http://www.straight.com/blogra/788776/evan-goldberg-wonders-if-sony-hack-was-inside-job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 The FBI seemed pretty damn sure it has something to do with North Korea but I've been skeptical from the start. This whole thing is bizarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 We should all be talking more about the possibility of an animated Mario movie, by Sony. Let's see how Ratchet and Clank turns out first. If Sony and Rainmaker can't put together a decent adaptation of that then I don't see Sony, Arad of all people and Nintendo being able to make something as abstract as the basic Mario story work as a movie. (It also seems highly unlikely that Nintendo would WANT to work with Sony Pictures when probably Dreamworks would kill to get their hands on the property, has a better track record with theatrical animation and isn't in competition with Nintendo in the games industry.) Wouldn't Disney seem natural, since they already used Nintendo characters in Wreck-It Ralph? Absolutely not. If I'm Disney, I don't touch Mario (or ANY "live" license) for an animated film with a 10-foot pole. If I'm making 4 animated movies every 3 years (the annual 'animated canon' film plus one Pixar every 3 or so years), then doing a licensed film means one year where whatever I make, I'm having to work with a partner who has very specific requirements on what characters can and can't do (much like Disney themselves), who's getting a big chunk of box office and who may already have merch deals in place with someone else (and will be taking a cut even if they don't), and who CERTAINLY aren't going to let me have their characters in perpetuity for Disney Princess crossover stuff, Infinity games and the occasional drop-in on whatever the modern equivalent of House of Mouse is. My first question is "If this takes off, will we still be able to make Disney Princess dolls of Peach and Daisy in fifteen years? Can we develop a ride at Tokyo Disney?" Even if Mario does bigger box-office than Frozen, from Disney's POV that's still less profit on the 20-year timeline than making a movie that does comparatively modest BO but gives me that long-tail merch potential. ETA: The rules are different with live-action, because that perpetual marketing and 'universe' stuff isn't nearly as important to the brand identity as it is with the cartoons. But live-ac Mario would be a disaster even if the people making it 'get' Mario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 We should all be talking more about the possibility of an animated Mario movie, by Sony. Let's see how Ratchet and Clank turns out first. If Sony and Rainmaker can't put together a decent adaptation of that then I don't see Sony, Arad of all people and Nintendo being able to make something as abstract as the basic Mario story work as a movie. (It also seems highly unlikely that Nintendo would WANT to work with Sony Pictures when probably Dreamworks would kill to get their hands on the property, has a better track record with theatrical animation and isn't in competition with Nintendo in the games industry.) Arad emailed Pascal, and it seemed to imply that the Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata were at least aware of Arad talking to Pascal. She sent the email to Tri-Star, and they supposedly want Genndy Tartakovsky to direct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcosLoura Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 The only good thing to come out of the Sony hack. http://defamer.gawker.com/channing-tatum-writes-emails-exactly-like-you-think-he-1670777558 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 We should all be talking more about the possibility of an animated Mario movie, by Sony. Let's see how Ratchet and Clank turns out first. If Sony and Rainmaker can't put together a decent adaptation of that then I don't see Sony, Arad of all people and Nintendo being able to make something as abstract as the basic Mario story work as a movie. (It also seems highly unlikely that Nintendo would WANT to work with Sony Pictures when probably Dreamworks would kill to get their hands on the property, has a better track record with theatrical animation and isn't in competition with Nintendo in the games industry.) Arad emailed Pascal, and it seemed to imply that the Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata were at least aware of Arad talking to Pascal. She sent the email to Tri-Star, and they supposedly want Genndy Tartakovsky to direct. I'm well aware of that. I'm saying that Sony doesn't have a terribly good track record with animation AND their animated slate for the next couple years is based around Playstation properties, so I don't understand why Arad would go to them over DW. (Then again, I don't understand why Nintendo would use Arad to broker the deal in the first place.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 You guys all suck. That Jolie Cleopatra movie would be a wonderful adventure in excess. Kinda off topic but I was reading an article about Marilyn Monroe a few weeks ago and it mentioned that partly why she was so difficult on the set of Something's Gotta Give (apart from the whole "rampant drug addiction" thing) was she had been determined to star in Cleopatra and she was furious Fox had went with Taylor instead of her. So if you ever think "Could that movie be more of a disaster?" Well, yes. It definitely could have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Here's a largely uninteresting personal story. A buddy of mine texted me a while back that he had passes to a preview screening of The Interview. At the time, I had no interest in seeing it, so I never followed up with him. If I'd known all this was going to happen, I would've gone to see it just for short-term bragging rights (I think the odds are still pretty decent that we'll all be able to see it in the long term). I texted him today to ask if he'd gone to see it. He replied "No, I never used the passes... Had u gone with me I would have... I blame u" So some people blame Sony, some people blame the theatres, some people blame Kim Jong-un, and at least one person blames me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 The only good thing to come out of the Sony hack. http://defamer.gawker.com/channing-tatum-writes-emails-exactly-like-you-think-he-1670777558 I love every bit of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 How can Sony claim they aren't caving when they said they have no other release plans for the film and they are pulling all the online ads and YouTube promo vids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 So much for that comedy script I wrote about a bunch of stoner teenagers deciding to join ISIS instead of taking their college finals. It was going to star Michael Cera and everything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assfax Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 This is like the lamest, most passive aggressive episode of Black Mirror ever. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilwaldo Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 I wonder how bad TMZ feels that this information did not fall on their lap and how much they use the emails to fact check their own work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 I wonder how bad TMZ feels that this information did not fall on their lap and how much they use the emails to fact check their own work? You think those people are capable of shame? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 They should just change the ending to Rogen & Franco smoking weed with Kim Jong Un instead of killing him. Un becomes a stoner, and as a result, North Korea is the most easy going country in the world after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Kinda what happened to Kevin Smith, except with shitty films only getting shittier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 According to the New York Post's "sources", Sony is now planning to release the movie on their streaming service, Crackle, for free. http://nypost.com/2014/12/21/sony-plans-to-release-the-interview-on-crackle-for-free/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Every time I hear about Crackle, it makes me think of that Mitch Hedberg joke. "In Hollywood, it's all about who you know, and I know CRACKLE." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Do a lot of people even use Crackle? I'd expect that to get hacked somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Mashable shot down the Crackle thing last night, but maybe it just got out too soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Old people. It's a free service, so it is inevitably the thing your parents get the most excited about when you introduce them to the world of Roku or Fire TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/12/21/anonymous-vows-to-release-the-interview-on-christmas-day-operation-rip-north-korea-is-on/ Anonymous had decided to get involved. I'm sure this will end well. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I assume Crackle is their last gasp option if nobody else will show it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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