Internal Sony Spider-Man Movie Franchise Debate Uncovered

The hacker group Guardians of Peace has claimed responsibility for stealing 100 terabytes of data from Sony that includes some internal correspondence about the Spider-Man movie franchise.

The group released some of the information to multiple media sites, including Gawker. The site combed through the data and found a file entitled Sony_2012_Comments, which contains complaints from Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) employees about movies produced by the company.

"Seems like we just reboot old product instead of coming up with new ideas like the Hunger Games," one complaint reads. "There is a general 'blah-ness' to the films we produce," says another. "We continue to be saddled with the mundane, formulaic Adam Sandler films," reads another. "Stop making the same, safe, soul-less movies and TV shows," says one more.

One really interesting note focuses on the Spider-Man movie franchise.

"Are you aware that Men In Black 3 may gross $600M at the box office, and yet will lose money for SPE? Shouldn't we question that strategy? Why are some studios making Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Twilight - and we are considering movies like Moneyball, Steve Jobs story, Captain Phillips Story, Evel Knievel story, etc. Are you aware that SPE only has 1 franchise - Spiderman. Yet, it took 5 years to generate a sequel? Spidey 3 was released in summer 2007, #4 in 2012. Don't harry potters come out over 2-3 years?

Are you aware that SPE has only 1 franchise - Spidey? Yet we waited 5 years after Spidey 3 (2007) to release #4? Have you read the SEC annual report? Disney will make $300M on Spidey merchandise this year alone. We won't!"

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