Amy Pascal
Made films the shows talk about.
Wikidata Q481925: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.
Counted as producer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they produced, which the two lists below run through too: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017); Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018); Nora Ephron's films. Count them as studio (2 films) instead.
Draws on
What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
Panic Room (2002): 1 line
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unmapped (set the template for) · through Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), which they produced:
Panic Room ⇒ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (the host's read).
A host says Fincher's all-previs approach on this film created the pipeline for how blockbusters are made.
“But that disc 2 is so much about that he basically created the pipeline for how all fucking blockbusters are made on this movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:31:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010): 1 line
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lineage (lineage) · through Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), which they produced:
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (the host's read).
Sean says Deadpool, the Lego movie and Spider-Verse could not happen without this film having broken the fourth wall first.
“Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse.”
The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
Drawn on by
What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.
No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.
What the speakers said they did
Producing (3) everyone in producing
- producer, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (The Big Picture, Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115))
- producer, Spider-Man: Homecoming (The Big Picture, Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115))
- producer/executive, Nora Ephron's films (Blank Check — Patreon, You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free))
Other (3) everyone in other
- wanted Fincher for Cleopatra, Cleopatra (unmade) (Blank Check — Patreon, Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free))
- Sony studio head who pitched Fincher, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Blank Check — Patreon, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free))
- Sony executive who greenlit it and cast from dailies, The Social Network (Blank Check — Patreon, The Social Network (Ad-Free))
Studio (2) everyone in studio
- studio head (Sony), fired, Ricki and the Flash (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber)
- Sony head who put the movie in turnaround, Moneyball (The Big Picture, The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’)
What was said about them, by kind
career (2)
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career (career):
Amy Pascal → Spider-Man: Homecoming.
After leaving Sony she negotiated a producing deal including the Spider-Man rights and made Homecoming with Marvel.
“Her 1st Spider-Man movie, she got to produce in conjunction with Marvel and made Spider-Man Homecoming.”
The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:41:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Amy Pascal → Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Pascal's second Spider-Man film is Spider-Verse, which the speaker thinks will win the Oscar.
“Her 2nd Spider-Man movie, Spider-Man, it's in the Spider-Verse, which I think is now going to win an Oscar.”
The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:41:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
industry (1)
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industry (industry):
Nora Ephron → Amy Pascal.
Ephron's films usually began with a powerful woman producer or executive: Pascal, Obst, here Schuler Donner.
“So like so much of her career is like Amy Pascal and Linda Opst, and this one is Lauren Schuler Donner.”
Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:35:07 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
Fun items about them
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fun, about
Amy Pascal:
Shout out to Pascal's fur and blowout, and her path from Sony to Spider-Man.
“I would like to give a shout out to Amy Pascal's look.”
The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:40:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Amy Pascal:
Pascal's pitch that got Fincher to do it: a blockbuster franchise for adults.
“This is your chance to make like a blockbuster franchise for adults.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:25:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)