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 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)