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 studio. The films the hosts said they were behind, which the two lists below run through too: Moneyball (2011); Ricki and the Flash (2015). Count them as producer (3 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.

Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Moneyball (2011), which they were behind as Sony head who put the movie in turnaround: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Moneyball (the host's read). The film points toward the next wave of dramas that happen to be about sports.
    “And Friday Night Lights is moving us toward this kind of next iteration of whatever that was, and it's leading to stuff like money ball and win-win and like dramas that also happen to be about sports.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:16:15 · Bill Simmons (0.80 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

Other (3) everyone in other

Studio (2) everyone in studio

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. 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)
  2. 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)

  1. 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

  1. 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)
  2. 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)