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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Comparing the scores don't matter.

The screening scores only mattered in one way: if Justin's cut had scored above a certain threshold, his contract dictated that Sony would release his cut. That's the only scenario in which screening scores would dictate which cut was released.

Since Justin's cut didn't meet that threshold, Sony could release any cut for any reason. Literally. They were the distributor. It sounds like Sony chose to release Blake's cut because it got a very good response at Book Bonanza and because Blake and Colleen were both very enthusiastic about it, and Sony wanted them to sell the movie very hard to their fan bases (which they did). Sony's concern was getting people to buy tickets to the movie.

I also think Sony wanted to push the women's empowerment angle in selling the movie, and it was easier to do that with a cut that had been put together by Blake and Colleen.

Again, Justin could have avoided any of this had his cut scored high enough to trigger his "final cut" rights in his contract. But it didn't, so it was out of his hands and Sony made the decision based on marketing strategy, which is a completely valid reason to choose one cut over another.[/quote]

Sony released Blake’s cut b/c she threatened them. She said she did not care that her version scored lower. That the decision had been made as far as she, Colleen and Taylor were concerned. It had nothing to do with Justin’s contract. His contract also included a film by credit that she had taken away. Sony made their feelings clear about Blake on more than one occasion that they considered her an effing terrorist.[/quote]

But where did she threaten them? Where was the threat? Saying she's decided, and that Colleen has decided (or that Taylor has, lol, who wasn't even involved with the movie) is meaningless. That's no different than Justin telling them "I've decided my cut is the best cut." Ultimately Sony decides. They went with Blake's cut, as was their right since Justin's didn't hit the score thresholds.

I don't even understand why this matters. I think at one point Justin said that the cut they released was like 98% identical to his cut. So who cares?? Good enough, these people should move on with their lives. It all seems soooooo petty.[/quote]

Are you seriously asking Where did she threaten them? You obviously haven’t been paying attention to any of this case. Her lawyer sent emails to Wayfarer no less than seven times threatening her to pull out of the movie at different junctures because she had not signed the contract.

At every stage, if she didn’t get what she wanted, she would pull out costing them millions because they obviously already did scenes with her, and even based young Lily on her appearance.

At the end, she threatened not to promote the movie if they didn’t use her cut. Sony was pissed about this, but went along with it. Before this document I dump it seemed  like Sony was on her side, but now that we have last year seen so much of the back-and-forth, they clearly weren’t. They were just not trying to rock the boat and they we’re seeking to appease Ryan because they had some projects in the works so they were doing everything possible to appease Blake and Ryan. Sony was the whole reason Blake got hired because again they wanted it in with Ryan. This is a common theme throughout Blakes career. Ryan is obviously doing a lot with Disney lately and sure enough Blake just voiced some show about penguins or something. Do you really think they would’ve hired Blake lively on their own? Her whole career since gossip girl has been because of Ryan and this was no different.

I can’t believe you’re seriously asking this question. I don’t believe this is in good faith. [/quote]

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