Drew Goddard Thinks A 'Godzilla' Sized 'Sandman' In SINISTER SIX Could Top DOCTOR STRANGE

Drew Goddard Thinks A 'Godzilla' Sized 'Sandman' In SINISTER SIX Could Top DOCTOR STRANGE

LOL! In a new "Sony Hack" email, Sinister Six writer and director Drew Goddard reveals why he believes Tom Hardy should pick Sinister Six over Doctor Strange; "F*** you, magic tricks - we've got a skyscraper Tom Hardy knocking down buildings!!!!"

By JoshWilding - Dec 24, 2014 04:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Sinister Six
Source: Twitter (@BikiniRobotArmy)
In a email with the subject line "[Deadline.com] Marvel Starts Doctor Strange Search: Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch Early Wish Listers" from back in June, Drew Goddard pens an email to Amy Pascal in which he appears to talk about writing up a note to Tom Hardy about why he should choose Sinister Six over Doctor Strange (he would of course end up picking DC Comics adaptation Suicide Squad over both). Here the ridiculous sounding email from Goddard it is in its entirety: 
 
I'm gonna write him up a note this weekend. But, off the top of my head, some possible talking points are:
 
- We're doing something different - it's time to celebrate the bad guys for once.
-We're inspired by the classic team/mission of movies: Dirty Dozen, Magnificent Seven, Guns of Navarone. We want that spirit, that SWAGGER.
- If the Spider-Man franchiseis the Beatles, then we're the Sex Pistols.
-Flint Marco is gonna steal the show.
-The character is pure id - the anarchic enthusiast of the team. A chance to have FUN while celebrating being bad.
-Tom embodies that anarchy, that triumphant nihilism - we've seen him tap into that spirit before in roles like Bronson, but now we have the chance to crank the volume up to ELEVEN. 
-He's gonna storm through London at the end like God-f***ing-zilla. That is not purple prose. He'sgoing to be AS TALL AS A SKYSCRAPER in the third act of the movie. What does Dr. Strange have? Magic tricks? [frick] you, magic tricks - we've got a skyscraper Tom Hardy knocking down buildings!!!!


Wow. I'm not sure about you guys, but I am extremely relieved that this idiot had to step down as Daredevil's showrunner. You can appreciate that he's just trying to come up with ways of selling Sinister Six and the role of Sandman to Tom Hardy, but is recycling one of THE worst parts of Spider-Man 3 really the best way to do that? Goddard clearly thinks so, and if this is the best he can come up with for the final act, who knows how bad the rest was! Thankfully someone at Sony seemingly saw sense as there was no mention of this movie at Comic-Con (one email revealed plans for Goddard to announce it at the event) and it appears to have stalled since. If Marvel Studios do end up making a deal with Sony, here's hoping Goddard isn't part of it...what do you guys think?
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patrat18
patrat18 - 12/24/2014, 4:38 AM
Lmfaooo. I'm off to work.
patrat18
patrat18 - 12/24/2014, 4:39 AM
"frick] you, magic tricks - we've got a skyscraper Tom Hardy knocking down buildings!"

Got damn i laughed so hard.
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 12/24/2014, 4:40 AM
Man, this is getting worse. And yeah, I'm totally with you, Josh. He seems like a [frick]ing retard here, glad he's not attached to Daredevil.
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 12/24/2014, 4:42 AM
Sandman topping Dr Strange........LMFAO!!!!!

Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 12/24/2014, 4:44 AM
Merry Christmas to Everyone at CBM.

Minty
Minty - 12/24/2014, 4:46 AM
Huh. He's enthusiastic thats for sure. But yeah, giant size destructive Sandman sounds terrible.

He's a good filmmaker though.
Runefyst
Runefyst - 12/24/2014, 4:47 AM
Respecting the source material is the path to making the best comic book movies. There's evidence of it now! How do filmmakers still not see this?
MaximusTheMad
MaximusTheMad - 12/24/2014, 4:47 AM
Wow, it's weird to see how quickly you people are ready to dismiss Goddard as both a writer, director, and human being based on an e-mail.
Invictor
Invictor - 12/24/2014, 4:50 AM
I don't think this shows he's an idiot, just enthusiastic as @Minty said. We don't even know the context of the scene, to be honest.
ZeoTV
ZeoTV - 12/24/2014, 4:51 AM
Goddard is an idiot
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 12/24/2014, 4:51 AM
Actually, now that I'm reading that, that is probably exactly how I'd be pitching it. I mean, he's probably joking but if I were doing it I'd be all like, "And then Doc Ock comes in, his four arms clinging to buildings on either side of the street and Mysterio appears in this big poof of purple smoke right in the middle of Times Square! Next thing y'know, [frick]ing Kraven the Hunter shows up and just outright wrestles a lion for no [frick]ing reason, bitches! Then that mother[frick]er The Vulture shows up drinking a mother[frick]ing Gatorade to keep his sorry ass on his toes!"
Invictor
Invictor - 12/24/2014, 4:52 AM
I agree with @MaximusTheMad, let's not forget what he's done in the past.

Launchpad
Launchpad - 12/24/2014, 4:53 AM
@maximusthemad
He dared to have enthusiasm about the movie he was working on!
erickrivers
erickrivers - 12/24/2014, 4:53 AM
This seriously makes me wonder about Goddard. Hopefully he was joking around or something but everytime I see an interview with him it worries me that he may not have the brightest future, which is sad I'm pulling for the guy!
Baka
Baka - 12/24/2014, 4:53 AM
i think hes just kidding hes a compotent film maker in my book and this was probably before anyone knew about SS or cumberbatch for strange.
Invictor
Invictor - 12/24/2014, 4:54 AM
I'm pretty sure he's just joking in terms of what he said about Doctor Strange, though.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/24/2014, 4:55 AM
He does know doc Strange does waaaaay more Han magic tricks right lol? I understand he's pitching but I'm glad he's not the DD show runner anymore haha
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 12/24/2014, 4:55 AM
Man, Sinister Six will be an unoriginal concept by the time it's released 'cause we'll have already gotten Suicide Squad. Remember when Sony were all like, "Yeah, we're doing Sinister Six, what of it? Huh? Come on, represent!"
MaximusTheMad
MaximusTheMad - 12/24/2014, 4:56 AM
@BatzFTWfan

As some of the others wrote, he's probably just telling Sony what they wanna hear. Nothing sound sweeter to an executive's ears than your stuff being better than the competition.
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 12/24/2014, 4:56 AM
@BatzFTWfan
Goyer was being outright sexist, Goddard is just spouting fanboy hype.
kong
kong - 12/24/2014, 4:57 AM
I think Hardy liked the concept, but went to the studio where they;re doing it right.

Invictor
Invictor - 12/24/2014, 4:57 AM
"I'm glad he's not the showrunner of Daredevil", because this e-mail is his transcript, right?

Invictor
Invictor - 12/24/2014, 4:59 AM
@0megaDaGod

"Like, the entire context of the email is him saying what he WOULD say in order to sway Hardy towards picking Sinister Six OVER Dr. Strange

Context actually is a real thing, and it’s kind’ve a big deal when assessing what people are saying"


NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 12/24/2014, 5:00 AM
[frick]ing blueberries, man.
DrNomid
DrNomid - 12/24/2014, 5:01 AM
The link leads to completely different email. Where is the source?
blacksuited
blacksuited - 12/24/2014, 5:03 AM
Honestly i think that describtion sounds kinda cool.Sandman's never been a badass character but Tom Hardy is.
After all that hack stuff I still want to see a Sinister Six movie helmed by Drew G.
MaximusTheMad
MaximusTheMad - 12/24/2014, 5:03 AM
Tony Stark's best friend is J.A.R.V.I.S The A.I.
DEVLIN712
DEVLIN712 - 12/24/2014, 5:03 AM
Another day another Sony Spider-Man email article... This is getting really sad.
DEVLIN712
DEVLIN712 - 12/24/2014, 5:06 AM
@DrNomid
Not sure why that's the source, this is the tweet that it should be.
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 12/24/2014, 5:06 AM
Haha, Jesus, actually not really funny because this is horrible.

These people get paid for this!!
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