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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
You have absolutely no business discussing a subject that you clearly know absolutely nothing about.
I have a good friend that's written, co-written, produced and executive produced more than 800 episodes of network TV. I'm not talking Lifetime Network, I'm talking CBS, NBC and ABC. He's also written or co-written four different movies that have earned more than $150 million dollars at the box office, one of which earned more than $200 million.
Last Fall, I asked if he was working on anything cool during the pandemic, to which he responded "I'm working on a Marvel pitch". I was super excited for him and because of your stupid, uninformed and asinine posts in this thread, I reached out to him this morning to find out how it was going.
"Well, as it turns out, I have some juice in this town but apparently not enough to get a pitch meeting with Marvel".
I was floored but not surprised, considering the climate in Hollywood right now. A guy that's had 4 "winners" at the box office, a Netflix series on its 4th season who produced massive hit shows can't get a meeting with Marvel, most likely because he's a 57 year old white male. But Malcom Spellman and his 8 episodes of Empire can get a Marvel property and Daniel Cretton, with a couple of dopey films under his belt that didn't make any money, can get a Marvel property.
You're ****ing outright clueless to what's happening right now.
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Okay, for the last time. My point isn't that Marvel is not hiring relatively inexperienced people. I agree they are. My point is that it's not new.
It sucks your friend couldn't get a pitch meeting, but is it possible Marvel wouldn't be interested because a guy of his stature would expect a level of control (not to mention pay) they're not willing to give up? They have white men writing other shows.
This white guy got to pitch a Jimmy Woo show based on a viral tweet.