Sony Altered Concussion Film to Prevent N. F. L. Protests, Emails Show. Another email on Aug. N. F. L. were deleted or changed, while in another note on July 3. Sony lawyer is said to have taken most of the bite out of the film for legal reasons with the N. F. L. and that it was not a balance issue. Other emails in September 2. N. F. L. Concussion Official Trailer 2. Will Smith. Video by Sony Pictures Entertainment. The movie is due out in December, but the trailer was released Monday. It showed Smith as Bennet Omalu, whose work diagnosing a disease in American football players known as C. T. E. a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated blows to the head led to one of the N. F. L. s biggest crises a possibility that the game itself could be lethal. Suicides by former star players, including Dave Duerson and Junior Seau, have heightened the scrutiny on the N. F. L., which has agreed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to settle a lawsuit brought by about 5,0. The trailer showed several scenes depicting Dr. Capella Scan 6. Omalu with jaw dropping surprise in his lab and angrily demanding the truth from people who appear to be from the N. F. L. Many other scientists have built on Dr. Omalus work, which began in 2. N. F. L. has since donated tens of millions of dollars to study the effects of concussions and develop ways of treating them. The N. F. L. has declined to comment on the trailer or the movie, and several Sony executives, through a spokeswoman, declined to speak about the movie or its production and marketing strategy. Mr. Landesman, who also wrote the movie, said in an interview that the email conversations do not show Sony bowing to the N. Sports Heads Football Hacked 2017' title='Sports Heads Football Hacked 2017' />Seahawks shut down highscoring Rams Tim Martinez The road to football playoffs gets a little clearer No. Washington. Play Football Heads unblocked Game free online at HeadsGames. Basically, it is a 2 player football game. F. L., but rather trying to portray the characters and story as accurately as possible to reduce the chance that the league could attack the filmmakers for taking too much creative license. He added that like many large companies, movie studios that take on controversial topics try to anticipate how their films might be criticized and prepare defenses. He confirmed that Sony lawyers deleted some material from the film, but he declined to elaborate on the cuts beyond saying that they did so to make the story better and richer and fairer. Photo. Omalu in 2. He is the forensic pathologist who identified chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C. Sports Heads Football Hacked 2017' title='Sports Heads Football Hacked 2017' />T. E., a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head hits. Credit. Lisa Renee Kyle for The New York Times Those changes, he said, did not alter the thrust of the story, which focuses on Dr. Omalu, a forensic pathologist who identified C. T. E., or chronic traumatic encephalopathy. We dont want to give the N. F. L. a toehold to say, They are making it up, and damage the credibility of the movie, Mr. Landesman said of Sonys efforts. He added There were things that might have been creatively fun to have actors say that might not have been accurate in the heads of the N. F. L. or doctors. We might have gotten away with it legally, but it might have damaged our integrity as filmmakers. We didnt have a need to make up anything because it was powerful and revelatory on its own. Mr. Landesman continued, There was never an instance where we compromised the storytelling to protect ourselves from the N. F. L. Still, the issue of how to portray the story of players living with the lethal hazards of the game has been fraught, even for a studio that has no substantial ties to the N. F. L. Steve Tisch, a co owner of the New York Giants, has a production company located at Sony Pictures, but he is not involved with the movie. Ridley Scott, a producer, and Mr. Landesman are represented by WME Entertainment, which also works with the N. F. L. The N. F. L. In 2. 01. 3, N. F. L. officials complained to ESPN executives about a documentary, League of Denial, that the network had produced with Frontline, detailing the leagues response to the dangers of head trauma. ESPN stopped working on the project with Frontline, which later broadcast it. In 2. 00. 4, the N. F. L. complained to the chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, the parent company of ESPN, about a hard hitting television series on the sports network that delivered an unsavory depiction of professional football players. The show ended after one season. In this case, the emails, some of which were first reported on Reddit, suggested that Sony saw a dramatic story behind Dr. Omalu, a Nigerian immigrant who became a whistle blower when he tried to warn the N. F. L. about the risk of playing football. Mr. Landesman, a former journalist who has written for The New York Times Magazine, was asked in November 2. Mr. Scott and his wife, Giannina, who are producing the film. In one of the emails hacked from Sony by an unknown culprit and posted on Wiki. Leaks, Amy Pascal, then a co chairwoman of Sony Pictures, called the movie important and controversial and said the studio was committed passionate and enthusiastic about making it. But in the same email, from July 2. We need to know exactly what we can and cant do and if this is a true story or not, she wrote, taking note of other movies about real events, including Zero Dark Thirty, Moneyball and The Social Network, all of which were later criticized to varying degrees for veering from accuracy. I know these can be dicey waters but none more than this one, she wrote. PhotoThere was never an instance where we compromised the storytelling to protect ourselves from the N. Kenyattan.jpg?fit=624%2C479' alt='Sports Heads Football Hacked 2017' title='Sports Heads Football Hacked 2017' />Play unblocked games at school and anywhere you want, You can play all free unblocked games 66 and 77 at headsgames. Champions League Follow the Football match between FC Barcelona and Juventus live with Eurosport. The match starts at 2045 on 19 April 2017. When Sony Pictures Entertainment decided to make a movie focusing on the death and dementia professional football players have endured from repeated hits. Features news, weather, sports scores, webcams, school closings, and items of interest. F. L., said Peter Landesman, the director of Concussion. Credit. Evan AgostiniInvision, via Associated Press In other emails, Sony executives discussed how to make the movie appear less threatening. In several emails they said that press materials should note that Mr. Smith likes football and one of his sons played the game. In another email, Hannah Minghella, a top executive, suggested that rather than portray the N. F. L. as one corrupt organization can we identify the individuals within the N. F. L. who were guilty of denyingcovering up the truth. Last September, Mr. Landesman wrote to Paul Hicks, the top spokesman at the N. F. L., to set up a meeting with the leagues commissioner, Roger Goodell. Mr. Hicks asked Mr. Landesman for a copy of the script, but several Sony executives were aghast that Mr. Landesman had reached out to the N. F. L. independently and the idea of a meeting was scuttled. Mr. Landesman said in an interview that in the end he never met with Mr. Hicks because it would have worked to the N. F. L. s advantage. He never sent the N. F. L. the screenplay, but he said he thought the N. F. L. had seen it anyway because a version was in a hacked email, though a comprehensive review of the emails by The Times did not find it. The only comment the N. F. L. has made is that it welcomes attention to health and safety issues. We are encouraged by the ongoing focus on the critical issue of player health and safety, the league said in a statement when asked to comment on the film. We have no higher priority. We all know more about this issue than we did 1. Ibm Spss Modeler 14.1'>Ibm Spss Modeler 14.1. As we continue to learn more, we apply those learnings to make our game and players safer. Continue reading the main story.