An excerpt from Rolling Stone -
Sony Softened 'Concussion' to Avoid NFL's Wrath, Leaked Emails Show
Script altered, marketing strategy changed so Sony would "[tell] a dramatic story and not [kick] the hornet's nest"
BY DANIEL KREPS September 2, 2015
The football drama 'Concussion' altered its script and marketing strategy to avoid a potential legal showdown with the NFL, leaked emails reveal Sony Pictures
In the upcoming film Concussion, Will Smith plays Dr. Bennet Omalu, the physician who discovered a link between brain trauma and football players. The trailer for the film finds Omalu first diagnosing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and hinted at the NFL's efforts to downplay the situation and keep it from public view. However, the drama might not be as hard-hitting as the trailer suggests.
According to leaked emails uncovered from the Sony hack, the production company, Smith's reps and director Peter Landesman discussed how to alter the film by removing scenes from the script that provoked the NFL, the New York Times reports. As Concussion's first trailer shows, the film is being marketed as a whistleblower story rather than an attack on the NFL, a multi-billion dollar corporation that "owns a day of the week," as one character says in the preview.
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