Sonyn yritys luoda oma Spider-Verse-maailma ei ole sujunut odotuksien mukaisesti. Uusin elokuva Madame Web on ollut karmea pettymys. Pääosassa nähtävä Dakota Johnson on kertonut Bustlelle, että hän tuskin enää koskaan on mukana moisessa.
"I had never done anything like it before. I probably will never do anything like it again, because I don't make sense in that world. And I know that now. But sometimes in this industry, you sign on to something, and it's one thing and then as you're making it.
"It becomes a completely different thing, and you're like, 'Wait, what?' But it was a real learning experience, and of course it's not nice to be a part of something that's ripped to shreds, but I can't say that I don't understand."
Johnsonin mukaan elokuvien sisällön päättävät enenevässä määrin komiteat, ja siitä hän ei pidä. Sitä paitsi yleisö haistaa huonon laadun.
"It's so hard to get movies made, and in these big movies that get made — and it's even starting to happen with the little ones, which is what's really freaking me out — decisions are being made by committees, and art does not do well when it's made by committee.
"Films are made by a filmmaker and a team of artists around them. You cannot make art based on numbers and algorithms. My feeling has been for a long time that audiences are extremely smart and executives have started to believe that they're not.
"Audiences will always be able to sniff out bullshit. Even if films start to be made with AI, humans aren't going to fucking want to see those."