The official trailer for the upcoming film “Concussion” was released earlier this week, and it looks like it could turn out to be a nightmare for the NFL. Unless, of course, the makers of the movie were intimidated by America’s most popular sports league while filming.
A report from the New York Times cites leaked studio emails that were allegedly sent back and forth between Sony Pictures executives pondering ways the script for “Concussion” could be altered to avoid antagonizing the NFL.
“Will (Smith) is not anti football (nor is the movie) and isn’t planning to be a spokesman for what football should be or shouldn’t be but rather is an actor taking on an exciting challenge,” Dwight Caines, the president of domestic marketing at Sony Pictures, reportedly wrote in an email to three top studio executives on Aug.