A leaked email exchange between Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter and Sony CEO Michael Lynton has revealed that they don't believe female superheros are profitable.
The email appears to be a follow-up to a phone conversation between the two men and bears the blunt subject-line "Female Movies," in which Perlmutter describes 'Elektra' as "very, very bad" at the box office, 'Catwoman' as a "disaster" and the 1984 release 'Supergirl' as "again, another disaster," the Fox News reported.
The emails were uncovered in the wake of 'Avenger' stars Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner's jokes calling Scarlett Johansson's character, Black Widow, a "slut.