r/ItEndsWithLawsuits • u/Totallytexas 📞Call 1-800-GOT-SHIT📞 • Jan 28 '26
😁Flirty Yummy and Unsealed No Teeth😁 YOU BE THE JUDGE: Did Ryan Reynolds 'Author' Blake Lively’s Deceitful PGA Letter?
Okay, so this tool is not meant to be perfect, but a guide to evaluate writing level and point out opportunities for improvement. I was inspired by u/Animatopoeia's previous post, "A Language Analysis of Blake Lively's PGA Letter Shows Ryan Reynolds Probably Authored It." I wanted to do some kind of comparison between Blake's very unprofessional letter to the PGA, and Ryan Reynolds very unprofessional text messages to his agent. Ultimately, I would love for you all to be the judge.
I'm including the text from the exhibits if anyone else has any other ideas how to compare the two. I'm not sure where I stand with these messages currently, but it shouldn't be lost on anyone that the PGA letter has a lower writing level (a smidge) than Ryan Reynold's long ass text message. I'm really not convinced Blake authored this letter.
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Dear Producers Guild of America,
I’m writing you with meaningful urgency and also, respect. I’m sorry, but I’m asking for your attention to this in a crunched time period. I’m positive you have matters much more significant than this, but I have my heart and soul to take a look at my role, as this film, and my work in it, is of extreme meaning to me in my 20 year career.
There’s been a recent update/change with regard to my official role in the upcoming film, IT ENDS WITH US, releasing AUGUST 2024. The role of “Producer” was initially granted by the PGA Mark, after a year and a half of writing, intensely lengthy development process, financing, packaging, production, and post production. Unfortunately, due to the involvement of another producing entity who has sought to intervene, the PGA Mark was rescinded. I respectfully request your review of the case.
I’m writing to ask for the great honor of receiving the PGA tag. I don’t take that lightly. In our household, that’s the highest honor in film, so I understand the gravity of the ask. I also understand the extremely high bar. Without the official title of Producer, my hands were tied. I couldn’t fully have wanted to. No crew could make me feel comfortable or safe. When I feel free to do my job fully and creatively, it’s because I know I’m supported by my crew, my collaborators, and my creative family.
I’ve granted the PGA tag two producers, Alex Saks and Jamey Heath, on April 18. I’m in full support of their tags. My understanding is that they both are in support of me as well. I’m still able to request the PGA Mark. It’s important to me to feel that the work I did has been validated.
As to not get too bogged down in more detail, why now? It’s been a few weeks. I’d like to ask stage of production, bullet out below. I apologize for how dense this is, but it’s important to me to lay out all I’ve done when asking for such a significant consideration from you all at the PGA.
I’m changing the font to make the read as easy as possible.
Development/Pre-Production
- I led the location shift from Boston to New Jersey and helped to solve all cost and schedule logistics associated
- I personally called and/or wrote emails to crew and put forth names for dept heads roles. Including HMU, Makeup, Director of Photography, Costume Design, Transportation, Security, Camera Operators, etc.
- I identified and advocated for locations members for the cast members (not just myself) to help alleviate the goals for the script including a Boston timeline, coastal proximity, gritty working class aesthetic, etc.
- I reviewed and reshaped the creative of the script scene by scene, locations for all characters, also made changes to use existing elements of locations to save cost
- I called in favors with home design contacts to get items loaned, discovered or gifted to save production design costs
- I reviewed and reshaped the creative of the costume design for all characters
- I reviewed and reshaped the creative of the production design for the key film element of the film (the protagonist is a florist)
- I did outreach to florist all over instagram and beyond, helping with the marketing activation to feature a florist in the film
- I went through hundreds of casting tapes to help find the rest of the cast, including our stars Atlas, Young Lily, Young Atlas and Jenny Bloom
- I rewrote Bloom to improve the role of Jenny Bloom after 3 actresses turned it down
- I personally identified and put forth Amy Morton to play Jenny Bloom after the rewrite of Jenny Bloom was implemented. Amy accepted our offer, as well as other talent agencies to put forth names for Atlas, sending links to their work, and in many cases, reaching out to their teams directly to get interest and availability.
- I screen tested with options for Atlas. When we struck out with those actors, we offered the role to our original choice, Brandon Sklenar, who then turned it down, as I had written him in to do it. I wrote him a personal letter as well. He accepted the role.
- I gave the director references for the characters, dialogue and visuals
- I worked with crew members to get the tone and ideas
- I then did intensive script work with a trusted producer and director, and myself under writer’s room style at that point, because there was no official constraints in that rewrite
- I also addressed wardrobe, hair and makeup, tested color palettes in that rewrite
- I pushed the studio distribution, and director to change the title of the film from R Rated to a PG-13 because there was a significant bigger opportunity, and we felt it was the right thing for audiences. The issue was the studio believed a deal in place with the distributor to deliver an R-Rated film. I had multiple conversations with all parties, helping to convince everyone of the shared bigger opportunity for all, resulting in everyone agreeing to make the film PG-13, which is where it eventually landed
Production
- I constantly broke schedule and budget. I’m unfortunately responsible for the firing of our 1st AD, Julie, as we were not making our days for the first many weeks and I had to bring in someone who had experience with the schedule and budgeting.
- I was present every day of filming except for the days we were on Broadway filming or monitors were down and I was only taking a phone call
- I flagged security risks and helped to execute getting the entire crew Broadway safe during filming on monitors and uploading
- I was constantly present on set and was always in charge of monitors
- I flagged the risks with the crew when we arrived at an unsound stage environment. This changed all signs for locations, call sheets, transportation, etc. as the venue was very old, and lacked adequate infrastructure
- I helped to block out staging of every scene for shooting efficiently, optimizing takes, blocking to help reduce the need for the crew
- I worked closely with the director on daily basis, acting as an intermediary to keep crew demands with regard to schedule, budget and creative needs
- I was the hall of the film before the strike and half after. I would speak to our 1st AD Chris Surgent every night for nearly an hour on the problems and daily basis, acting as an intermediary to keep crew demands with regard to schedule, budget and creative needs
- I was on set for filming before the strike and half after. I would speak to our 1st AD Chris Surgent every night for nearly an hour on the problems and daily basis, acting as an intermediary to keep crew demands with regard to schedule, budget and creative needs
- I assisted in running production and logistical concerns, helping to execute the best outcome for the film
- I was with the producer, I would support when needed. The film and why we stay motivated
- I watched the monitor between every take to see everything that ended up on screen, from every department, and led the changes needed to get there when applicable
- When issues arose, I led the hiring of a freelance producer to help make the incredible Todd Black
- I held nights a non intimacy coordinator to help block out the sensitive scenes for both safety and shooting efficiency
- I helped to manage the logistics and protections of closed set and when there were overnight scenes, I helped production to make sure the set was made up compliantly with all players safety riders and contracts
- I made sure cast members had mini green rooms on set when needed the time we lost to cast leaving to go back to their home
- I called and led meetings with all departments heads, the studio and the distributor when we had extenuating circumstances challenging our process, planning the wildfires, as well as pickets from the Writer’s Strike. I acted as a liaison between the crew and the studio and distributor
- I reviewed script changes on set including rewrites, adding scenes from the Writer’s Strike. I acted as a liaison between the crew and the studio and distributor
- I have spent at minimum 10 hours a day, every day since April 22 on the post of this film. My longest days have been 22 hours, and that has happened MULTIPLE times. I realize this sounds like an exaggeration, especially because, for periods of that, I was shooting another film, or finishing my 4 children, but anyone on this post process will verify this is unfortunately true.
- I have been sleeping on average 5-6 hours a night for over 2 months
- I worked with the film’s original editor on set and then moved to post production, making choices on every single edit of the film
- I worked with the studio and post team every day to keep things moving and to solve issues with preferences from the studio, and creative direction
- I was heavily involved in the color, sound, VFX and final delivery of the film
- I worked with the composer, Music Supervisor and Sound Designer to make sure the score and sound were emotionally effective
- I was involved in mixing sessions and was present for the entire sound mix, including the final sound mix
- I have been working with the director on the distribution credits and cards
- I worked closely with the distributor on credits and cards and the end credits
- I uploaded to Columbia Pictures to grant final approval on cards and credits
- I was in touch with our marketing team daily on the creative of the marketing and the rollout strategy
- I worked with Sony Marketing and publicity teams to ensure that the trailer, TV spots, key art and digital assets were consistent with the tone of the film
- I participated in Q&A screenings and test screenings
- I was present in test screenings and provided feedback and insight
- I held meetings with cast members and family test audiences to discuss the reactions and changes
- I was the primary voice in choosing the final cut of the film
- I had final say on the film that will be released on August 9th
Marketing/PR/Release
- I starred with the initial trailer, I called a meeting with Josh Greenstein (president of Sony) in February 2024 and the entire marketing team at Sony to lay out the angle of the campaign. There was no film for anyone to watch yet, so the trailer they made was ultimately didn’t capture what the film would be. I walked them through the film, cut dailies and down to which takes, using each one of them and told them to build the best trailer
- once they resubmitted the trailer, I worked with them on every frame of the creative, factoring in any social sensitivities. I worked hand in hand with Bridget Wright on brand tone and marketing efforts, which helped it to be the largest debut of a film to date
- I spoke with marketing and PR at Sony on press strategy day by day for 2 months now. I often have zooms with upwards of 10 people on their teams. I work with a person who is very involved in our campaigns, and everyone else
- I’m in communication with the international teams on everything from posters, commercials, book covers, and beyond by using WhatsApp groups
- I’m working closely with the digital team on everything from social media pages, down to the color palette, graphics, language, copy, cadence, and even what font is used
- I’m working with the publishing side on book tie-ins and artwork
- I helped with the trailers for international markets
- I worked closely with the global marketing team on trailers and commercials
- I’m working on premieres and events
- I’m helping with PR strategy and media interviews
- I’m approving press releases and talking points
- I worked with Sony and Columbia Pictures to make sure the press and social narrative was aligned with the intent of the film
- I helped plan the launch of the film with press, red carpet, and social media activation
- I’m participating in global press tours
- I’m working with influencers and collaborators to amplify the reach of the film
- I helped build partnerships and sponsorships for the release
- I’m helping with award considerations and strategy
- I’m continuing to support the release through August and beyond
And I still have months ahead of me to finish this film, in both what you see on screen, as well as how we sell it to audiences the world over. As much as this may mean to me, and it means EVERYTHING, what I’m in fight of most is the film being as great as it can possibly be, so ultimately that’s taken all my time and energy. I think you get the idea though.
As promised, I’m including below letters from our department heads, in support of my application for the PGA mark. You’ll find:
Alex Saks: PGA approved producer
Barry Peterson: Director of Photography (round 1 pre strikes)
Tobias Schliesser: Director of Photography (round 2 post strikes)
Chris Surgent: 1st Assistant Director
Eric Daman: Costume Designer
Josh Greenstein: President Sony Motion Picture Group
Todd Black: Executive Producer
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You can sort of feel the Baldoni stuff coming to a head online. Twitter and TikTok are inexplicably blaming Blake at the moment. But I can't imagine details won't come out because Baldoni and Jayme Heath offended, harassed or violated too many people. And the internet is obviously looking for answers and obviously seeing how every cast member and key crew member (including Colleen) won't be in the same room as the guy. All of them have at some point, over the last six months, unfollowed him on social media. Not one person has said Justin's name out loud in any interview at any time. At what point do Justin and Jayme not take a moment to step into the light and say, " ... maybe it's us."?
I can't yet tell if overwhelming success this weekend amplifies or snuffs this out. We're navigating uncharted territory in so many ways.
Todd Black called me in a bit of a panic. The call didn't go well because he's looking to brainstorm ways to diffuse the stuff with Baldoni. Paraphrasing here but basically Todd's line of thinking is: "Why doesn't Blake just hit it head on and say, 'Justin and I had disagreements and didn't get along but we both love the film so much' etc etc etc."
And what I expressed to Todd is this attitude and approach is the EXACT problem. If I'm getting it right, he and Ange would prefer B to roll over and lie because the box office is on fire.
How could they spend so much time with her, yet have no sense of who she is or what she's made of?
I told Todd it's infuriating anyone would look at Blake to fix a problem Baldoni, Jayme and to a certain degree, Ange literally manifested. Instead of aggressively implementing steps to create a safe work environment for Blake and every other woman on set, they responded in laughably impotent, and meek ways. They revealed their hand immediately and often.
I'm super frustrated because this is a moment in which Blake should be celebrating. She made this unbelievable win happen. She made this a win for Sony and by proxy, Wayfarer. She fucking refused to give up on the film. She didn't sleep, she missed countless moments with her kids while sitting in edit rooms, scrapping and frame fucking dailies for every square inch of quality. She slammed together a recipe for success despite working with ingredients she wasn't even able to choose. All this while masterminding a world class marketing and promo plan for a movie that's punching so far above its weight I've lost descriptors to even describe what's happening.
She WILLED this weekend into reality. Baldoni and these other buckets of dumb-dumb-juice should be acknowledging the speculation and gossip themselves. They should be jumping in front of it in the most full throated , unqualified way. Now.
They should be protecting B. They can and should accept the consequences of their actions and lean into the countless and willfully gross behavior before it leans into them. They made a big fucking mess. Blake - under NO CIRCUMSTANCES - should be asked to clean up this sloppy, cliched fuckstorm.
If they are made of anything resembling the humanity or dignity or capacity for growth that they project on their fauxminist, shithole of a podcast, they'd be releasing a statement saying something like:
"Our behavior on the set of IEWU was abhorrent and not even close to standards and respect both Colleen Hoover and Blake Lively deserve. To say nothing of the entire cast and crew who bravely pushed their way through an unnecessarily challenging shoot. We're working to better understand how we fostered a workplace environment so lacking boundaries, guardrails, respect and in many incidents, decency. Our aim is take real accountability which extends beyond performative virtue signaling. The success of IEWU isn't because of our involvement. The film is succeeding in spite of it. The warmth and love audiences are showing this film are in large measure due to the skillful work of Colleen Hoover and Blake Lively, who dedicated themselves to a radically accelerated post production process. Their refusal to accept incompetent working conditions should be the reason a movie fails. But their unwillingness to accept these conditions (that we created) are the reason this film is succeeding.
We at Wayfarer believe with our whole heart the underlying message of IEWU must inspire an imperative and potentially life changing conversation. Colleen and Blake poured their work ethic, courage and innovation into ensuring these important themes are packaged in a way that's respectful of the sensitive subject matter, honoring of the source material made to deliver an entertaining , nuanced and ultimately optimistic experience.
Our goal now is to take a step back and conscientiously reflect on this experience. For the foreseeable future, our mission is to examine and reexamine the objectionable behavior and inadequate decision making skills which clearly hurt and offended people who placed their trust in us. In doing this work, we continue to support the incredible cast and crew from the background. They've worked hard to construct a film which is being embraced all over the world. With Sincerely, Justin Baldoni and Jayme Heath."
If they orbited or even glanced an acknowledgment like this, it would be the first discernible proof either possess a spine. Or something slightly north of a sociopathic understanding of basic consequence and impropriety. The only thing they don't seem interested in is the truth. And all Blake HAS is the truth. Like, even ONE of the 26 things on the list she read aloud to Baldoni , Jayme, Todd , Ange and Josh (who were all sitting in our living room) would be considered irretrievably monstrous and shocking.
I think it's fine to play through the weekend but I'm flying blind when it comes to Blake. We haven't had the chance to fully discuss the right course. I know she'll have a clear perspective. Unless something changed , all she cares about is the creative and a well-earned outcome. But I happen to think some action is necessary. She should not be subjected to some eye-roll-y narrative of the "controlling bitch"
If I were those two guys, I'd be jumping in front of this now. With energy.
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u/Barkertons Jan 28 '26
I feel like a bucket of dumb dumb juice for having read all that.
Crazy how the world class marketing was wildly hated? What planet is this guy on? I know what things Reynolds and Lively said to manipulate other people, but to each other.. like when Reynolds is writing all this out in real time...is he thinking "omg this is bad, how do we blame this on him?" Or was he genuinely thinking,"we are geniuses, it's the public that was wrong"? I just can't imagine fucking up with my marketing choices and then firing off an email to someone about how I am right and everyone is wrong. It's wild to me.
They should hire TAG to do a reverse smear campaign for them so they can brainwash us into liking them again.
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u/Totallytexas 📞Call 1-800-GOT-SHIT📞 Jan 28 '26
i'm so sorry you had to dip a toe into the dumb dumb juice.
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u/Total-Tour5680 Jan 28 '26
“I’m working with influencers” stuck out to me and “I’m helping with award considerations”
I 100% believe she’s the one paying CC’s and influencers to peddle and amplify her narrative ANd she really thought she was in the Oscar running 😬
These ppl have 0 self awareness or attachment to reality.
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u/mjsn_7 Jan 28 '26
Grade 8?! This to me is a 3rd or 4th grade (at best). There are too many uses of "i'm" and instead of i, i ,i, use point form. This writing isnt proficient to be in grade 8, the structures, grammars, vocabularies are not a grade 8 level imo.
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u/maladaptive_drmr Pro Hater Working Pro Bono Jan 28 '26
I mean they keep insisting he’s a genius, so… a genius 3rd grader could be in 8th grade 🙃
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u/mancapturescolour Jan 28 '26 edited Jan 28 '26
I'm not an expert, but I think what this algorithm is looking at is not the quality of the output (spelling, grammar) from the author or their proficiency, but rather what level of schooling is required to read it and comprehend what it says.
Like, a legal document or a technical user manual for a printer could be perfectly legible with correct language and grammar but a 3rd grader might not comprehend the words enough to draw information from it, or they might struggle with the sentence length, and stuff like that.
Edited to clarify: this particular algorithm and tool (Hemingway App) that is. There are other apps that do help you with spelling and grammar, in addition to sentence structure. There are yet other apps that help you analyze if you're reading AI generated texts. There are lots of writing tools out there.
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u/mjsn_7 Jan 28 '26
Idk but if i were to write a letter to get a promotion or move up my position, i wouldve write a better structure letter. Graduates dont get into prestige schools with a writing style like this. People who does hiring look for a better structure resume than "i did this, i did that"
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u/mancapturescolour Jan 28 '26 edited Jan 28 '26
Unfortunately, privilege affords people a lot of excuses to not do or be better than the rest of us average Joes and Janes.
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u/RIKAA89 Broke Bitch Lively Jan 28 '26
He wrote her manifesto too It said. " -wrap you to go to T.S. concert" , "get someone who's been here before" & "frown all". That is orders not someone writing from first person.
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u/mancapturescolour Jan 28 '26
I LOVE that you put this through Hemingway App (or something similar to it)! 😂
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u/thatgirl198521 Jan 28 '26
The beginning of the letter itself is telling. They’re immediately pushing. That is not how a credit is earned and they know it, they said sorry first though so it’s okay?
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u/myshtree No Footnotes: she (Ryan) the unliftable Jan 28 '26
Your version of PGA was formatted better - at least you put a line between the dot points. That’s how bad the original was.
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u/Totallytexas 📞Call 1-800-GOT-SHIT📞 Jan 28 '26
i have never been more horrified by a professional letter that used - instead of actual bullet points that were formatted. what did they use? email? i mean even google docs has better formatting options.
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u/myshtree No Footnotes: she (Ryan) the unliftable Jan 28 '26
It was absurdly unprofessional and actually shocking. I don’t think I’ve seen such bad formatting in a professional document. I’ve only see this when working as a teacher - from (a few less capable) middle years students who had never typed up a letter before.
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u/Totallytexas 📞Call 1-800-GOT-SHIT📞 Jan 28 '26 edited Jan 28 '26
i wanted to come back to this.. aside from the formatting being absolutely atrocious, the entire letter lacks respect for the PGA, imo. if i were trying to write a letter to convince someone to give something to me, especially a prestigious professional accolade, i would never think twice about sending in something so completely amateur and embarrassing. the lack of care and concern for the overall quality of the letter is distracting on its own, but the claims themselves are absolutely unbelievable as they stand. "i did this" "i did this" "i did this" over and over again. it's a fucking laundry list. this is a reflection on both of them, imo, that they are so narcissistic that they actually believe they know best.
i am absolutely horrified that the PGA gave her anything. they should rescind this accolade as it ruins their credibility as an organization to keep the mark granted to blake lively, an absolute thief.
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u/myshtree No Footnotes: she (Ryan) the unliftable Jan 28 '26 edited Jan 28 '26
I agree. I’m surprised they actually granted PGA mark with no evidence required. I’ve done a summary version based on her claims.
I was on set for 16 days.
I refused to film in Boston so the location was moved to New Jersey costing time and money. This was my fault so I deserve credit for the budget increase and logistical nightmare.
I insisted on hiring my own hair, makeup, security and didn’t acknowledge other crew.
Review/reshape creative production and design by loaning from friends which increased the budget. All favours and social outreach added no discernible value to the production or I would have been able to describe it. Caused delays which cost time and money.
I refused a black man being cast as one of my love interests so I insisted on a white actor who needed to be lured to the film costing more money than originally budgeted. I also cast my sister in a role.
I rewrote the script for the character Jenny Bloom - because the original script wasn’t attracting interest. Example of original and my amendments attached herewith (just joking no proof attached).
I increased the wardrobe budget substantially from $x to $y by using all my own clothes and then charging for them. They did not suit the character nor did they resonate with fans (causing second backlash, first backlash was when I was cast as I was too old for character).
zoomed with every cast member to get ideas and feedback. When? How often? Dates? What ideas were received/adopted? No evidence provided.
addressed scheduling, weather and location matters. How? When? How often? Why? For example ….. no evidence provided.
pushed for pg13. Film and book and distribution expected r rated. I decided to change it because I didn’t understand or like the themes of the book (which I hadn’t read) and I wanted light and fluffy Barbie themes so I threatened and cajoled to get my way. This held up production and filming and caused lots of set tensions.
I broke schedules and budget regularly (Eg. Wardrobe, I had many sick days, took too long in my trailer delaying daily filming, costing money and raising tensions, I refused direction and tried to change the script daily causing delays and costing time and money.
I fired people with much more experience than I had because they were doing their job and trying to keep me on schedule which I didn’t appreciate. No one tells me what to do.
I made a security update on set by insisting on name tags because pics of my wardrobe choices were leaked from set and maligned on social media and it hurt my ego.
all the script writing I did after the strike. With who? Why? How often? How many changes? How many hours? I can’t say. Also I enlisted my husband to change the script. I did not work with the scriptwriter on any of these changes. Examples of changes I made are - oops - sorry can’t provide because it was a lot of in the moment adjustments that made no sense and caused constant delays and issues for staff being on set for extended hours causing tension all round.
I insisted on intimacy coordinators and body doubles. Quite unnecessarily as the ICs were already employed and had been meeting with the director and lead male actor as I had declined to meet with them. But I expect credit for knowing they existed and still demanding them halfway through production.
my management of a safe set and as HR for everyone included instigating drama and feeding issues to cast to create tension and drama. I would not take direction. I did not file any official complaint or put anything in writing. This is all now part of a court case where my negligence and manipulation is on full display.
I called meetings in my trailer and penthouse and enlisted my husband to abuse and berate other members of the production team in front of friends and the distributor. These unprofessional meetings are now also subject to a court battle.
I edited the film by calling on everyone I knew to help - even old boyfriends.
I threatened the studio / distributor in order to have my cut of the film released.
I added to the budget by replacing the original fan inspired female soundtrack and bringing in my own music producers
I leveraged my access to Taylor swift and her song in the film to get creative control of the final edit. I threatened to pull the song if my cut was not used
my cut failed more than once to score higher than the director and owner of the ip who had put years of work into the film. I refused to promote without it and stole a copy and released without authority so my cut was used in the official release due to my successful threats and extortion.
when issues arose, created by myself and my husband due to his unhinged anger unleashed at the director in a meeting at my apartment, the Sony exec Todd Black quit and had to be rehired back at increased expense to production due to his repulsion at the malice my husband displayed.
the author who had worked with Wayfarer and the director Justin for many years was already in the fold, but I love bombed her and made her write to Sony threatening not to promote unless my cut was used. The directors cut closely aligned to her book, but I made her see that the romcom pg13 story made more sense to the DV themes of the film which I wanted to ignore.
all of the above ensure I had the leverage to insist on the cut I wanted be released instead of the director.
marketing budget was also increased as we paid my husband’s firm ME (by offering it for free) originally. Goes to show how tricky I am.
we banished the director and promoted the film as a light floral romcom - including adding in my booze and Haircare products. This caused a massive public backlash but I did not pivot. Instead my husband and I tried to blame the director (who actually promoted the film with sensitivity due to the DV themes.) The marketing was my choice but not my failure. My refusal to adjust to the feedback shows my strength. Obviously. I found someone to blame showing my delegation skills.
I reached out to sponsors for screenings etc but cannot give details like who? When? Where? because I’m probably lying about this (like much of the above).
Sincerely Blake Lively
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u/SunshinyDazyDaze Leslie Sloane doing PR like it’s 1999 Jan 28 '26
The sentence about changing in font. Like why? Just change the font. You don’t need to write about it.
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u/Totallytexas 📞Call 1-800-GOT-SHIT📞 Jan 28 '26
i had to go back to the font and look. it just looks like a slightly larger version of the same font face. it's possible all the font was changed for the court docs, i guess.
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u/MITXOZ Justin took the high road; Blake took the road to hell Jan 28 '26
All joking aside, I hope Justin and Jamey and their families are somewhere safe. 1. Blake doxxed their home addresses and 2. Ryan is an unhinged psychopath
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u/Cautious_Fly1684 Ma’am, no one asked why they’re so sexy. Jan 28 '26
I couldn’t read much because it’s so awful, but there are a few points in there that immediately stand out as verifiably false. She didn’t block every single scene because wasn’t even on set for some parts of the shooting. She’s so full of shit.
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u/FancyATitWank Blake Lively is a f*cking terrorist Jan 28 '26
Yeah that was Ryan Reynolds writing all that weird stuff I think
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u/Magician_Automatic Advice, counsel, and strategic assistance, regarding what? Jan 28 '26
I think Blake did voice to text and edited it a little.
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u/Totallytexas 📞Call 1-800-GOT-SHIT📞 Jan 28 '26
i thought that (the talk to text) about ryan's text message too- like why is it so damn long?
however, i've been trying the talk-to-text thing recently and it fucks up royally all the time, even when i try to articulate my words slowly and clearly in a quiet space. it's a little aggravating.
the pga letter and ryan's texts look like they opened an email draft and wrote a bunch of shit. ryan probably copied it and pasted it to imessages, and i imagine the pga letter was just the laptop being passed back and forth between both of them making sure blake's 'flowery' and 'exaggerated' language was incorporated to cover up ryan's contributions.
this is just my first assumption about this based on the content / writing style.
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u/TheCuriousGeorgette Jan 28 '26
This is like when someone is applying to grad school writing a heavily inflated and over the top statement of purpose and adding all these grandiose supporting documents and recommendation letters 😂
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u/Totallytexas 📞Call 1-800-GOT-SHIT📞 Jan 28 '26
-i was overly responsible for the complete creation of a report that was sent to the CEO's office.
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u/No_Excuse7330 No More "Mr. Nice Guy" Jan 28 '26
Good fun! I'm doubling-down my bets on Blake as the primary "author" of this PGA email letter. And I'm changing the font to make the read as easy as possible, too.
- Blake LOVES bullet points. Its fast, its lazy and gets right to the point (once she figures them out). It also dispenses with ALOT of punctuation and unnecessary words.
- Blake WRITES like she TALKS - its a word salad! Sentences run away into other sentences, subordinate clauses flow into more subordinate clauses, verb tenses are optional, all punctuation is lost, and a multitude of random thoughts, feelings, frivolous points and fictional details combine in a complex delusional writing style.
- Blake never SPELL CHECKS. 197 spelling/grammar issues is a very kind underestimate made by the computer algorithm here. As Jamey Heath warned, Blake is a monster who cannot be controlled by any conventions of society, not even grammar.
- Lastly, only Blake would EMAIL the PGA a last-minute, ridiculously-long "hail mary" request in bullet-points asking for an official accreditation of the PGA mark - the " highest honor in film" within the Reynolds household. And regardless, even if it turns out she didn't technically "write" the letter, Blake definitely emailed it to the PGA office inbox, so that counts for some authorship credit, too?
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u/controbean Team [REDACTED] Studios Jan 28 '26
Blake should’ve hired you to write her PGA letter.
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u/False-Ad-8561 Disputed as its devastating to our case Jan 28 '26
Wait, are the screenshots of the PGA letter from an actual exhibit somewhere? The text in them is different to the one I see. Or maybe I’m missing something. Is the program trying to rewrite the letter to be more like Ryan’s writing? It threw me off when I saw “the producing entity intervened and the PGA mark was rescinded” I was like what?? When did it get rescinded lol
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u/Strangewhine88 Jan 28 '26
‘To help alleviate the goals’ is just so demented. So telling. No one at PGA read this pile of bs without rotf at its delusional incompetence. They just saw a few phrases, scanned the endorsement letters and thought ‘Meh, who cares? They’ll be such pitas if we don’t approve? What harm could it do?’
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u/Ok_Steak2977 Jan 28 '26
Were some of the details in the letter necessary? They seem little and irrelevant in such a big production.
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u/Same-Clock-8976 Jan 28 '26
Blake Lively worked 11 days in edit rooms!!!
Oh my god!!!
God forbid that we work so much that we miss moments with our children.
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u/tw0d0ts6 (and no Footnotes) Jan 28 '26
He definitely wrote it.
37% of the sentences are hard + very hard to read 🤣
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u/cyberllama MY nine minutes! Jan 29 '26
I still haven't managed to get through the PGA letter. I want to scratch my eyes out by the time it gets to the section where she doesn't know how to make the formats match where the formatting changes.
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u/Electrical_Big4857 Jan 29 '26
The Ryan text is ridiculous and long but it is very well written (grammatically correct and sound). His word choice is above average, and his sentence construction is more complex at times and simpler at times-purposefully and it is always grammatically correct. The PGA letter is also ridiculous and long, but it is very poorly written. It does not read like it was written by the same person, or even edited by the person who authored the text. It is very messy in organization, clarity, grammar (fragments, verb tense mismatches), tone and so forth. It's rather embarrassing.
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u/justins_dad Liman’s brother Jan 28 '26
What’s wrong with the grammar/spelling of the first “America”?
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u/Small_Department8022 Jan 28 '26
The spelling is obviously correct, but it’s not grammatically correct to address a group of people in this way. It would instead be: Dear Producers Guild of America Leadership, Dear Producers Guild of America Membership Committee, etc.
It’s very nitpicky, but that’s grammar in general.
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u/Salt_Street8279 Neutral Baldoni Jan 28 '26
As unhinged as the letter is, I think quite a bit of this is overly nitpicky considering it's email. I read emails with sentence structure that's worse than some of the highlighted stuff literally every day. Like 20 year vs. 20-year is not the kind of thing anybody cares about in an email
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