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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent May 5, 2015 7:57 PM UTC  Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow Scarlett Johansson as Black WidowMarvel/Disney  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent May 5, 2015 7:57 PM UTC A [new exchange](https://wikileaks.org/sony/emails/emailid/121981) dug out of the trove of leaked Sony emails suggests that Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter questioned the profitability of a female-led superhero film just months before the company announced the upcoming _Captain Marvel_ movie. As Disney and Marvel have faced increasing criticism for their failure to highlight female heroes in previous movies, Indiewire [found](http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/marvel-ceo-doesnt-believe-in-female-superheroes-20150504?utm%5Fsource=dlvr.it&utm%5Fmedium=twitter) a message from Perlmutter to Sony executive Michael Lynton listing female superhero films that have failed. The context of the summer 2014 email is unclear: Perlmutter could be enumerating the films as proof that female superhero movies bomb at the box office, or he may be optimistically hoping to break the pattern. (Marvel declined to comment.) Read the email below: --- > “” --- **MORE:** [Marvel President Tries to Explain Lack of Female Superhero Movies](http://time.com/3075927/marvel-kevin-feige-guardians-of-the-galaxy-black-widow/) Despite Perlmutter’s apparently negative view of previous female-led superhero movies, Marvel scheduled its first such film, [_Captain Marvel_](http://time.com/3554606/captain-marvel-movie-kelly-sue-deconnick/), for 2018\. Sony also [announced](http://time.com/3079882/a-female-superhero-movie-is-finally-coming/) last year that they were planning to create a movie based on a woman character from the Spider-Man universe (though they have yet to say which character). Yet this revelation comes in the wake of several accusations of sexism against Marvel. Fans expressed disappointment with the decision to exclude Wasp, a female founding member of the _Avengers_, from both the _Avengers_ films and the upcoming _Ant-Man_ movie. Criticism reached a fever pitch two weeks ago when _Avengers: Age of Ultron_ actors Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner joked during a press junket that the character Black Widow (played by Scarlett Johansson in the films) was a “slut” and a “whore.” Over the weekend, _Saturday Night Live_ [spoofed](http://time.com/3844733/scarlett-johansson-snl/) the Marvel scandal with a trailer for a rom-com version of _Black Widow_ that contained the slogan “Chill. Marvel gets women.” Assuming the worst, fans are already [criticizing the Perlmutter email](https://twitter.com/search?q=perlmutter&src=typd) on social media, aptly pointing out that plenty of male superhero movies that have tanked as well (see: _Green Lantern_, _Green Hornet_, _Daredevil_). The email is particularly alienating to the comic world’s female fan base, which has expanded dramatically since the films Perlmutter lists premiered. About half of Comic Con attendees are now women, and more than 40% of the audience for _Guardians of the Galaxy—_Marvel’s biggest hit last year—was female. **Read Next:** [Watch Scarlett Johansson Satirize Marvel’s Lack of Female Superheroes](http://time.com/3844733/scarlett-johansson-snl/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3847432/marvel-ceo-leaked-email/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3847432/marvel-ceo-leaked-email/"},"headline":"Marvel CEO Says in Leaked Email That Female Superhero Movies Have Been a 'Disaster'","datePublished":"2015-05-05T19:57:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:59.927Z","description":"The leaked email comes in the wake of accusations of sexism against Marvel","url":"https://time.com/3847432/marvel-ceo-leaked-email/","keywords":["movies","Living","Marvel"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd404b29485a8b1da/6987ea5f8e06017e6245e0b6/avengers-poster-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd404b29485a8b1da/6987ea5f8e06017e6245e0b6/avengers-poster-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"avengers-poster-03","caption":"Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow","creditText":"Marvel/Disney","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3847432/marvel-ceo-leaked-email/","name":"Marvel CEO Says in Leaked Email That Female Superhero Movies Have Been a 'Disaster'"}}]}] ```