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Leaks from the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack have revealed budget concerns for the latest James Bond movie, “Spectre.”_  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Dec 13, 2014 3:00 PM UTC  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Dec 13, 2014 3:00 PM UTC The email leak resulting from the Sony hack is so massive, it has even taken down the world’s favorite superspy. According to emails released in the leak, which include insider [details](http://time.com/3625392/the-7-most-outrageous-things-we-learned-from-the-sony-hack/) of the lives of celebrities and [embarrassing](http://time.com/3630485/amy-pascal-scott-rudin-apologize/) exchanges between high-profile Hollywood executives, the third and final act of the new James Bond film [_Spectre_](http://time.com/3625155/james-bond-007-spectre-set-picture/) was considered so bad by executives that one screenwriter after another was dispatched to rewrite the ending. “For what it’s worth, I think first 100 pages are fantastic,” MGM executive Jonathan Glickman wrote on October 9, [Defamer reports](http://defamer.gawker.com/new-bond-script-leaks-execs-scrambling-to-fix-awful-en-1670479885). It’s all downhill from there. ”You guys set me up for a let down on climax,” writes Glickman. “So I was not surprised.” With a projected budget clocking in at the “mid $300ms”—as revealed by the leak—_Spectre_ is set to be one of the most expensive movies ever made. No small wonder then that the filmmakers were scrambling to fix an ending that readers of the leaked script felt was difficult to follow and at times both nonsensical and bland. “Also, there needs to be some kind of a twist rather than a series of water chases with guns,” reads one memo attached to the script in August. If you want to ruin the movie for yourself or an annoying family member over the holidays, [you can read more at _Defamer_](http://defamer.gawker.com/new-bond-script-leaks-execs-scrambling-to-fix-awful-en-1670479885). ## Transcript Another day another Sony secret revealed from the thousands of leaked emails and documents released after a massive corporate hack this time around Bond, James Bond [ NOISE ] specifically the entire script for Spectre the latest Bond film emails concerning its budget were leaked too. CNN discovered the emails, finding conversations between top- level execs, and MGM studio head Jonathan Glickman said the film is way over budget at more than $ 300 million. For some comparison, the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film currently reigns as having the most expensive movie budget ever at $ 378. 5 million. The previous Bond film, Skyfall, had an estimated budget of about $ 200 million. Included in the emails from Glickman were some Hollywood style tips on how to shave off some extra dough from the production budget, such as Villa in Rome? It's a nighttime scene, so try doing it in London Instead. There's fighting on a train? Again? But use fewer carriages, three instead of four. And forget the dramatic finale in the rain. It'll lower the cost of visual and special effects. Sony Pictures Entertainment co- chair Amy Pascal, who's had numerous embarrassing emails leaked from the hack already makes an appearance later in the conversation saying, It's insane and you know with no script this movie is gonna go over budget. But a worrying budget wasn't the only thing revealed. Entertainment writers at Gawkers Defamer got their hands on the full. Script of the film, which was filled with notes from Sony and MGM execs. Of course, we're not going to spoil anything for you. So we'll just say there were some panicked emails concerning the end of the film, with execs at one point suggesting 20 whole pages needed to be cut. The emails weren't all full of bad news though. 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