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Alibaba’s Ma Considered Sony Venture on ‘Ghostbusters’
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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. showed interest in partnering with Sony Corp. on movie franchises including “Ghostbusters” when billionaire Jack Ma met with Hollywood executives in October, e-mails revealed by hackers show.
Asia’s largest Internet company also considered investing in “Pixels,” a 3-D computer-animated comedy starring Adam Sandler, and intends to produce about 10 movies a year, according to messages to Michael Lynton, chief executive officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.