Touchy feely ... American Hustle stars Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper with ‘loon’ director David O Russell at the BAFTA awards in February. Picture: AFP Source: AFP

Mocking American Hustle director David O. Russell, top Columbia Pictures exec Michael De Luca writes to Amy Pascal, co-chairwoman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, that, “David’s a loon, talented, but geez once I saw him bring Sally Field to a party and reduce her to tears. Plus remember when he got in trouble for feeling up his transgender nieces [sic] boobs?”

The Russell blast was included in the latest in a barrage of e-mails stolen from Sony servers by hackers, according to the Daily Beast.

The emails also reveal that Australian distributors did not want to censor over-the-top violence in The Interview, instead writing they want to “sock it to ‘em”, reports The Daily Beast.

All smiles ... James Franco and Seth Rogen arrive for the premiere of the film The Interview at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles on December 11. Picture: AFP Source: AFP

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

North Korea is widely believed to be behind the hack on Sony Pictures, as a response to the Seth Rogen and James Franco comedy, which is about a journalist enlisted by the CIA to assassinate North Korea leader Kim Jong-un.

A “less glory”, recut version of the film’s ending, with less blood and fewer exploding heads, was sent to executives worldwide, with many saying they preferred the toned-down cut.

But Stephen Basil-Jones, executive VP of Sony Pictures Releasing for Australia and New Zealand preferred the “unedited version” and wrote they wanted to “sock it to ‘em”.

“Indeed, watching these again, confirmed how much we liked the film and the scenes in question will have even more impact but not in a negative way,” he wrote. He also recommended keeping Katy Perry’s Firework as the soundtrack to the exploding head scene.

The newly revealed e-mails also include conversations that suggest Spiderman actor Andrew Garfield will be booted from the web-stinger movie series.

MORE ON THE SONY HACK:

SUPER-PRODUCER: ‘The biggest a-hole in Hollywood’

LEO SLAMMED: ‘DiCaprio is despicable’

SAINT ANGIE: ‘Jolie’s a spoiled, entitled brat’

DJANGO FAIL: Racist jokes about Obama

SORKIN: ‘Fassbender makes you feel bad about your penis’

SEXIST: J. Law paid less than male co-stars

Hear the news? ... Sally Field and Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Leaked emails reveal Garfield may be scrapped as Spidey and that Marvel wants to start the franchise over from scratch. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied

The e-mails reveal that Sony — which has already reportedly not been happy with Garfield — might be willing to give up creative control of the franchise to comic-book-giant Marvel. And Marvel reportedly prefers to start from scratch with the series.

There e-mails also mentioned talk of a Kanye West biopic movie starring — of course — Kanye West, and another about the singing group “Destiny’s Child.”

Biopic ... Sony is also considering making a Kanye West biopic starring the outspoken rapper. Picture: AP Source: AP

But the most shocking of the new e-mails involved Russell, whose failure to win any major awards for American Hustle disappointed top movie executives including Pascal of Sony, which made the film, and De Luca, whose subsidiary distributed it.

According to The Smoking Gun, Russell’s transgender niece filed a complaint accusing Russell of coming on to her at a Florida gym, squeezing her breasts amid questions about the transgender transformation process.

At the time, Russell confirmed that the incident happened, according to the Chicago Trubune, but told police that his niece was ‘acting very provocative toward him’ and invited him to feel her breasts. He also admitted to being ‘curious about the breast enhancement.’”

Cops closed the case without filing charges.

Email leaks ... Blunt emails between producer Scott Rudin and Sony Pictures Entertainment Co-Chairman Amy Pascal give a glimpe of Hollywood’s behind-the-scenes drama. Picture: Getty Source: Getty Images

A group calling itself Guardians of Peace has said it stole thousands of computer files from Sony’s servers, including already released e-mails from executives that called Angelina Jolie a “spoiled brat” and Kevin Hart a “whore” and made racist jokes about US President Barack Obama’s movie preferences.

One batch said an entire early screenplay of the new James Bond 007 movie Spectre was also leaked.

Wacky ... Director Spike Jonze, director David O. Russell and actor Johnny Knoxville goof off at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Picture: Getty Source: Getty Images

Reeling Sony execs tried to bounce back Sunday by warning news organisations not to publish the stolen material.

The studio “does not consent to your possession, review, copying, dissemination, publication, uploading, downloading or making any use” of the information,” the company said in a three-page letter signed by top attorney David Boies.

The Sony hackers, meanwhile, offered to hold back on releasing selective email correspondence of Sony employees, provided that they write in and ask.

“Message to SPE Staffers,” the group said in a post. “We have a plan to release emails and privacy of the Sony Pictures employees. If you don’t want your privacy to be released, tell us your name and business title to take off your data.”