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Robert Downey Jr. Being paid over $80 million dollars to play Dr.Doom
Hrk69
Gold Member
1 billion$+ box office worldwide says yes
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Ulysses 31
Member
Not if the movie costs 500M $ to make. The Russo Bros also got a big cut. They already spent enough to make a big budget movie and they ain't even started filming yet.
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Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
clarky
Gold Member
The whole cast was getting too expensive I believe, RDJ obviously being the worst offender. Looking like a big mistake getting rid so far.
Saying that though i thought they had great endings for Iron man and Captian America. Obviously though this multiverse bollocks lessens that when they can just bring anyone back at anytime. Bringing him back now just exacerbates the issue for me, after thinking about it. What's the point in any of this?
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ManaByte
Member
No he wanted out to make Doolittle. Oops.
It was Terence Howard who was booted for asking for too much. He asked for more than RDJ for Iron Man 2.
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lmimmfn
Member
They had a great run with interconnected movies and completely destroyed everything they created with a snap and bring them all back. So yes also I dont see the point anymore or even my original aim of following all MCU to try and have a better perspective.
It is a waste of time
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
There's someone wiling to pay it, so yes.
ManaByte
Member
It’s a storyline from the comics in 1991. And in the comic the characters were vanished for like 5 pages before being brought back.
ManaByte
Member
People keep saying this, but it’s been five years and they haven’t brought back any of the characters who died or retired.
clarky
Gold Member
2 retired spidermen
1 green goblin
1 doc octopus
Electro
Loki (he was so dead)
Half the cast of end game.
Wolverine. (great death but not really eh?)
Didn't professor x pop his clogs only to show up in dr strange also?
Not all from the multiverse but point stands
You never dead in the MCU. Stakes have never been lower.
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Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Too bad Marvel didn't use the opportunity between Infinity War and Endgame to make some movies about what is going in in that time period. They could have saved a lot of money and contract spots on cameos.
ManaByte
Member
He’s making Shang-Chi 2, Simu says it’s coming sooner now. No idea if his D+ series is still happening with the reduction in output.
And they’re not making Kang Dynasty. The Kang story ended in Loki S2 due to Majors‘ favorite song being “Smack My Bitch Up”. Doomsday replaces it.
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peish
Member
Kangs been scrapped i believe due to Majors being a naughty boy.ManaByte is more knowledgeable about these things than me, maybe he could answer that better for you.
Oh wow so they stealth scrapped kang dynasty? I did not see any news updates on it.
Meaning multiverses is also gone with doomsday?
Makes more sense about the chatter Kevin gone break glass with RDJ...
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Trogdor1123
Member
Wasn’t that disproven? It was less even with Marketing added or something?
ManaByte
Member
Secret Wars ends it.
The owner of the studio in Atlanta where it was filmed said the two cost $1B.
Thats just INSANE. This just has to be money laundering on an epic scale. Imagine being the day extras on set knowing the guy is getting like a MILLION dollars A DAY to be there.
Disney rolling them BIG BOY dice, if nothing else we are gonna see some expppeennssiiveee ass films in a few years.
Disney rolling them BIG BOY dice, if nothing else we are gonna see some expppeennssiiveee ass films in a few years.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
peish
Member
I thought disney are woke af? So the woke signalling cant redistribute income more fairly?
Just continue talk the woke and slave drive them rats
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
That doesn't have much bearing on a multibillion dollar multinational corporation that is publicly traded and prioritizes profit over all else.
Embearded
Member
Like every other organization out there, they only care about the stuff we see and hear about daily.
They are as pretentious as the average person.
Nydius
Member
Disney’s like every other virtue signaling corporation: They only do it because they believe there’s some profit to be had from it. It’s a classic case of “do as I say, not as I do” on a corporate scale.
The Cockatrice
Gold Member
Lets not jump the gun here. These people wont bring Disney billions of dollars revenue so ofc RDJ is going to be payed a lot for his image.
SJRB
Gold Member
RDJ brings excitement like no one else in the marvel franchise and gets people into theatres. That’s worth a lot of money.
I love people coming out of the woodworks saying dumb shit like “I was a second assistant catering manager at Marvel and I only made 14 bucks an hour”. Yeah okay you idiot, your job is important too but do you really not understand the difference?
I love people coming out of the woodworks saying dumb shit like “I was a second assistant catering manager at Marvel and I only made 14 bucks an hour”. Yeah okay you idiot, your job is important too but do you really not understand the difference?
Mobilemofo
Member
I get what your saying, but in the grand scheme of things, he's just a fuckin actor doing a job which doesn't really mean anything outside of being entertaining. I mean, he's super talented at his job, he's in no way shape or form, critical to sustaining humanity is he? Just a fuckin actor at the end of the day.
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FunkMiller
Gold Member
Or, you know, they could have made better investments in their writing teams and FX teams, to actually turn out quality storylines and characters again, in movies that actually look good.
But I’m sure plenty of idiots will continue to consume the level of crap they’ve been putting out in recent years, as long as it stars the guy they all loved years ago.
But I’m sure plenty of idiots will continue to consume the level of crap they’ve been putting out in recent years, as long as it stars the guy they all loved years ago.
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balls of snow
Member
Bob Iger righting the woke ship.
Get me Iron Man again was probably what he said to Feige.
Get me Iron Man again was probably what he said to Feige.
ManaByte
Member
They fired the exec responsible for that disaster. Then she started crying about sexism and homophobia.
BlackTron
Member
"Exactly like I know how this works but I could not meet basic needs and had literally 0 time for anything but Marvel"
I think the point is if you can afford to pay 80m to one actor you can afford to pay your teams for what they do, maybe not 80m but at least enough to cover basic needs in exchange for every scrap of time and attention you have.
ManaByte
Member
No he's just letting Feige do his job and lessening his workload so he's not so stretched thin. Cheapek interfered too much (like mandating 2 hour runtimes just so they can cram more showings a day at theaters) and demanded so much content spam with D+ shows that Feige was overwhelmed. Iger told them only two movies a year, but three is OK occasionally and less shows.
We'll know more about the shows next month at D23. They'll have Daredevil there. Ironheart is finished and still coming, and they're doing Vision Quest, but beyond that is unclear. Armor Wars was a show and then a movie, but now it might not even be happening.
jufonuk
not tag worthy
The Cockatrice
Gold Member
He was making almost 4k$ a month, saying he could not make basic needs is a huge exaggeration.
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BlackTron
Member
Maybe he is exaggerating but where does your 4k come from? Assuming both that you didn't make that up and he is not lying that he made 12.50/hr, he would need to work 14 hours per day every weekday (or 10 hours including weekends) to make 4k, before taxes. After taxes, I'm guessing 3200ish. If I modestly guess rent and auto expenses at 2k/m, that leaves $1200 or $40/day to live on which I guess isn't that bad for selling your soul to Marvel. If rent+auto is $2500 which is easy to happen that's 23 bucks a day. Time to cancel Gamepass.
The Cockatrice
Gold Member
Ok cool so we established he was making more than basic needs assuming ofc he wasnt lying about his actual salary since he said he also made 14 on another movie. Twitter drama queens always tend to exaggerate and Im more than sure he lowered what he actually made. At the end of the day, RDJ brings billions to companies, he wont and if he didnt like the salary he should've looked for something else instead of you know, continue working for them lmao BUT OH NO I NEED MY TWITTER POINTS.
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BlackTron
Member
Looking at that budget it's obvious you would be running out of money constantly, especially with a fast paced lifestyle which means you can't save money by doing a lot of stuff cheap yourself at home. I mean stopping for Dunkin on your way to work just killed 25% of your daily budget.
You're the one who said 4k, not me, not him. So it's sort of weird and funny to pull that out of your ass then talk about making shit up on Twitter.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
RDJ will bring in plenty of attention and he's one of a very small number of people who can take roles like this.
But your argument that "as long as basic needs are being met fuck 'em" is pretty shitty.
What if you'd actually like to live a life, take some time to do things you enjoy, go places, have a family, save for retirement?
Meanwhile for RDJ there's effectively no difference to his life if he gets paid 80 or 70 or even 60m. It'll all just get thrown in with the other millions he's already sat on that he won't have time to spend before he dies.
If Disney can't afford to pay people a fair wage for their work, then they ought to set budgets accordingly.
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kunonabi
Member
Considering the shit the Russos pulled with Endgame I wouldn't celebrate just yet.
The Cockatrice
Gold Member
Dude said he made 14 on another movie, 70 hours a week. I also said almost 4k, not exactly 4K but reading and math is hard. You also seem to keep ignoring my main point so Ill just ignore you.