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[Slayven]

Can we get a pic of Ike that's not from 1987?

His M-Body always looks the same

 

[PhoncipleBone]

I doubt they will get crazy with salaries.

They won't go crazy, but they also won't be Silas Stingy with them anymore.

 

[mreddie]

I just hope Infinity War doesn't go over budget as fuck.

 

[Slayven]

They won't go crazy, but they also won't be Silas Stingy with them anymore.

Not that they were hurting for talent at whatever they were paying. I rather the money go into the movie first.

 

[entremet]

Does this change Marvel's notorious micromanagement, though?

 

[Slayven]

Only upside I can see is that allows Feige to go balls out on Wakanda.

 

[E the Shaggy]

This is a really good thing.

Perlmutter eventually found his way into the world of toys, where he proved to be a sharp operator. In later years, stories have circulated of Perlmutter's overriding concern for the bottom line. "If there was some used paper or a memo lying around," said his long-time business partner Avi Arad in a 2009 interview with the Financial Times, "he would rip it into eight pieces and he would have a new memo pad."

According to one report, for a long time the Marvel headquarters had only one bathroom per gender, leading to insufferably long lines come lunctime.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/11560174/isaac-ike-perlmutter-marvel-owner.html

 

[WyndhamPrice]

Does this change Marvel's notorious micromanagement, though?

With Perlmutter out of the picture it very well could.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Everyone pre-RDJ niceties got paid $5 per line and a bottle of Pepsi. Ike don't like that Coca Cola.

 

[Squire]

Yeah. If I remember correctly, it was Hickman who capped it and tweeted it.

Lost my shit when I saw it, too.

They'll probably botch Secret Warriors.

 

[Frosty Droid]

He cleared over a billion dollars in the Marvel sale, $590m+ of it in Disney stock.

Horn will probably let Feige do his thing for a film or two, and if it isn't going too well then he'll step in.

I think I read that he declined an offer to sit on the board of directors.

Ah, thanks.

Hopefully this means Marvel can afford to get Charlize Theron or Emily Blunt for Carol Danvers now.

 

[The Silver]

Look, just give me a high budget Thunderbolts movie/Netflix series.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

This is nothing but a good thing, Disney has been seemingly allowing Marvel and Lucas Films room to breathe beyond certain demands and I imagine that won't change too much unless shit starts to go off rails.

 

[broncobuster]

Now Feige could possibly be free to pay for the talent they want. They will obviously still play things safe with salaries, but it will probably be nowhere near as restrictive as it supposedly was under Ike.

Marvel can finally pay Terrence Howard his fee!

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Not that they were hurting for talent at whatever they were paying. I rather the money go into the movie first.

They were hurting and not hurting for talent. Ike has been notoriously controlling with money on these things, among other things apparently. People were wanting in because they were big films and lots of exposure. But it was still supposedly a pretty rough regime.

We shall see how this affects things.

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

RDJ about to ask for another raise

 

[Dalek]

Marvel can finally pay Terrence Howard his fee!

Next time, baby.

 

[Walpurgis]

Yeah, I'm feeling pretty optimistic about seeing Chris Evans as Cap in a movie after Infinity War now.

I sure hope so. Steve Rogers is the best character in the MCU. It just wouldn't be the same with a new Captain America.

 

[hodayathink]

Has there been any cases of actors being too expensive to hire from the get-go? I know returning actors has been an issue.

I mean, there are actors we know were offered parts that didn't take them (i.e. Joaquin Phoenix in Dr. Strange, or Emily Blunt in any number of roles), but all we have are the trades to know whether salary was an issue or it was something else.

And yes, I know Emily was a scheduling issue.

 

[soul creator]

Marvel can finally pay Terrence Howard his fee!

They should just make Empire part of the MCU.

The Cookie vs. Tony Stark corporate boardroom scenes would be glorious

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Yeah, I'm feeling pretty optimistic about seeing Chris Evans as Cap in a movie after Infinity War now.

Feige to let Evans to direct something in exchange for him returning as Cap?

 

[aparisi2274]

Aren't most of the big names just about finished with their contracts? I thought Chris Evans was done after Infinity War... same with RDJ... and if they follow Norse Mythology with Thor 3, then Chris Hemsworth is done, considering that Ragnarock

Spoiler

is where Thor dies

.

 

[Neoxon]

Look, just give me a high budget Thunderbolts movie/Netflix series.

The Netflix shows are still under Ike's grip.

 

[hodayathink]

Aren't most of the big names just about finished with their contracts? I thought Chris Evans was done after Infinity War... same with RDJ... and if they follow Norse Mythology with Thor 3, then Chris Hemsworth is done, considering that Ragnarock

Spoiler

is where Thor dies

.

Most of the major players are on 6 movie contracts, and for the ones that have had a trilogy the 6th movie will be Infinity War (Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, RDJ, ScarJo [she has Iron Man 2 and Cap 2 and 3]). I think there's a few that are on longer contracts or started later (Sebastian Stan's contract is longer than Evans', for example, which is one of the reasons people assume we're going to see him as Cap at some point). The reason they're paying RDJ something like $40 million for Civil War is because they'd rather do that and have it not be part of his contract than have to pay him even more to do the 2 part Infinity Wars movies.

 

[kswiston]

I have a hard time seeing Chris Evans turning down more Cap money post Infinity War.

 

[Schweinehund]

I hope this means more directors that are established than the guy they picked for spiderman.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

I have a hard time seeing Chris Evans turning down more Cap money post Infinity War.

Like I said, Feige gives him the carrot of letting him direct a film to get him to come back.

 

[hodayathink]

I hope this means more directors that are established than the guy they picked for spiderman.

I don't think money is the issue for the directors, though. It seems like for them, it's about how much of the movie is theirs and how much of it is Marvel/Feige's.

 

[inky]

What if Ike was the only thing making it work tho? RIP Marvel.

 

[PeskyToaster]

Some of the greatest film moments come from all the pressure and lack of budget. I think we just lost the famous indie spirit of the MCU.

 

[Extra Sauce]

We don't need more movies per year, come on now.

Two is not enough.

Seems like it's changing to three soon though.

I'll be satisfied once we get four.

Spoiler

Six please.

 

[kswiston]

Some of the greatest film moments come from all the pressure and lack of budget. I think we just lost the famous indie spirit of the MCU.

The cheapest MCU film was like $130M. I don't think they ever qualified for indie spirit.

 

[Dai101]

I just hope Infinity War doesn't go over budget as fuck.

Probably that's one of the reasons why Ike is no longer in charge. That movie(s) will be batshit insane in therms of budget.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

I say Bring on Iron Man 4 now. Now you can afford it Feige.

 

[a secret-boss]

Ike hates Fox.
This finally makes a first step for Feig to Unite the Universe

All according to KEIKAKU

 

[Tobor]

Excellent. Feige uber alles.

Nothing stops this train.

 

[Extra Sauce]

 

[Subpar Spatula]

I doubt this will alleviate the MCU quality problem. Hopefully it does. Problem doesn't seem to be money but direction of these movies have that talent don't like.

 

[Ithil]

So, we can get more movies per year and more Netflix series? What does this mean?

I believe it means negotiating budgets and pay won't be like pulling teeth anymore.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Dat Feige powerplay.

This shit is gonna be worthy of a movie of its own when all is said and done

 

[Not]

I did like how Perlmutter was removing Fantastic Four and X-Men shit from the Marvel offices out of spite. Kind of comedically satisfying, in a bitter and shallow way.

 

[kswiston]

This shit is gonna be worthy of a movie of its own when all is said and done

Yup. It's sort of crazy that the MCU has managed to become the top grossing film franchise of all time in a 7 year period. Next year will probably put it past $4B domestic and $10B worldwide.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Meanwhile, Darth Feige makes his move at Marvel Studios...

 

[Dram]

Marvel can finally pay Terrence Howard his fee!

That was pretty dumb on his part though, considering how successful the first Iron Man film was he should have just taken the pay cut.

 

[Slayven]

That was pretty dumb on his part though, considering how successful the first Iron Man film was he should have just taken the pay cut.

he made more than RDJ

 

[Secret Fawful]

Hopefully this is good news, but I've only heard bad things about Ike, so... I'm torn on this. This means they can go for guaranteed quality instead of mostly unknown up-and-comers like the Russos? What kind of directing talent could they conceivably get now?

 

[Ridley327]

It seems a little strange to see both Avi Arad and Ike Perlmutter out of the picture (so to speak) after all this time and with their history with Marvel as a whole. It's a little bit of an end of an era.

Hopefully this is good news, but I've only heard bad things about Ike, so... I'm torn on this. This means they can go for guaranteed quality instead of mostly unknown up-and-comers like the Russos? What kind of directing talent could they conceivably get now?

I doubt we're going to see them attract much more prestigious directors who are going to want more control than what Feige would really allow for.

 

[odiin]

I doubt this will alleviate the MCU quality problem. Hopefully it does. Problem doesn't seem to be money but direction of these movies have that talent don't like.

What quality problem?

 

[brisk tacos]

Are we pretending like Feige couldn't spend money and had to be cheap while working with between $114M-279M per movie? In a world where there is a $130M ANTMAN movie?

 

[Frosty Droid]

Devin Faraci

Perlmutter is famously cheap - Marvel's press junkets have been catered by Subway in the past - and has been known to get involved on all levels, from blockading diversity in Marvel's on-screen superheroes to getting the girlfriends of his bilionaire pals roles in Marvel movies.

...wait, what?