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Subj: When film contracts start looking like sports contracts... Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 at 10:15:54 am EDT (Viewed 427 times) | Reply Subj: I suppose it depends on whether they signed Gwenyth Paltrow to one of those crazy 9 picture deals... Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 at 12:09:38 am EDT (Viewed 500 times) | ||||||
Quote: ...that they signed Sam Jackson (Fury) and Chris Evans (Cap) to, in order to have them appear in multiple franchises.Quote: Quote: Is the Ant-Man movie still going ahead? I wish Bill Nye was young enough to play Hank, that'd be awesome.Quote: Ha! That'd be interesting casting. I'd love to see Bill Nye build a murderous robot.He has experience with robots too; he was the tech expert on one of those Battling Robots shows that were all the rage maybe 8-10 years ago. Quote: Ant-man is still a go, last I heard. Here's an old interview bit from the director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) from ComingSoon.net:Quote: It's interesting that he says it might not fit in with the Avengers. It occurs to me that if they do it afterwards, then Hank and Jan could be introduced in Avengers and then Ant-man becomes almost a spin-off. Conversely, they could make Hank Giant-man from the start, and make Ant-man Scott Lang, keeping it mostly separate as its own thing.I hate to say it, but I'd be worried that the Ant-Man movie would be focusing on the new Ant-Man, Eric O'Grady (I think that's his name). If they're going for a different feel or look from the Avengers that character would allow for the most logical separation. Quote: Quote: On a more serious note, I imagine that most of the heroes will already be cast, but Whedon will get some input on the villains. I hope they find a way to work in Jarvis, although that could be tough since Tony named his computer system Jarvis. Could still be done though.Quote: They could possible have a human Jarvis at the Stark family home in NY, and the Jarvis in California is based on him. Sadly, I doubt they'll go that way though.That's my theory and hope too. Quote: Quote: Quote: One point I saw in an article is they might save some money going with Whedon over another director but still get the fan base support, which is true. Probably not a lot of money, since Whedon is a pretty big name, but less proven on this type of film. While my initial choice for director might have been Jon Favreau, I'm confident with Whedon.Quote: I'm sure Whedon comes significantly cheaper than any other name that would excite anyone, considering he has only one feature under his belt, and it didn't light fire to the box office.I enjoyed Serentiy, but Firefly was better. Quote: Marvel seems to be fairly frugal in setting these movies up... they're not going crazy with the casting money and making sure they lock people up for long deals when they do spend some.It's true, they've done a pretty good job of keeping a rein on the budgets. The multi-picture deals probably help in this regard, actually; who doesn't like guaranteed work? Quote: Quote: Quote: On the superhero film topic, I wouldn't mind seeing Kevin Smith direct a Green Arrow film. He had a good feel for Ollie on his tenure writing the book.Quote: After "Cop Out" kind of flopped, I think Kevin Smith is going to have a really hard time getting major studio work. All of his movies seem to be capped at around $30m or below (Cop Out being the lone exception, at $44m.) I think he may be stuck as an indie director now.I haven't seen Cop Out...to be honest, I kind of out-grew Kevin Smith movies awhile ago. Though I really enjoyed Jersey Girl, except for the bits where he tried to shoe-horn in classic Kevin Smith material (like having Jennifer Lopez complain to Ben Affleck that she wanted to look like a cracked out whore). Quote: None of which goes to whether he'd actually do a really good job on Green Arrow or not...He might need some help with the action bits, but he understands the character. I think it could be worth the financial risk for DC, who really have to step it up in the movie department quite frankly. They have Warner Bros to work with and Marvel is destroying them in films. You could keep the budget fairly low on a Green Arrow movie, since nobody actually has to have super-powers. Smith would be a cheap director who would bring an established fan base, both from his films and from his time writing the book. It could pay off big or probably at worst break even, I'd guess. I remember hearing about a Green Arrow movie being in development, with the plot centering on him being stuck in some kind of maximum security prison, but that was awhile ago. Really, until I see some kind of teaser I don't believe any of the DC film rumours. ~Hat~ | |||||||
