How much difference can one Israeli make? Marvel Studios - Avi Arad = Cheap + Tired + Suckfests

I have to wonder if Marvel even makes a dime off of their physical comics anymore with all the scans floating around the internet. Remember when they nearly went banrupt back in the 90's and now defunct Toy-Biz had to bail them out, and they only bounced back after the release of Spider-Man in theaters? Face it, kids who've never owned a Spider-Man comic book probably have their entire bedrooms decked out with Spider-Man bed spreads, lamps, trash cans, etc. These movies, cartoons, DVDs, toys, etc. are the only way they make cash and they're going to squeeze it for every penny they can get. They're going to start treating actors like they do their artists and writers, which is to say pay them s**t for all their award winning work.

Avi Arad was the producer on Elektra and Daredevil. Why don't you listen to the commentary on Daredevil before you start stroking Avi off for doing such a good job.

Over on the Iron Man 2 page at IMDB it has Rourke cast as Ivan/Whiplash. While that doesn't necessarily seal the deal, it certainly supports the theory that Marvel is casting big names to play weak parts.

I imagine they can get away with low-balling actors simply because they're Marvel. So many of these actors will have read comics when they were kids, and the comic book movies are so popular now that it's a great bandwagon to jump on. So for an actor, that might not be a lot of money. But at the same time they get to be in an Iron Man movie. I think comic book movies are kind of going the way of the animated films where celebrities will take a pay cut just to be in "something my kid can go see". I mean if you're already loaded and doing alright, why not take a pay cut to dress up like a super villain and have fun fighting Iron Man? Besides, it leaves more budget for Special FX.

Marvel is just showing by these actions that to them the movie versions of their characters are just another spin off of the comics which to marvel means our property all money ours no other . they will learn when iron man two doesn't do as well as iron man mostly from the bad pr already

Because business people and Hollywood suck. Next question.

Personally, I would be fine with some lesser-knowns or unknowns if they were decent actors. You can cast new faces in big roles without giving up talent, if you look around enough.

The problem is that casting agents and casting directors are narrow-minded folk. They don't see actors for their talent, but for their "star power" and how well they'll photograph for the movie poster. If they were still casting people like they did in the 60s, we'd have a lot less big names doing voice-over work, and a lot less miscasts (like Halle Berry in Catwoman, Halle Berry in X-Men, and the entire cast of Superman Returns).

Up until The Wrestler and Sin City, Mickey Rourke couldn't get cast in a toothpaste commercial. Now, with a couple halfway decent movies that play to his typecasting (beat up, unattractive, tough has-been), he's suddenly worth more than scale?

I don't buy it. He's no great actor. He's good, but so far he's not done anything new that doesn't just require him to play himself.

He can balk at the money, but someone will take it, and they'll be happy for it. Meanwhile, he'll make another movie, it will bomb, his stock will fall, and he'll go back to making shampoo ads in Japan, wishing he'd just taken the money from Marvel.

All that money? Joe Quesada spent it on drugs and fancy hats.

He can balk at the money, but someone will take it, and they'll be happy for it. That's true, but you also get what you paid for. And in Hollywood $250,000 ain't gonna get you a whole lot.

I'm genuinely concerned over all this though.
Assuming they know it will make a ton of money, is that to say they just don't physically have the resources to scare up the money to make it first :s? Something weird is going on here...

I think the blame probably lands on mr Stan Lee.If the man couldn't even shell out money to take care of Jack Kirby, why would he want to spend it on some actor? I think the Marvel movies will be in better hands when Stan shuffles off to Valhalla or wherever.

I think the blame probably lands on mr Stan Lee.If the man couldn't even shell out money to take care of Jack Kirby, why would he want to spend it on some actor? I think the Marvel movies will be in better hands when Stan shuffles off to Valhalla or wherever.

You do realize, of course, that Stan Lee is no longer part of Marvel Comics and never has been part of Marvel Studios, right?

Also, Marvel came back from bankruptcy when they sold Spiderman and X-Men to Sony and Fox, respectively.

As for the Rourke thing, I never take any reports of what actors are paid seriously. Why would they tell anyone what they're paid?