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[RumbleFox]

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32 minutes ago, HybridFox said:

I have mixed feelings. He's a brilliant actor and will kill it. But also feels like a desperate attempt from Marvel to win the popularity vote

This. Trying to get the audience back who have lost interest. 
 

The only Marvel related movie I’ve had any interest in since End Game was No Way Home. 
 

I know very little about this new Avengers movie, do we know who is playing the Avengers? And which characters?

[urban.spaceman]

 

[moore_94]

Rumours that RDJ will be a variant Tony Stark that becomes Dr Doom - rather than a completely different character

[UniFox21]

6 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Rumours that RDJ will be a variant Tony Stark that becomes Dr Doom - rather than a completely different character

Always likely to have been the case; they're removing Kang from the story but have already layed all the foundations for the multiverse and different variants being good/evil etc 

[urban.spaceman]

 

 

[urban.spaceman]

Blimey.

 

 

 

[urban.spaceman]

The whole Variety article gives a bit more information:

 

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Behind Robert Downey Jr. and the Russo Brothers’ Mega ‘Avengers’ Paydays

Tatiana SiegelJul 29, 2024 8:21pm PT

Getty Images for Disneynormal

After a bruising year, Marvel is returning to the very things that worked in the past. That means reuniting with franchise crown jewel Robert Downey Jr. as well as the Russo brothers, who directed the two most successful movies for the studio with “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame.”

But bringing back key members of the old gang won’t come cheap. Sources say Marvel is plunking down $80 million for Anthony and Joe Russo to direct “Avengers: Doomsday” and “Avengers: Secret Wars” and “significantly more” for Downey to tackle uber-villain Doctor Doom in the two tentpoles. The Russos’ deal doesn’t include back-end compensation, but it does contain performance escalators that kick in at the $750 million and $1 billion thresholds. The brothers also will produce the two films via their AGBO banner. That marks something of a departure for Marvel, which typically doesn’t work with outside producers, preferring to keep the team in house.

For Downey, who helped catapult Marvel into a money-printing machine thanks to his turn as Tony Stark in the first “Iron Man” film in 2008, his deal also is filled with perks that include private jet travel, dedicated security and a whole “trailer encampment” for the newly minted Oscar winner. (Downey took home this year’s best supporting actor honors for his role in “Oppenheimer.”)

According to one knowledgeable source, Downey is by far the highest-paid member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has pulled down between $500 million and $600 million over the course of four “Avengers” movies, three “Iron Man” outings and cameos in “The Incredible Hulk,” “Captain America: Civil War” and “Spider-Man: Homecoming.”

Still, some changes are in order. While the Russo brothers’ previous two “Avengers” movies shot in Atlanta, the new outings will be filmed in London beginning in the second quarter of 2025.

Although Marvel had become the most dominant brand in cinema over its first 30 films, it began to show cracks in 2023, with a ho-hum “Ant-Man” sequel that brought in just $476 million worldwide, coupled with a disastrous “The Marvels,” which barely cleared the $200 million mark globally. Adding to the angst on the Burbank lot, the entire future “Avengers” arc that centered on villain Kang had to be scrapped amid actor Jonathan Majors’ legal troubles. (Marvel parent company Disney cut ties with Majors hours after he was convicted of assault and harassment stemming from an altercation with his girlfriend at the time.) In short order, director Destin Daniel Cretton exited “Avengers: Kang Dynasty.”

Variety previously reported in a cover story on the studio’s woes that Marvel was considering pivoting from Kang to Doctor Doom as Majors’ problems mounted and that chief Kevin Feige was keen to bring back Downey, who will segue from his Broadway debut in Ayad Akhtar’s “mcneal” in the fall to preproduction on “Avengers” in the new year.

Sources say Downey, who is repped by WME, agreed to return to the MCU if the Russos, who are CAA clients, would be directing. “They were the only ones he would work with,” says a source familiar with the dealmaking.

After all, the brothers’ two “Avengers” movies earned a whopping $4.851 billion combined. As Marvel looks to regain its footing, a Downey/Russos reteaming is “a perfect combination of timing and everyone being on the same page,” says one executive close to the project.

I reckon they've spent $200m on just getting RDJ and the Russos back. 

[Md9]

Went to see deadpool & wolverine tonight and really enjoyed it 

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

Heard marvel have quietly canned a lot of the people behind the scenes responsible for the absolute guff they’ve been putting out post end game. Hopefully true and indicative of a shift in general in big blockbusters.

[ithuriel]

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Seeing Wolvy don the mask at long last, now we just need the brown, yellow version of the costume

 

Edited 30 August 2024 by ithuriel

[ithuriel]

Remember this issue, after the team was gone and Wolvie has to go out looking to rebuild it......stashed away in one of my comic boxes.

 

Edited 30 August 2024 by ithuriel

[HybridFox]

Absolutely robbed! 😤

 

[Trav Le Bleu]

21 hours ago, HybridFox said:

Absolutely robbed! 😤

 

In what way was MM unsafe?

Edited 31 August 2024 by Trav Le Bleu

[ithuriel]

Patch  was the  identity wolvie used whenever he was in Madripoor. basically he wore an eye patch and sometimes a dapper suit, sometimes  blue combat gear.

This was from the Wolverine comic that followed on from the mini series, still have issue 1 to 60 odd of this run.

 

 

[spacemunky]

Enjoyed the first two episodes of Agatha All Along.

[spacemunky]

On 19/09/2024 at 02:09, spacemunky said:

Enjoyed the first two episodes of Agatha All Along.

And the rest of the season.

 

Kathryn Hahn was brilliant.

[The Bear]

1 hour ago, spacemunky said:

And the rest of the season.

 

Kathryn Hahn was brilliant.

She has a tendency to overact a bit in this role though. Certainly as her original police office part of the role. Her performance for that bit was way over the top. 

[spacemunky]

9 hours ago, The Bear said:

She has a tendency to overact a bit in this role though. Certainly as her original police office part of the role. Her performance for that bit was way over the top. 

The whole show is over the top 

 

I've read the majority of Marvel fans don't like the show and that's fine.

 

I felt like it was a good follow-up to Wanda Vision, which is my favourite thing Marvel has done, along with Loki.

[Daggers]

47 minutes ago, spacemunky said:

I felt like it was a good follow-up to Wanda Vision, which is my favourite thing Marvel has done

100% this. Nothing else comes close.

[The Bear]

Agatha was ultimately OK if a bit meh. I won't be itching for S2 or rewatching it any way. 

 

Loki S1 was similar though so who knows. 

[UniFox21]

On 31/10/2024 at 06:36, The Bear said:

She has a tendency to overact a bit in this role though. Certainly as her original police office part of the role. Her performance for that bit was way over the top. 

Since reading this I can't not notice it when watching. 

[UniFox21]

23 hours ago, The Bear said:

Agatha was ultimately OK if a bit meh. I won't be itching for S2 or rewatching it any way. 

 

Loki S1 was similar though so who knows. 

Enjoyed it overall, but the last 20 mins of the last episode killed it for me 

[The Bear]

1 hour ago, UniFox21 said:

Enjoyed it overall, but the last 20 mins of the last episode killed it for me 

Yeah it was a bit shark jumpy tbh. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

The return ...

 

 

Looking promising.