Miserly Marvel exec Maisel lowballs Favreau
I thought it was odd that Marvel hadn’t locked in Jon Favreau to direct Iron Man 2. Now we know why.
They got him cheap first time around (not sure of EXACT numbers, but he got considerably less than other directors of recent LESS successful Comic Book Movies) and now he’s asking for a standard director’s fee. But chairman of Marvel Studios David Maisel hasn’t stepped up to give the man the kind of reward he richly deserves for such an overwhelming blockbuster. From what Jon Favreau says on his official mySpace page, Marvel DEFINITELY is dropping the ball by not offering better treatment of its star director…
It’s been five weeks since the one and only phone call my reps have gotten from Marvel. I know their hands are full with the Hulk and I’m sure they will get into it shortly, as they tell me they intend to. I ran into the Marvel guys at the Hulk premiere and everyone sounded eager to get to work on IM2.
I am concerned, however, about the announced release date of April 2010. Neither Robert nor I were consulted about this and we are both concerned about how realistic the date is in light of the fact that we have no script, story or even writers hired yet. This genre of movie is best when it is done thoughtfully and with plenty of preparation. It might be better to follow the BB/DK, X/X2 three year release pattern than to scramble for a date. It is difficult because there are no Marvel 09 releases and they need product, but I also think we owe it to the fans to have a great version of IM2 and, at this point, we would have less time to make it than the first one.”
The success of Iron Man has allowed marvel to roll out an aggressive 3 year plan that they would not have otherwise. Ill be seeing Hulk this weekend, so I’ll let you know what i think. From what I hear I’ll like it, but I hope they do a DVD version with the darker material they edited out in order to make a more kid-friendly popcorn movie.
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June 13th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
marvel really needs to get there heads out of there asses they don’t know a good thing when its in there face. Give the man the credit he deserves and money$$$