Spoilers Marvel Cinematic Universe spoiler-heavy speculation thread

[Marsden]

ONE BILLION DOLLARS!?!

That sounds like Dr. Evil!

Was the $1 billion figure announced by Disney's new VP in charge of Marvel Studios, Dr. Evil?

D'oh! Beat me to it!


BTW, does anyone know if any of the ROM the spaceknight characters still owned/usable by Marvel?

I know they don't have ROM himself because he started as a toy but the other characters were all original to the comic, like Starshine.

 

[Reverend]

ONE BILLION DOLLARS!?!

That sounds like Dr. Evil!

Was the $1 billion figure announced by Disney's new VP in charge of Marvel Studios, Dr. Evil?

D'oh! Beat me to it!


BTW, does anyone know if any of the ROM the spaceknight characters still owned/usable by Marvel?

I know they don't have ROM himself because he started as a toy but the other characters were all original to the comic, like Starshine.

A quick google turns up a quote from Gunn stating that he'd like to use ROM (whom I've never even heard of till just now) but it was a licencing deal Marvel did with Hasbro back in the day (like G.I. Joe, Transformers and one assumes the old Star Wars comics) so they didn't retain the rights.
However, he says they also did some standalone Spaceknights comics which they do have the rights to, so they can filch the concepts, but not the actual character.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Marvel owns everything connected ROM,-- the Space Knights, the Dire Wraiths, Galador, everything except ROM himself.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Gunn said he couldn't use Bug, though, because of Hasbro and the Microverse even though Bug is a Marvel-original character for that series.

 

[kitik]

There was an article about IDW announcing 2 new comic series at NYCC today for Rom and the Micronauts.

 

[JD]

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/MarvelFreshman/news/?a=125737


Infinity War Part 1 and 2 are estimated to cost 1 billion dollars


Robert Downey Jr. apparently gets "half of the actor budget."

I wouldn't be totally shocked if this was true, movies budgets do seem to be going up pretty consistently these days. RDJ getting half the actor budget by himself is ridiculous if that's true.

 

[arch101]

Should have said: ONE BEEEELLLLLLLLION DOLLARS!?!
Now THAT'S Dr. Evil

 

[Samurai8472]

Was the $1 billion figure announced by Disney's new VP in charge of Marvel Studios, Dr. Evil?

Something like this at marvel studio's mountain fortress probably isn't far off

They know we'll fork over the money

 

[Taylirious]

I don't have a source but I saw it was $300 million per film.

ETA: If it is $1 Billion for both then I personally would boycott them. Way too much. Ugh.

 

[Reverend]

Unless of course it includes the advertising , which often gets left out despite sometimes costing almost as much as the rest of the production combined. Still, one billion apiece seems more than a little excessive, even for such a large and expensive cast. A billion for both of them on the other hang, I could believe.

 

[DWF]

It is supposely one billion for both of them, making 500 million for each. But I had heard they were goingto film them together, I was thinking they were doing that to keep costs down.

 

[Tosk]

ETA: If it is $1 Billion for both then I personally would boycott them. Way too much. Ugh.

Why? They charge the same to see it, so aren't you technically getting more value for money the more they spend on it?

 

[Taylirious]

ETA: If it is $1 Billion for both then I personally would boycott them. Way too much. Ugh.

Why? They charge the same to see it, so aren't you technically getting more value for money the more they spend on it?

Way too much money on these films. It isn't just Marvel. You have a point unless the cinema experience changes when these films release.

 

[Tosk]

ETA: If it is $1 Billion for both then I personally would boycott them. Way too much. Ugh.

Why? They charge the same to see it, so aren't you technically getting more value for money the more they spend on it?

Way too much money on these films. It isn't just Marvel. You have a point unless the cinema experience changes when these films release.

It's their money though...I guess I'm just genuinely curious where you're coming from re: boycott if budget too high.

 

[Taylirious]

Why? They charge the same to see it, so aren't you technically getting more value for money the more they spend on it?

Way too much money on these films. It isn't just Marvel. You have a point unless the cinema experience changes when these films release.

It's their money though...I guess I'm just genuinely curious where you're coming from re: boycott if budget too high.

Does it need to be this high? If JL 1 & 2 were the same price I'd be feeling the same way. It seems like waist.

Due to the secretive nature of Hollywood accounting it is not clear which film is the most expensive film ever made. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides officially holds the record with a budget of $378.5 million, while The Hobbit trilogy stands as the most expensive back-to-back film production with combined costs of $623 million after tax credits. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_films

I have seen fans complain about both!

 

[Tosk]

It seems like waist.

How is it a waste though? That money was always going to go to making more movies and paying salaries.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

ETA: If it is $1 Billion for both then I personally would boycott them. Way too much. Ugh.

Why? They charge the same to see it, so aren't you technically getting more value for money the more they spend on it?

While I think your right in the short-term, there's still the ever-present fear of price inflation. Tickets cost more right now because movies cost more to make.

 

[Tosk]

Tickets cost what they cost due to inflation. Generally speaking, at least. It fluctuates.

 

[Reverend]

I think I read somewhere that ticket prices have gone up so much (in part) because they can't get the numbers they used to.
I know the movie studio like to blame piracy for this, but let's be honest, it has WAY more to do with the poor quality of the average cinema, the improving quality and lowering cost of home theatre equipment and the ever shrinking interval between a cinema release and the DVD/BR release.

Bottom line: it's just not good value for money any more. That's why everything these days is either very cheap movies (mostly comedies & rom-coms), kids films or the big spectacle movies and why you don't get many mid-range budget pictures like you used to.
Incidentally I think it's also why TV has suddenly gotten astonishingly good over the last 5-7 years. So there's that at least.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Tickets cost what they cost due to inflation. Generally speaking, at least. It fluctuates.

Inflation has been relatively non-existent the past four to six years but movie prices continue to rise. It isn't just a factor of the economy generally. And the prices don't go back down (although they do they vary by region), so it's not something that fluctuates. It's a consistent trend.