Marvel Spends Big For Downey's Doom - Dark Horizons
Marvel Spends Big For Downey's Doom - Dark Horizons
The reaction to Marvel Studios’ reveal of Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom in the upcoming “Avengers: Doomsday” may have played like gangbusters in Hall H this weekend, but in the larger world the response has been more mixed. The reveal has provoked plenty of confusion as to how it will work (it ha...
Sources for the trade say Marvel is spending $80 million on the Russos alone to direct the next two “Avengers” films. In addition, Downey Jr. will receive “significantly more” to play Doctor Doom across the two films.
Downey’s deal also has multiple perks including private jet travel, dedicated security, and a ‘trailer encampment’. Downey remains the highest-paid member of the MCU by far with sources saying his appearance across ten Marvel films over the first three ‘Phases’ has seen him taking in between $500 million and $600 million from his MCU works to date.
If Disney doesn’t license at least one MF Doom track for the soundtrack it’ll be a huge missed opportunity
Personly I would have liked to see someone else play Doom.
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The supervillain himself.
it has been indicated this Dr. Doom is NOT a Stark variant.
This makes it a less interesting move and has the whiff of desperation about it.
So that looks like $90m per film just for the Russos and Downey. They must be expecting to easily break a billion on each.