Yes, because we see Christopher Nolan, Paul Greengrass, David Fincher, Bryan Singer, et al taking jobs "just for the money".
Bad News for "Wolverine"
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Yes, because we see Christopher Nolan, Paul Greengrass, David Fincher, Bryan Singer, et al taking jobs "just for the money".
I eagerly anticipate X-Men Origins: Wolverine IV: The Quest For Peace.
Norrin Radd
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This whole "Origins" and "First Avenger" crap is a real turnoff...totally unnecessary. By now, people know who Wolverine is. They know who Magneto is. They know who Captain America is.
The money helps (a lot).
Well, the extent of that is debatable, but in the case of Captain America, appending The First Avenger is transparently an effort to minimize the fact that people know who Captain America is and don't like the concept (or what they imagine the concept to be like).
I'm sure it does. Is it the definitive, end-all-be-all reason why directors take projects? Do you think Gavin Hood wanted to make Wolverine because of the money? I doubt he's even getting paid that much to direct the film.
Conveniently, appending X-Men: Origins to Wolverine places the title amid the other entries on the series in alphabetical listings, which can help in the retail market.
Imagine if Marvel had called the Iron Man movie by the name First Avenger: Iron Man. Would have been fucking lame.
I am currently in the process of pitching Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Origins: Obi-Wan Kenobi, The 14,532th Jedi-Part 1.
There's nothing better than a movie with two subtitles.
Genius! You want a producer credit? You don't even have to do anything, we'll just pay you anyway!
Well as a producer of Avengers Origins: Hawkeye: The Second Avenger, I think we'd need to up the ante when it comes to scope and creativity. It all comes down to the director's vision and if he's capable of achieving great creativity. So I was thinking we should either go with Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, Alex Proyas, David Fincher or Paul W.S. Anderson.
You never hear Paul Anderson saying the producers mucked up his vision for the movie.
Nobody ever got to be a director by not working. I don't hesitate for a minute to think that a lot of these directors would rather work somewhere else, but when 20th Century Fox is the only one to say yes, it's hard to say no. Why do you think Joss Whedon is bothering with their television division for his show Dollhouse? And this is a man who fanboys regularly accuse of having "talent and merit," which is totally disregarding his statements that he would never work for Fox again!
Doesn't he have a development contract with Fox though? I thought he still had to do two more shows with them.
His development contract would be with Fox the production company, not Fox the television network. Two separate entities (hence Buffy/Angel from said production company being on WB/UPN).