Dat 2-3% of profits from merchandise and toy sales for the names big enough to get it into their contracts...
Was RDJ really an "A-lister" before the first Iron Man? If anything, I think being in Iron Man revived his career (MCU movies, Sherlock Holmes, etc). Hemsworth, Evans, Mackie, Norton/Ruffalo...these guys weren't A-listers. In fact, and as appropriate as this is, Cumberbatch is the first true "A-lister" at the time of casting, to be cast in a Marvel movie, imo.
I don't know who Dr. Strange is, but the original trailer had me. I want to know more. The last trailer was not quite as interesting, but I'm still interested. And yep, it might be that Cumberbatch is the reason why it looked so intriguing.
I'd say it's been about a 50/50 proposition when it comes to heroes where I had no idea who the main superhero was going into the movie; movie won me over; SwampThing Darkman The Rocketeer The Crow Blade x-Men Constantine Hellboy Guardians of the Galaxy SkyHigh Jumper Watchmen KickAss Deadpool Push Chronicle And when the movies blew it: Howard the Duck The Mask Tankgirl Green Hornet Judge Dredd The Phantom DareDevil Spawn The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Elektra Sharkboy and Lavagirl Ghostrider Hancock Suicide Squad
If RDJ and Norton weren't A-list guys at the time, they were close. Their abilities were highly respected at the time even with RDj's problems.
42 reviews on RT so far, 1 rotten. Marvel really has built up a stupid amount of trust with the public right now, and I'm one of them. I'm there on opening weekend for literally all of their movies, and I never walk away disappointed. Avengers 2 was the only one that was close, and that's more because my expectations were stupidly high. They throw in something a little different in all of their movies to keep their formula from becoming stale. Looks like another quality addition.
Once I saw the cast, some of the concept art, and who the director was I had a great feeling about this one. I'm glad to see it's getting great reviews, and I can't wait to see it. (As is typical with Marvel movies for me) I'm really starting to get antsy about Infinity War though. Yeah all of these little movies in between have been outstanding (after rewatching Civil War a few times, I think it's one of the best movies they've made), but I'm ready for Thanos and the big show.
He had some fun performances in Rented Lips & Restoration but prior to to his time in jail his career had been mostly as an unsuccessful version of Tom Hanks 80's comedies. That troubled acting genius thing was PR spin that came after he got sentenced.
If you're referring to Doctor Strange, it's the same title. It's on Netflix I believe if you have that.
I have to agree, I don't think RDJ was A-list before Iron Man revitalized his career. Ed Norton's Hulk may have been the biggest "A" lister at the time. Maybe Scarlett Johansson was the actual biggest star at the time when cast by Disney Marvel Studios? If anything, 20th Century Fox tended to cast bigger actors first for things like X-men. Sir Patrick Steward, Sir Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman...heck even Halle Berry was an A-lister when she was cast as Storm. Marvel Studios (Disney) is a star maker. Chris Evans, Hiddleson, Hemsworth, and Chris Pratt were all cast as solid tier 2 guys that shot into A-list status. Cumberbatch is near the top of his game and is a big get.
He was nominated for an Oscar so he wasn't just some random actor. He was trending up before his drug problem.Maybe he wasn't A-Lister, but he wasn't a brandon routh either.
Troo. Otherwise you'd know that fool from Van Helsing, and whatever that robot boxing movie was with the kid. True steel or something? Haha.
