Yep. Even after Dark Knight, ask DC (owned by Warner Bros) how their Justice League movie is coming along due to Superman Returns.
________________________________ From: Cary Preston <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, April 16, 2010 1:20:25 PM Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] Re: Joss Whedon in Final Negotiations to Direct The Avengers | /Film With due respect sir, no, they couldn't have. Marvel placed up the rights to several of their characters as collateral for the capital to produce Iron Man; if it had tanked they would have been in dire straits. The strategy they used to get Iron Man filmed was discussed quite a bit due to the risk the company was taking. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Van <[email protected]> wrote: > >On Apr 15, 8:56 am, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> But if Iron Man had been the next Ghost Rider, they all would have come >> crashing to the ground. > > >With respect, sir-- no, they wouldn't. > >Marvel is making these movies themselves. They're paying for them >themselves. They're producing them themselves. > >If IRON MAN had been a financial disappointment, Marvel would not have >immediately gotten out of the movie-making business. They simply >would have re-tooled things, brought in a different creative crowd (as >they're apparently doing anyway!), and kept the ball rolling. No way >would they have just given up. They have too much invested in the >entire enterprise. > >--Van > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The >Unique Geek" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
