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I have adjusted my retirement allocations to accommodate this schedule. Yeehaw. Marvel can take my money!
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The Sony Spider Man movies aren't going to happen. Write it down.

I don't see the bubble popping as long as the studios continue to make good films. I personally won't be too excited for Dawn of Justice, for example, because I found Man of Steel to be a damn tedious waste of an evening. I get what they were going for but it just wasn't any fun.
 
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Gonna be honest with you guys. I've got no interest in anything outside of the Marvel-owned films.

X-Men has never done it for me, Wolverine stand-alones don't interest me, the new Spiderman movies were alright, and I don't have faith in new Fantastic 4 movies.

I'm gonna give Batman/Superman movies a whirl, but I'm still struggling to picture Affleck as Batman lol.
 
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IrishLion10 said:
Gonna be honest with you guys. I've got no interest in anything outside of the Marvel-owned films.

X-Men has never done it for me, Wolverine stand-alones don't interest me, the new Spiderman movies were alright, and I don't have faith in new Fantastic 4 movies.

I'm gonna give Batman/Superman movies a whirl, but I'm still struggling to picture Affleck as Batman lol.
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That's exactly how I feel and it's probably why I don't perceive the film slate as saturated. I can't wait for the next Marvel Cinematic Universe film at any given time and don't much bother with the rest.

Slightly off topic, but does anyone else play Disney Infinity or collect the figures? The game is geared towards kids but the Toy Box mode is a ton of fun and the figures are beautiful. I just got the complete (so far) set of Marvel figures with Hulk arriving from Amazon tomorrow.
 
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I know it's about the big picture and the story, yadda yadda, but I wonder how Evans feels with RDJ basically being marketed as 50% of his next film.

RDJ has had three films of his own, and (rightfully) dominates the Avengers storyline. He hasn't really had to share the spotlight. Evans has had two movies of his own, and plays the "rah rah" character under RDJ in the Avengers. And now, for his third film, he's got an even split with Iron Man.

I'm sure he doesn't care, but it's interesting to me.
 
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IrishLion10 said:
I know it's about the big picture and the story, yadda yadda, but I wonder how Evans feels with RDJ basically being marketed as 50% of his next film.

RDJ has had three films of his own, and (rightfully) dominates the Avengers storyline. He hasn't really had to share the spotlight. Evans has had two movies of his own, and plays the "rah rah" character under RDJ in the Avengers. And now, for his third film, he's got an even split with Iron Man.

I'm sure he doesn't care, but it's interesting to me.
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I think all these guys have agreements that pay them a certain percentage of the box office. If RDJ is in Cap 3, that just means a bigger pile of money for everyone.

I'm going to flash my nerd here, but if you watch the director's commentary on The Avengers blu-ray, the Cap vs. Tony arc was originally a bigger part in that movie than just the "put on the suit" argument. Sounds like they just put it on ice for later.
 
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IrishLion10 said:
I know it's about the big picture and the story, yadda yadda, but I wonder how Evans feels with RDJ basically being marketed as 50% of his next film.

RDJ has had three films of his own, and (rightfully) dominates the Avengers storyline. He hasn't really had to share the spotlight. Evans has had two movies of his own, and plays the "rah rah" character under RDJ in the Avengers. And now, for his third film, he's got an even split with Iron Man.

I'm sure he doesn't care, but it's interesting to me.
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It's my understanding that RDj has managed to secure these roles because of the success of Ironman. Thor and CA#1 did not do well initially and even Hulk after its rebranding did not either. Point is all the movies with RDJ are more successful. Marvel knows this and RDJs agent knows this. From what I read, RDJ has managed to make his case to Marvel to secure these roles. Further, at this point there is no need to recast Ironman or Tony Stark or pursue another storyline outside of Avengers.

His continuity and focal point are like Jackman as Wolverine. At this point I just cannot imagine anyone else as Wolverrine or Ironman.
 
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It's my understanding that RDj has managed to secure these roles because of the success of Ironman. Thor and CA#1 did not do well initially and even Hulk after its rebranding did not either. Point is all the movies with RDJ are more successful. Marvel knows this and RDJs agent knows this. From what I read, RDJ has managed to make his case to Marvel to secure these roles. Further, at this point there is no need to recast Ironman or Tony Stark or pursue another storyline outside of Avengers.

His continuity and focal point are like Jackman as Wolverine. At this point I just cannot imagine anyone else as Wolverrine or Ironman.
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Technically it becomes CA3, IM4, Black Panther tease or prequel depending on his screen time.

Not to take anything away from Cap (I like how Evans has played the role, CATWS might be my favorite MCU pic), but Marvel even knows that the crossovers garner the bigger audiences and more excitement.
 
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Technically it becomes CA3, IM4, Black Panther tease or prequel depending on his screen time.

Not to take anything away from Cap (I like how Evans has played the role, CATWS might be my favorite MCU pic), but Marvel even knows that the crossovers garner the bigger audiences and more excitement.
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You mean Avengers age of Ultron? If so I think we are in agreement. The real Mandarin will be in IM 4 I bet. Black Panther is definitely being set up with the vibranium and Andy Serkis' character.
 
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Cackalacky said:
You mean Avengers age of Ultron? If so I think we are in agreement. The real Mandarin will be in IM 4 I bet. Black Panther is definitely being set up with the vibranium and Andy Serkis' character.
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I don't think the "real Mandarin" will ever be a plot point. I think the "All Hail the King" one-shot was just a throwaway retcon to appease the fanboys upset about the Trevor twist. Reintroducing the Mandarin would rely on the casual audience being intimately familiar with a special feature in the Dark World blu-ray. If I had to guess, I'd imagine RDJ is done with solo Iron Man films.
 
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The Wolf of Wall Street's Margot Robbie has reportedly been cast as Harley Quinn in 2016's Suicide Squad.
 
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This could be interesting she is definitely hot enough to be Harley Quinn that is interesting play though
 
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