Robert Downey Jr. Getting $100M to Star in Both ‘Avengers' Movies

Marvel/Disney will need to pay Robert Downey Jr. more than $100 million for those two ‘Avengers’ movies, and that’s not even counting box office bonuses. Puck’s Matt Belloni sees this as “basically an admission that Marvel was in a pretty rough spot.” Downey’s contract is said to include private jets, personal security and a trailer encampment

Downey’s “Avengers: Endgame” salary was only $20 million, though he wound up making a reported $75 million with bonuses — the same as he did on “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Iron Man 3”.

It’s quite clear that “Avengers: Doomsday,” although filled with recurrent characters, will have Downey as the main attraction. This is a major gamble that could very well pay off. We’ll see. It might all depend on how well “The Fantastic Four” does given that they play a major part in ‘Doomsday.’

Based on Variety’s estimates, Downey has so far made $500-$600M starring in MCU movies. So, it’s not like he really needed the money, and his contract stipulated that he would only sign on to these films if Joe and Anthony Russo came back to direct.

Speaking of The Russos, they are set to earn about $40 million per movie between them and that’s before box office bonuses kick in (via TheInSneider). Ever since leaving the MCU, they’ve had their own struggles, having helmed critically panned films (“Cherry,” “The Gray Man”). They also have the upcoming Netflix sci-fi epic “The Electric State,” which has had its budget balloon to well over $300M.

Between Downey and The Russos’ salary, that’s already $100M added into the budget for each one of these ‘Avengers’ films. Can you just imagine how much it’s all going to cost? Not to mention having to bring back other high-salaried actors like Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and many more.

This could be the gamble to end all gambles as far as Kevin Feige and the MCU are concerned. ‘Avengers 5’ is set to start production in March 2025 and will be released in May 2026.

Alright, Let’s Settle This Once and For All — What’s the Best James Bond Movie?

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Whit Stillman Begins Shooting ‘A Night at Claridge's,' His First Film in 10 Years

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Edward Berger Still Wants to Direct James Bond: “I'm Incredibly Passionate About It”

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Peter Berg's ‘The Mosquito Bowl’ Is Too Patriotic for Critics — 39% on Rotten Tomatoes

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Martin McDonagh Says Political Correctness Has “Gotten Worse” and Defends Racist Language in His Work

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3-Hour ‘Midsommar' Director's Cut Screened in NYC

This year’s 12th edition of the Scary Movies festival at Film at Lincoln Center premiered Ari Aster’s extended version of “Midsommar” this past Saturday.

CONFIRMED: Sadie Soverall Exits Brady Corbet's ‘The Origin of the World' Mid-Shoot, Lily McInerny Steps In Lead Role

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Ron Howard’s ‘Alone at Dawn’ Starring Adam Driver and Anne Hathaway Sets Christmas 2027 Release

This is the adaptation of the nonfiction book by Dan Schilling and Lori Longfritz. It wrapped production in February and has been in post-production ever since. The film test-screened a few months ago.

Jeremy Saulnier’s Next Film Retitled to ‘Slayground,’ Current Runtime is 2.5 Hours, Plot Details

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Jemima Kirke and Alexi Wasser to Star in Woody Allen's Next Film

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Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ Tops the Best Films of the 1930s, According to 100+ Critics

We’ve gone through the decades. The ‘40s ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, ‘2000s, and ‘2010s. — all revisited, argued over. Now, here are the results for the best films of the 1930s.

Critics Poll: ‘Citizen Kane' Named Best Film of the 1940s

The results are in, and according to critics, this decade filled with cinematic riches did not have a better film than Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.” Nobody should be surprised by this result. “Citizen Kane” changed cinema forever.

Critics Poll: ‘Vertigo’ Named Best Film of the 1950s, Over 120 Participants

It was a closer race than anticipated, but Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” has topped our best of the ’50s poll, besting Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen’s “Singin’ in the Rain” by just two votes.

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