Whedon already had a shitty experience with Warner/DC trying to get a Wonder Woman movie off the ground years ago, so he must be asking for a LOT of control here. Like if he gets any studio notes he's allowed to strangle an intern, or something.
― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Thursday, 30 March 2017 17:37 (seven years ago) link
I'm sayin'. Maybe he, like, owns the character of Batgirl now. Something like that.
― Ambling Shambling Man (Old Lunch), Thursday, 30 March 2017 17:42 (seven years ago) link
a “Shazam” film and a Black Adam spinoff starring Dwayne Johnson
The million dollar question here is "who plays Billy Batson?" I wouldn't use either Marcus Scribner or Miles Brown (Junior and Jack from black-ish) in conjunction with The Rock but I'm not sure who else is out there.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Thursday, 30 March 2017 17:43 (seven years ago) link
"'WB' now stands for 'Whedon Brothers.' It's in my contract."
― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Thursday, 30 March 2017 17:43 (seven years ago) link
xpost I honestly don't think they've gotten that far. They announced Johnson as Black Adam ages ago and...just figured the rest would eventually sort itself out?
― Ambling Shambling Man (Old Lunch), Thursday, 30 March 2017 17:44 (seven years ago) link
Conversely, I'm trying to imagine what WB might be using to blackmail Whedon into working for them.
― Ambling Shambling Man (Old Lunch), Thursday, 30 March 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
Maybe The Rock has a nephew?
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Thursday, 30 March 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
'the pebble'
― tony orlandoni, cheese engineer (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 30 March 2017 17:53 (seven years ago) link
still time for marvel to swoop in and lock him into a nine-picture deal as simon williams, wonder man
― tony orlandoni, cheese engineer (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 30 March 2017 17:55 (seven years ago) link
the rock has a shitload of nephews and cousins
http://elitedaily.com/sports/the-rock-family-tree-infographic/1282191/
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:46 (seven years ago) link
There's this thing called money
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Monday, 3 April 2017 06:30 (seven years ago) link
more women in headlining roles = goodhanding the reins to a decent creative pair of hands = also good
handing the reins to a decent creative pair of hands who is female and not joss whedon = better
IDK, I think Age of Ultron's genuinely one of the best Marvel movies (really!) but maybe it would be nice to give female genre stories to people who are not Joss Whedon for a change
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 3 April 2017 09:35 (seven years ago) link
xpost I'm sure Marvel would've been happy to continue throwing money at him (they gave his brother and sister-in-law their own TV show to run, ffs). There's more than money influencing this deal.
― Ambling Shambling Man (Old Lunch), Monday, 3 April 2017 12:12 (seven years ago) link
Whoops!
https://io9.gizmodo.com/joss-whedon-quits-the-batgirl-movie-i-really-didnt-hav-1823240290
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 February 2018 21:21 (six years ago) link
so does he give his fee back to the studio now or what
― NEW CHIMP THREAT (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 22 February 2018 21:27 (six years ago) link
I was going to posit that this would likely sound the death knell for DC's incoherent cinematic universe, but I guess I'd missed the news that they were already slowly backing away from the endeavor: https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/29/16387706/wonder-woman-batman-dc-expanded-cinematic-universe-warner-bros-standalone
― Jock Totty's Monocle (Old Lunch), Thursday, 22 February 2018 22:38 (six years ago) link