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
Conversely, I'm trying to imagine what WB might be using to blackmail Whedon into working for them.
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