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The biggest star in movies hands down is currently Robert Downey Jr.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The biggest star in movies hands down is currently Robert Downey Jr. Leo? Robert is only a star as Iron Man (and maybe Sherlock Holmes, but it's been five years since one of those) at the moment, which pulls in more money overall, but Leo has a consistency across genres and hasn't had a disappointment like The Judge. Motherfucker got an R-rated three hour black comedy about the financial crisis to nearly $400 million. He got The Revenant to nearly $550m. His lowest grossing movies (Revolutionary Road, J. Edgar) still roughly doubled their very small budgets. Leonardo DiCaprio might be the only actor in Hollywood whom people turn out for because he's Leonardo DiCaprio.
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May 20, 2016 03:39
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The biggest star in movies hands down is currently Robert Downey Jr. And I think that's what makes the argument for Jennifer Lawrence pretty compelling. She has been a main pillar in two blockbuster franchises while simultaneously blowing people away with stuff like Winter's Bone and her David O. Russel work. And it doesn't hurt that she has a really distinct voice.
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May 20, 2016 03:46
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The test for Lawrence (and Pratt) is if they open Passengers huge or not. If it does open, they're stars in their own right - if it opens to middling money or even doesn't open at all, then they're more tied to franchises than bonafide stars. I mean Joy barely crawled past $100 million on a $60m budget and was promoted hard as a counter to the second weekend of Star Wars, and the opening of Point Break and Daddy's Home (so basically a Christmas movie for adults) as well as being a reunion of Lawrence, Cooper, De Niro and Russell as a creative trio. The other non-franchise work post Silver Linings that Lawrence has put out is Serena, which I won't count against her since shooting it predates SLP and it was just shoved out randomly to cash in on that movie's success as well as the Hunger Games boom.
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May 20, 2016 03:58
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If they keep Lawrence around i hope they decide to redesign her character, Mystique looks like something that would get kicked off Face Off during the first episode. At least it seems like they make her character wear clothes now.
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May 20, 2016 04:54
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Fox might not 'need' the three big stars of the First Class reboot of films any time soon, though. New Mutants could likely get away with none of them in it if the script dealt with a non-Charles era of the school. Wolverine 3 might not need any of them for more than cameo or flashbacks. The proposed Gambit movie could likely get away with zero interaction with the previously established X-Men characters and the Deadpool sequel could likely go the same way. X-Force, too, could likely be devoid of the Mystique/Xavier/Magneto characters. T That's a good 4-6 year window of films Fox could do without the three before Fox might figure the time is right to put another true X-Men movie into production with those characters, and a potential new FF reboot in there too if they think they can finally find a formula for that that works. JediTalentAgent fucked around with this message at 05:33 on May 20, 2016 |
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May 20, 2016 05:31
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Charles Xavier School recruitment video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kniQrk9jw0
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May 20, 2016 05:35
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Now I'm going to be super disappointed when the movie isn't an 80s teen comedy set in mutant high school.
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May 20, 2016 05:46
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JediTalentAgent posted:Fox might not 'need' the three big stars of the First Class reboot of films any time soon, though. Also, if they did decide to ditch McAvoy and Fassbender, Stewart and McKellen probably have another movie or two left in them. And they're also way more associated with the characters, even after First Class and DoFP, than the new actors.
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May 20, 2016 05:46
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http://www.newsarama.com/29375-first-look-dc-universe-the-exhibit-at-warner-bros-studio-tour-hollywood.html Some pictures from the DC Universe Exhibit at WB's studio Tour
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May 20, 2016 06:09
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Dark_Tzitzimine posted:http://www.newsarama.com/29375-first-look-dc-universe-the-exhibit-at-warner-bros-studio-tour-hollywood.html The lone comment at the bottom of this article is very 
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May 20, 2016 06:19
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I was under the impression that Scar Jo was the biggest female star right now. I'd put Jennifer Lawrence at number 2. This opinion is based on my own personal observation, I have not researched this.
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May 20, 2016 06:47
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:I was under the impression that Scar Jo was the biggest female star right now. I'd put Jennifer Lawrence at number 2. This opinion is based on my own personal observation, I have not researched this. Apparently JLaw was the second highest paid actor in 2015 (a very distant second after RDJ) and ScarJo was 8th. http://www.slashfilm.com/highest-paid-actresses-actors-of-2015/
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May 20, 2016 07:02
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I'd contend that the entire conceit of "biggest star" means something different now than it did decades ago. Tom Cruise or Will Smith were guys who could launch a film on nothing but the merits of their presence. I'd probably throw Arnold in there, too. But that was in the 90's. Studios have shifted from an emphasis on specific talent to an emphasis on specific characters, on specific intellectual property. The thing that sells movies now is the IP being adapted. I mean, not that actors don't make names for themselves and pull in fans, but let's be honest: Harry Potter earned boatloads because those books are huge, not on the strength of its cast of otherwise-unknown children and British character actors. Likewise, Chris Evans wasn't exactly pulling in Cap money for Snowpiercer. And damned if Rogue One doesn't earn a metric dick-ton of money on the strength of Stephen Hawking's wife. Robert Downey Jr., Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence...they're "big," but I don't think any star opens a film super big these days. It's the Marvel or Lucasfilm logo that does that.
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May 20, 2016 07:56
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Eh, as was just said, Leo certainly does. The Rock has a strong pull within a certain range. GitS wouldn't have gone into production without securing a lead as recognizable as ScarJo, same can be said for a number of other properties. The balance has shifted more toward IP than headline talent, but paying for talent that will sell a film is still very much a thing.
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May 20, 2016 09:07
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HIJK posted:It's the classic case of audiences getting upset because the movie on the screen doesn't match the movie in their heads. To be fair, I'll bet pushing Snyder around is hard. He's so strong. SolidSnakesBandana posted:I was under the impression that Scar Jo was the biggest female star right now. I'd put Jennifer Lawrence at number 2. This opinion is based on my own personal observation, I have not researched this. ScarJo seems to have little interest in being a star. Aside from the big blockbusters, she does weird movies based on even weirder books, or small parts in mid sized movies. I actually like that she does stuff like that with the financial security being the MCU's one woman gets her.
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May 20, 2016 10:53
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The MSJ posted:Charles Xavier School recruitment video. I don't know why ppl always insist on going overboard with these filter effects...drives me crazy.
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May 20, 2016 10:58
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Silver Linings Playbook didn't deserve an Oscar. Lincoln, Life of Pi, Django Unchained, and Beasts of the Southern Wild were all nominated and are all better movies. I have nothing against J-Law, but I have never seen her in a movie and been blown away by her performance. Even in good movies like DoFP and American Hustle, she is generally the weakest link.
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May 20, 2016 13:36
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The MSJ posted:Charles Xavier School recruitment video. When I watched that I thought it was genuinely a commercial for the Generation X movie from the 90s.
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May 20, 2016 13:49
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Leo is a great answer to that, I hadn't thought of him. He picks his projects very well.
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May 20, 2016 13:58
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Silver Linings Playbook didn't deserve an Oscar. Your personal evaluation of her acting talent is irrelevant to the discussion though. We're talking about her ability to continue to make huge money regardless of whether or not she's in a huge franchise movie. You may not like it, but as Mugatu would say, she' s extremely hot right now. Your opinion that Silver Linings Playbook was overrated doesn't change that, we're talking simple facts.
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May 20, 2016 14:02
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Basebf555 posted:Your personal evaluation of her acting talent is irrelevant to the discussion though. We're talking about her ability to continue to make huge money regardless of whether or not she's in a huge franchise movie. You may not like it, but as Mugatu would say, she's Mugatu would never use "extremely", that's so 90s.
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May 20, 2016 14:09
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Medullah posted:Mugatu would never use "extremely", that's so 90s. Ah poo poo, I was going to use extremely, and then I decided to use the Mugatu quote and forgot to delete extremely. Anyway, was Zoolander 2 any good?
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May 20, 2016 14:14
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Basebf555 posted:Ah poo poo, I was going to use extremely, and then I decided to use the Mugatu quote and forgot to delete extremely. Anyway, was Zoolander 2 any good? I just watched it the other day, not as bad as I was expecting but still pretty awful. Most of the funny stuff is in the trailers, or a re-hash of a joke from Zoolander 1.
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May 20, 2016 14:16
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Basebf555 posted:Your personal evaluation of her acting talent is irrelevant to the discussion though. We're talking about her ability to continue to make huge money regardless of whether or not she's in a huge franchise movie. You may not like it, but as Mugatu would say, she' s extremely hot right now. Your opinion that Silver Linings Playbook was overrated doesn't change that, we're talking simple facts. Yeah, I'm not denying that at all. Just saying I sympathize with the guy who said she was a mediocre actor and a couple people jumped on him saying, "But she has an Oscar nomination!" She's not a terrible actor or anything. I just don't see anything great in her performances and think it is criminal that she got an Oscar before Leo and her movie beat out Life of Pi and Daniel Day Lewis.
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May 20, 2016 14:16
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Yeah, I'm not denying that at all. Just saying I sympathize with the guy who said she was a mediocre actor and a couple people jumped on him saying, "But she has an Oscar nomination!" Speaking for myself only, what I was reacting to was the suggestion that she should sign a long term deal to be in more X-Men movies, because she's bound to be exposed as a mediocre actress soon and then her career will be in the shitter. That's just not going to happen. Also just to be clear, she has 3 Oscar nominations aside from just the win for Silver Linings Playbook. People tend to forget about Winter's Bone. Basebf555 fucked around with this message at 14:28 on May 20, 2016 |
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May 20, 2016 14:21
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Basebf555 posted:Speaking for myself only, what I was reacting to was the suggestion that she should sign a long term deal to be in more X-Men movies, because she's bound to be exposed as a mediocre actress soon and then her career will be in the shitter. That's just not going to happen. Agreed. Although, it will be interesting to see what her career looks like in 5 years after the Hunger Games hype has died down. She tends to do a lot of ensemble films and hasn't done much leading other than Silver Linings and Hunger Games.
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May 20, 2016 14:28
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She was real good in Winter's Bone
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May 20, 2016 14:31
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I hate that Serena was such a mess because the author's daughter is a good friend of mine and he's a really cool, humble dude. The book was excellent but trying to make characters who are (in the book) rapacious and somewhat insane capitalists sympathetic because of the Cooper-Lawrence factor was just 
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May 20, 2016 14:36
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 Joker's guns  EDIT: Oh, and the final TMNT2 trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx7vzM-LqDM Dark_Tzitzimine fucked around with this message at 15:35 on May 20, 2016 |
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May 20, 2016 15:31
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gently caress that looks so awesome - can't wait for TMNT.  Ron Perlman is on Facebook right now jonesing to play Cable.  "Actually, now that i think about it, Cable should be wanting to loving play ME!" 
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May 20, 2016 15:48
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Out of everyone suggested so far, I can see Perlman bouncing off of Reynolds the best.
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May 20, 2016 15:51
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So uh... this is a thing: https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/733613698644738048
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May 20, 2016 17:31
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Josh Lyman posted:So uh... this is a thing: Wouldn't they all be toddlers or not born when this is happening?
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May 20, 2016 17:53
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Vintersorg posted:gently caress that looks so awesome - can't wait for TMNT. Ron Perlman has always been the #1 pick for Cable in my mind and I'm honestly surprised that he hasn't been contacted for the role yet.
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May 20, 2016 18:16
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JordanKai posted:Ron Perlman has always been the #1 pick for Cable in my mind and I'm honestly surprised that he hasn't been contacted for the role yet. They probably want to go younger. Instead of a guy who's actually in his 50's or 60's they'll hire a 35 year old male model type and just dye his hair gray.
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May 20, 2016 18:18
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Ron Perlman in a role that requires a prosthetic on his arm? Never work
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May 20, 2016 18:30
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Burkion posted:Ron Perlman in a role that requires a prosthetic on his arm? Well, more to the point, he'd have to take enough HGH to knock Bruce Banner on his rear end to look right.
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May 20, 2016 18:34
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Ron Perlman in a role that requires prosthetic muscles? Never work.
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May 20, 2016 18:44
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Whoever they cast, I hope they never film his feet in frame.
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May 20, 2016 18:48
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