I'm guessing RDJ knew how desperate Disney was to dig the MCU out of the hole it's in that he knew they'd give him everything he'd demand. An insane paycheck wasn't enough, he wants creative control. Looking at his IMDB page, he has a dozen 'producer' credits, but only one writing credit. For a documentary of the 1992 Democrat National Convention. This is going to be a shitshow, I can't wait. Hopefully this will kill the MCU for good.
My main objection to him doing it is HE'S Iron Man, Chris Evans got away with it because no one cared enough about Fantastic 4, but Iron Man STARTED the MCU so that's a tough sell.
Him writing it is a mixed bag as he's stuck in the dem/Hollywood circle compared to others but at the same time wasn't he backed by Mel Gibson to PLAY Iron man as he was deemed too risky at the time so maybe he wants writing control as we see how shit Disney writing currently is?
I thinks it's all PR bullshit to hype up the fans that he "really cares. Like you said, he knows how desperate Disney is to revive their "golden goose" and this spin about him writing backstory is meant to convince everyone that he's doing it for love of the game and not an insane paycheck. It's all PR hype.
Well yeah, before Iron Man he was known as a washed up drunkard. He enjoyed the revitalization of his career and the millions of dollars, but after a while it became the same bullshit of wearing a plastic suit and waving his arms around in a green room. Now he's going to be waving his arms around while wearing a cloak over a plastic suit in a green room, but he gets to make the character into a strawman whatever personal grievance he wants. Or maybe he'll go the other way and give Doom some pretentious melodrama so he can try to be a big serious actor in a superhero movie.
I'm guessing RDJ knew how desperate Disney was to dig the MCU out of the hole it's in that he knew they'd give him everything he'd demand. An insane paycheck wasn't enough, he wants creative control. Looking at his IMDB page, he has a dozen 'producer' credits, but only one writing credit. For a documentary of the 1992 Democrat National Convention. This is going to be a shitshow, I can't wait. Hopefully this will kill the MCU for good.
At this point who the fuck knows?
My main objection to him doing it is HE'S Iron Man, Chris Evans got away with it because no one cared enough about Fantastic 4, but Iron Man STARTED the MCU so that's a tough sell.
Him writing it is a mixed bag as he's stuck in the dem/Hollywood circle compared to others but at the same time wasn't he backed by Mel Gibson to PLAY Iron man as he was deemed too risky at the time so maybe he wants writing control as we see how shit Disney writing currently is?
I thinks it's all PR bullshit to hype up the fans that he "really cares. Like you said, he knows how desperate Disney is to revive their "golden goose" and this spin about him writing backstory is meant to convince everyone that he's doing it for love of the game and not an insane paycheck. It's all PR hype.
Oh, absolutely. He's no Henry Cavill who actually gives a shit about the subject material.
Eh, maybe he did at one point. But I remember how glad he was to put it all behind him with "Endgame."
Well yeah, before Iron Man he was known as a washed up drunkard. He enjoyed the revitalization of his career and the millions of dollars, but after a while it became the same bullshit of wearing a plastic suit and waving his arms around in a green room. Now he's going to be waving his arms around while wearing a cloak over a plastic suit in a green room, but he gets to make the character into a strawman whatever personal grievance he wants. Or maybe he'll go the other way and give Doom some pretentious melodrama so he can try to be a big serious actor in a superhero movie.
He probably got away going off the script in most projects. Would have to press directors and script writers to know for sure.