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Haggling with the Stars

2009-04-02

In Hollywood, it appears the cows have come home to roost...
You're Scarlett Johansson. You're pretty and you're pretty famous, too. And you've just been offered the part of the Black Widow in Iron Man 2! That's got to be some payday, right?

How about $250,000, which is what Marvel Studios offered Johansson and Mickey Rourke to be in the film? The stars negotiated the number up to something over $400,000. Still, it's not hard to imagine that even a year ago Johansson could have expected to break seven figures for a role in a big franchise film. It's a pretty thrifty deal for such a recognizable name.

Posted by:tu3031

#4 Most of the comments are a trip.

Quite a few of the commenters would be right at home at Rantburg. :-D

Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-04-02 23:47

#3 excellent picture for the article.

F*ck all these celebs, most movies suck now-a-days anyhow. I'd rather read a good book, there are a ton of those for half the price of a box of popcorn at the theaters.

I bet if someone did make a well made pro-military movie about Iraq or Afghanistan they would do huge returns at the box office. Americans are sick of these bullshit whiny libtard movies - rendition, valley of elah, lions for lambs & stop/loss - horrible shit.

Posted by: Broadhead6 2009-04-02 22:51

#2 Another year of Oblahblah-nomics, and the talent might be happy to get a can of prunes, a cup of raw oats, and a single sheet of SplinterPro brand toilet paper for the oh-so-very-critical work they do.

Posted by: Hyper 2009-04-02 20:15

#1 If the "talent" had the slightest idea about what audiences want to see they could start up United Artists 2.0.

Posted by: Grunter 2009-04-02 19:32

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