Groot
Guarding the Galaxy
I wonder will Disney now make Fox an offer for the FF they can't refuse?
Either way this is great news
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Marvel Shake-Up: Film Chief Kevin Feige Breaks Free of CEO Ike Perlmutter (Exclusive)
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TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
Everyone at Marvel Studios looking at their bank accounts now like "Thank you, Kevin!" 
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I wouldnt have gone for the casting of ben affleck as batman and the wonder woman chick looks ridiculously skinny. I would have gotten an unknown to fill the part...
Atsym Sknyfs
Superstar
Just in time for Marvel to come along and save FF2 .. with Doom and Namor and a CGI Galactus (not some damn cloud of smoke)
Notorious 1 E.Y.E.
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Clark Wayne
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Yeah this is some major news.
What's really funny about Ike is that there is only one picture of this dude from back in the 80's
What's really funny about Ike is that there is only one picture of this dude from back in the 80's
pictures are expensiveYeah this is some major news.
What's really funny about Ike is that there is only one picture of this dude from back in the 80's
Wargames
One Of The Last Real Ones To Do It
Ben Affleck getting that role was more to keep him as a director for WB and to ensure he'll direct the next Batman movie than it did with him being a good fit for Batman.
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I know that...
Yessssss. Thank god b/c this man is cheap beyond all realms of reality.
The Israel-born Perlmutter, who lives in New York and Palm Beach, Fla., with wifeLaura, does not give interviews, and photos are all but nonexistent (except for a 1985 portrait in which he appears dark, handsome and slightly fearful-looking). He and fellow Israeli army veteran Avi Arad got into the Marvel business via a toy company they owned during the early 1990s. On the Marvel board, Perlmutter helped steer the company through bankruptcy protection and survived a battle with investor Carl Icahn to become CEO in 2005 — after which Marvel's plan to produce its own movies was hatched. Perlmutter is said to have attended the Iron Man premiere in disguise and has not been spotted at a Marvel event since. He relishes his reputation as secretive and frugal, according to a top executive who has dealt with him: "It's things like, 'Why do you need a new pencil? There's 2 inches left on that one!' "
Some at Disney are so intimidated, says one source, that they believe "he has spies or is listening in on phone calls," though this person allows that "it could be paranoia." (Or not: A Marvel veteran says "the way to curry favor is to tell Ike that someone spent more than he should have.") Perlmutter once complained that journalists at a junket were allowed two sodas each instead of one, and Disney ran out of food at anAvengers media event because of Perlmutter's constraints, causing reporters to pilfer from Universal's nearby suite for The Five-Year Engagement.
Perlmutter allows actors traveling on Marvel business only a single companion. A source with ties to the CEO says he makes no apologies. "He'll pay for the A-list talent — they get to travel with their entourage," says this person. Otherwise, he rejects Hollywood excess: "He's seen companies go into bankruptcy, and he thinks shareholders look at this stuff — and he doesn't believe in it."
Perlmutter apparently has caused internal headaches for Disney. In 2012, theFinancial Times reported that three female African-American executives in the licensing division were seeking settlements because they allegedly were offered lesser jobs following a reorganization. The British paper reported that Perlmutter berated the unit's CFO, Anne Gates, because she balked at his insistence on using Marvel's format for spreadsheets. Jessica Dunne, then-head of global product licensing, reportedly complained she felt threatened when Perlmutter, a registered gun owner, told her he had a bullet with her name on it. (A source familiar with the accusations claims the women were disgruntled after being passed over for promotion.)
And according to the FT, when Marvel replaced Terrence Howard with Don Cheadle inIron Man 2 to save money, Perlmutter was alleged to have told colleagues that no one would notice because both actors are black.
Disney declined comment on how the personnel issue was resolved or the alleged remark, but Marvel issued a statement that read in part, "Mr. Perlmutter and all of Marvel have a long record of diversity in the workplace and on movie sets around the world, as evidenced by both Mr. Perlmutter's own history and Marvel's management team." Marvel recently announced the new Captain America will be black in the comics, and Thor will be a woman.
AnonymityX1000
Veteran
This is interesting cause I heard Feige would stick up for Ike when speaking to fellow execs and such. I guess he reached his limit or got enough power just to cut him out.
Feige the gawd. Bless us!
Feige the gawd. Bless us!
Birnin Zana
Honorary Wakandan
Just read your post....holllyy shyt dude is nuts
That explains a loooottt about what was going on. And unfortunately, I wasn't too off it seems.
And I'm almost certain now he's the reason why black panther or even black window wasn't green lit, despite the demand.
Still FloW
Gawd Of Shinobi
Fam
this dude had two bathrooms in the entire Marvel building for YEARS because he didn't want a high water bill
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He wanted them to serve only apple crisp at the Iron Man premiere because he was worried the film wouldn't recoup it's money. [x]
He's the dude who ordered F4 and X-Men be demoted in the comics because Fox wouldn't give them the Merch rights back (the beef with Fox is almost entirely Ike's thing, Feige is about getting all the characters back)
He made Chris Evans pay for his own gym membership while training for The Avengers...
He's the dude who forces actors into the 9 picture deals.
Russo's said they made more money on episodes of Community than for TWS
He's the reason Terrance Howard got screwed over and told someone people wouldn't notice because "Black people all look a like" [x]
Another one
Perlmutter is famously cheap - Marvel's press junkets have been catered by Subway in the past - and has been known to get involved on all levels, from blockading diversity in Marvel's on-screen superheroes to getting the girlfriends of his billionaire pals roles in Marvel movies. I know that Feige has been deeply frustrated working under Perlmutter, and that for many Marvel staffers part of the job was making sure Ike didn't randomly torch the whole thing.
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wellllllllllllllllllll DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN