jackson_as_fury

Marvel loves hardball, it seems.   First Iron Man 2 just about lost Jon Favreau, then Terrance Howard, who was going to play War Machine was booted and now it looks like we might be losing Jackson as (dead-ringer in the ultimate universe) Nick Fury.

What’s the story Marvel?  You can’t go to Hollywood and blanket treat all of the players like you do your fans – doing what you want and expecting them to just deal with it, laughing away complaints to the bank.  There have been some questionable decisions going on over there (ahem, Marvel Apes anyone?) – but this should be a no-brainer.  Jackson’s likeness has been used as Nick Fury in the ultimate universe for years now – you had him play a freakin cameo in Iron Man!  You have got to be out of your minds to lose Jackson.

On the other hand… perhaps Mr. I’ll-take-anything-as-long-as-it-pays-Jackson saw Favreau’s public bid to rile up fans succeed in Marvel accepting terms they otherwise wouldn’t have agreed on to keep fans happy and ensure loyalty in Iron man 2’s opening – and decided to try the same strategy to negotiate more money.  Hollywood is just as commercial as comics – and maybe Marvel will learn that they should have got Jackson into contract before locking him into a role via a cameo.

One never really knows.  I think we can all agree on one thing, though – any price negotiated is better than seeing this in the next round of Marvel flicks:
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Source: Mania