◥ Even Broken Wings Can Fly Away: Chris Hemsworth and Scarlett Johansson May NOT Return for "The Avengers 2"
Posted: May 8th, 2013 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
We just reported that Robert Downey Jr is in talks with Marvel to return for “The Avengers 2” and “The Avengers 3.” But the actor isn’t even discussing “Iron Man 4,” and we may now know why.
Downey earned somewhere between $50 million and $80 million on “The Avengers,” and has already earned over $35 million for his work on “Iron Man 3,” but his “The Avengers” co-stars aren’t making anything close to that. In fact, most of the actors are being paid around $200,000, far less than they would earn on any other movie.
Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth received only a $500,000 pay increase for returning for the “Captain America” and “Thor” sequels. And unlike Downey, the actors will earn only $500,000 more if their movies break the $500 million mark at the box office.
Despite having a contract, Hemsworth considered backing out of “Thor 2,” because he earned $5 million working on “Snow White and the Huntsman” and Marvel isn’t offering anywhere near that, despite the fact that “Thor” and “The Avengers” are massive franchises. Scarlett Johansson is also fed up and isn’t willing to take a pay-cut to return for “The Avengers 2.”
Marvel is known for low salaries and replacing any actor who doesn’t accept the company’s way of doing business. In fact, the studio has already threatened to replace Hemsworth. But Marvel doesn’t want to replace Downey at this point and it seems that the actor is using that leverage to fight for his co-stars by threatening not to return for “Iron Man4” and possibly any other Marvel film unless they all get appropriate pay raises.
Source: Deadline
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Avengers fans petition Disney to dump sexist t-shirts.
#NotBuyingIt. That’s the message many superhero fans are sending to Disney to protest a crop of new Avengers T-shirts that tell boys to “Be a Hero” and girls to “Need a Hero.”
As the highest-grossing movie of 2012, The Avengers was a major success story for Disney and Marvel’s flagship superhero franchise. Its merch has taken some super-backlash, even prompting a Change.org petition titled “Stop Selling Sexist T-Shirts @DisneyStore.”
Feminist campaigners Miss Representation explained the situation:
“The Disney Store is selling Avengers T-shirts for women with the slogan ‘I Need a Hero’ and ‘I Only Kiss Heroes,’ and an Iron Man T-shirt for boys that reads ‘Be a Hero.’” These shirts promote the idea that men and boys are meant to do the saving, and that women and girls are the ones who need to be saved.”
In addition to the message sent by the “I Only Kiss Heroes” slogan, the Disney webstore stocks T-shirts and costumes for all five of the male Avengers—but none featuring Black Widow, the only female superhero in the 2012 movie. [READ MORE]
Even more frustrating was that at the Disney store I was in several of the Disney Marvel t-shirts featured comics-verse interpretations of characters and lineups (I distinctly remember seeing Wolverine on one Avengers shirt, and possibly Spiderman), but no female characters AT ALL. No Wasp, no Black Widow, no Scarlet Witch or Captain Marvel. It was infuriating. I expected to see a “No Girls Allowed” sign.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/04e141d11db8f4703ad24210e0fd4ab4/tumblr_mlcqpgPK711qiu5xgo2_500.jpg)
