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they got him involved in Kennedy's Ponzi scheme, dude is desparate for work, so is Ridley. Driver is like, NOPE. i have a career.

I don't think it takes much convincing for actors with no real prospects to join a franchise that will pay them 20 million up front and millions a year in residuals no matter how shitty the product is.
 
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I don't think it takes much convincing for actors with no real prospects to join a franchise that will pay them 20 million up front and millions a year in residuals no matter how shitty the product is.
i highly doubt Ridley and Boyega were offered 20 million. not even that split in 2. if this movie was real, they might get 3 or 5 million each. Boyega is blacklisted now because of his difficulty to work with and Ridley has no interests in her. washed up Mary Sues are a dime a dozen and she isnt as hot as some of them. she's still cute, but who cares?
 

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i highly doubt Ridley and Boyega were offered 20 million. not even that split in 2. if this movie was real, they might get 3 or 5 million each. Boyega is blacklisted now because of his difficulty to work with and Ridley has no interests in her. washed up Mary Sues are a dime a dozen and she isnt as hot as some of them. she's still cute, but who cares?
3 completely unpopular movies and two completely unpopular characters from them. They'll see a few hundred thou for each movie.
 
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i highly doubt Ridley and Boyega were offered 20 million. not even that split in 2. if this movie was real, they might get 3 or 5 million each. Boyega is blacklisted now because of his difficulty to work with and Ridley has no interests in her. washed up Mary Sues are a dime a dozen and she isnt as hot as some of them. she's still cute, but who cares?

3 completely unpopular movies and two completely unpopular characters from them. They'll see a few hundred thou for each movie.


Guys, those unpopular movies all grossed over 1 billion dollars and Ridley/Boyega have Disney by the balls because they are the "stars" of a franchise that generates huge revenue numbers. Notice I did not say profit or even that they were worth the money, but if you don't think Disney is throwing them 8 figures to do these new movies then you think their agents cannot read gross profit numbers.
 

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Guys, those unpopular movies all grossed over 1 billion dollars and Ridley/Boyega have Disney by the balls because they are the "stars" of a franchise that generates huge revenue numbers. Notice I did not say profit or even that they were worth the money, but if you don't think Disney is throwing them 8 figures to do these new movies then you think their agents cannot read gross profit numbers.
They aren't stars of anything, and it's a huge laugh you think they will get 8 figures for being in films no one will watch.
 

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They aren't stars of anything, and it's a huge laugh you think they will get 8 figures for being in films no one will watch.
Yet everyone is watching them.. not everyone is a knuckle dragger like people on these forums.
 
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Guys, those unpopular movies all grossed over 1 billion dollars and Ridley/Boyega have Disney by the balls because they are the "stars" of a franchise that generates huge revenue numbers. Notice I did not say profit or even that they were worth the money, but if you don't think Disney is throwing them 8 figures to do these new movies then you think their agents cannot read gross profit numbers.

Deadline seems to release these every year and its something I look forward to as Hollywood math is fucking bonkers, so you can see why Disney continues to bang on the drum. A big part of what we dont see a lot of the time is home sales /rentals and tv rights. Keep in mind this does not add in all the merch which would be an ungodly number for this trilogy, they had star wars TFA EVERYTHING


Force awakens raked in 923 million in net PROFITS


Last Jedi came in with 417 million


Rise of Skywalker came in with 300 million

Any studio executive is going to look at it and say, fuck yea make all the Star Wars before returning to his cocaine, but its a clear trend the movies quality slipped hard and people were becoming fed up. Its why they more or less have stopped making them till they find something with traction. But expecting Disney to look at the leads from a 1.64 billion in PROFITS trilogy and tell them to fuck off would be really hasty on their end. As a bonus here is the profits from Rogue One and Solo


Rogue One: 319 million net profits


Solo: 77 million loss
 
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They aren't stars of anything, and it's a huge laugh you think they will get 8 figures for being in films no one will watch.

I don't think shit, I see the box office numbers and know that you're idea of no one is over a fucking billion dollars in revenue. So you say they are flops, I say the Disney Star Wars flops gross more than the surprise blockbuster of the quarter that is Super Mario Brothers. I am with you personally, the movies are shit and not worthy of the Star Wars name. But I don't pretend that they aren't wildly successful compared to other movies.
 

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I don't think shit, I see the box office numbers and know that you're idea of no one is over a fucking billion dollars in revenue. So you say they are flops, I say the Disney Star Wars flops gross more than the surprise blockbuster of the quarter that is Super Mario Brothers. I am with you personally, the movies are shit and not worthy of the Star Wars name. But I don't pretend that they aren't wildly successful compared to other movies.
The finale of the series made less than a 3rd what the first one made. The new ones won't even turn a profit. No one is going to turn up for them, and it is still a laugh that you think Ridley will get big bucks for being in it.
 

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No one watched Star Wars because of Ridley and Boyega and no one will not watch Star Wars if they're gone. People came for the IP, and they did not put up a performance that will give them the icon status that Harrison, Carrie, and Hamil received.
 

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Ridley is such a big star that nobody but her mentor will hire her. Boyega is box office poison. He walked off the set of a film in mid production. One of the biggest nonos you can do in any profession. Especially one that's costs tens of millions of dollars. He's lucky he got a role in that slaver woman kangz film. Those two morons didn't make no billions for SW. The brand did. It was still worth a shit in 2019, it ain't worth shit now.
 

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i wonder how many kids actually like finn

After TFA, quite a few. After TLJ not so much.

Had JJ kept his commitment to all 3 movies and done Finn's arc properly he'd be a lot more popular.
 
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Who cares what they are getting paid, does anyone, anywhere, think bringing them back is going to be beneficial to the franchise as a whole? I figured they would be distancing themselves from the Sequels, unless they plan on killing off both characters in the first 15 minutes I don't see how this is a positive move.
 
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Who cares what they are getting paid, does anyone, anywhere, think bringing them back is going to be beneficial to the franchise as a whole? I figured they would be distancing themselves from the Sequels, unless they plan on killing off both characters in the first 15 minutes I don't see how this is a positive move.
Bringing them back is just another bonehead move from a long list of bonehead moves.
 

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Who cares what they are getting paid, does anyone, anywhere, think bringing them back is going to be beneficial to the franchise as a whole? I figured they would be distancing themselves from the Sequels, unless they plan on killing off both characters in the first 15 minutes I don't see how this is a positive move.

The point i've been trying to make is that it doesn't matter if everyone agrees with you, Fucker Fucker , and Chukzombi Chukzombi , the head of LucasFilm thinks that they are beneficial and she will pay them accordingly. Kennedy is trying to make them the draw and will do the exact opposite of distance herself from the sequel trilogy because it is all part of her plan. She is in control, Iger has not taken any steps to remove her, and she is the one treating these two like they are the cult of personality that will draw people to this new trilogy. It does not matter one bit if she is wrong (she is) and they are dragging the brand down (they definitely are); what matters is that Disney sees a franchise that will put up big numbers and they have given Kennedy the keys to do whatever she wants. She is paying them tens of millions because, to her, the future is female and diverse.
 

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Who cares what they are getting paid, does anyone, anywhere, think bringing them back is going to be beneficial to the franchise as a whole? I figured they would be distancing themselves from the Sequels, unless they plan on killing off both characters in the first 15 minutes I don't see how this is a positive move.

Disney decided Solo was the problem, rather than TLJ or Ep 9. The box office fatigue was because Solo was a bad unnecessary movie according to Disney CEO Bob Iger.

Someone talked him into believing that TLJ didn't really cause the failure of Solo. Hey, Ep 9 didn't beat Joker at the box office. But that's OK, because Solo ruined the whole thing. A 300 million take on Ep 9 is still 300 million. This is how the decision was made to do more sequel trilogy movies. See Iger's recent comments on how Solo is the root of evil.
 

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The box office will be low, the merchandise sales will be low, and they will not generate popular attractions.

Kennedy is trying to piss on a hill and ice skate up it.
 

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Disney decided Solo was the problem, rather than TLJ or Ep 9. The box office fatigue was because Solo was a bad unnecessary movie according to Disney CEO Bob Iger.

Someone talked him into believing that TLJ didn't really cause the failure of Solo. Hey, Ep 9 didn't beat Joker at the box office. But that's OK, because Solo ruined the whole thing. A 300 million take on Ep 9 is still 300 million. This is how the decision was made to do more sequel trilogy movies. See Iger's recent comments on how Solo is the root of evil.
I remember them blaming box office fatigue, yet MCU was pounding out huge box office takes left and right during the same time.