I was wondering how much money it was going to take to lock Maguire down for another 2 Spiderman films – apparently 50 MILLION was what made it happen. We get this glorious news from our friends at ropeofsilicon:
According to Times Online Tobey Maguire will receive approximately 5,000,000,000 pennies to reprise his role as Spider-Man/Peter Parker in Spider-Man 4 and 5, which the Times says will be shot “back-to-back over six months next year.” On top of the $50 million the site reports Maguire will also receive profit shares from the two films. The site compares it to what Keanu Reeves earned for filming Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions back-to-back, a shoot that Reeves said left him exhausted.
This is cerianly crazy. The franchise makes a ton of money, and Maguire certainly deserves his share, but 50 million dollars! That is an amount of money that I will never see playing Monopoly, never mind real life.
Congrats to Toby and his agent, I hope they celebrate every day until shooting starts. Spiderman 4 is currently slated for a 2011 release, we will be sure to keep you updated on the progress and will be watching to see what Toby does with his money.
International Friends – what would you do with 50 Millions?
