Tobey Maguire’s return to Spider-Man is closer than ever to being finalized. The Timse Online says he’s worked a deal that will earn him a stunning $50 million paycheck for shooting Spider-Man 4 & 5 back to back.
What’s really interesting about his contract, according to their sources, is that in addition to earning a ridiculous amount of money, he’s being granted “family time” as part of the deal. What the heck is family time? It’s a lot like part-time maternity leave, apparently. Shooting two Spidey movies back to back is expected to take anywhere from 6 months to a year, and Maguire has a 22 month old daughter he’d rather be spending time with. So his deal will stipulate that he’s allowed to take early mornings and evenings off, to hang out with his kid.
In short, Tobey Maguire is being paid $50 million to put in half-days at work. Who cares, as long as he’s back right? Except you’ve got wonder how this might affect the production. Will it now take them longer to make it? Will they use more annoying Spider-Man cgi, to cover for the times when they wanted Maguire on set but couldn’t get him because he was busy reading “Run Spot Run”? It’ll be interesting to see what sort of long term impact this has on Hollywood. Tobey isn’t the only mega-star with a family. Assuming this isn’t yet another case of a British newspaper faking news, his on-set maternity leave may be the first of many.
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I, for one, applaud Maguire for making his child a priority. Let's face it: Six months to a year is a looong time to be away from your family, especially one's child. More actors and actresses put do this "family time" in their contract. Also, it's not too different than the stipulation that directors or actors have in their contract about filming in a particular area, such as Jon Favreau does. That's also done so he's not so far away from his family, so why shouldn't Maguire get the same chance? I doubt seriously this will cause any delay in the production as movies typically work 12-hour days. So if Maguire is off on mornings and evenings, it shouldn't be a conflict because there's a good chance Spider-Man 4 and 5 could be filming starting in the morning or evening after Maguire has had his family time.
Josh, give the guy a break, do you really expect him to work for a year straight without seeing his daughter? Granted hes a professional and knows that long days come with the territory, but if you were him wouldnt you stipulate that you wanted some time off to spend with the most important person in your life?
I say good for him. Its a big paycheck, but money is not a replacment for time with your children.
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Tobey Maguire’s return to Spider-Man is closer than ever to being finalized. The Timse Online says he’s worked a deal that will earn him a stunning $50 million paycheck for shooting Spider-Man 4 & 5 back to back.
September 16th, 2008 at 14:22
Tobey Maguire stinks at spider-man...spider-man was a big rip off having venom die so quick... Tobey Maguire is too emotional