Marvel vs DC - The Cinematic Universe | 6

Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

After more than 50 years of fighting for the hearts and attention spans of millions of readers, television viewers, and movie-goers - who wins this war? Is it DC, the original comic company company behind classic American heroes that defined the dreams of many young men and women? Or is it Marvel, the young upstart who changed the game and fought tooth and nail to catch up with DC and create their own cinematic universe?

For now, there’s one clear winner, but expect this war to rage on. No superhero stays dead forever.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Business Wars ad-free on Amazon Music.
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0:07.0	It's Summer 2006.
0:09.1	In John Favreau has a crazy idea.
0:12.3	Favreau is the director of the upcoming Iron Man, and he's meeting with Kevin Feige, head of Marvel Studios.
0:19.3	They're banging their heads against the wall trying to come up with the right actor to play Iron Man.
0:25.5	Feige is frustrated with the option so far.
0:29.0	The casting director sent over a list of names, but I don't know. Nothing popped.
0:34.0	Favreau approaches a shelf and fiddles with some books.
0:37.8	He turns to Feige.
0:39.2	What about Robert Downey Jr.?
0:41.5	That's interesting, John.
0:43.2	Very interesting.
0:44.9	What Feige really means is that's insane.
0:48.4	You have to hear me out on this one.
0:49.8	He's got a bad boy quality, and Tony Stark, he needs that.
0:54.8	At this point, Robert Downey Jr. is better known for being in rehab than in films.
0:59.9	Sherry's an Oscar nominee, but he's also a 41-year-old ex-con and ex-junkie.
1:04.7	Watched up.
1:06.4	Just five years earlier, the actor had to pay out of his own pocket for the insurance required to cover an actor on a film
1:12.8	because no company would touch him.
1:15.4	This casting decision is key because Iron Man will be the first film from the new Marvel Studios.
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