Maguire spinning a deal for SPIDER-MAN 4 + 5
Afternoon folks, Peter here. The Sunday Times - not a paper I can say I usually pick up (mostly due to the ridiculous price) - published an intriguing article this past weekend regards Tobey Maguire's involvement in SPIDERMAN 4 and 5.
It is reported that Maguire is set to earn a record $50million dollars for the back-to-back shooting next summer over 6 months. What makes this deal even more unique is that Maguire is only expected to be working HALF DAYS! I wish I could work half days for 50 dollars, let alone the quarter of a million Tobey Maguire will earn every day (unless I've done my maths wrong, which is quite probable). The reason for the half day shifts are down to Maguire requesting what The Sunday Times describes as "family-time" with his 22-month old daughter, Ruby, and wife Jennifer Meyer.Tobey admits he is obsessive-compulsive about everything he does, and raising Ruby is no different, a friend said last week. Theres no way Tobey would allow work, no matter how well paid, to get between him and Ruby, and Sony realised that.Sony had originally rejected his requests for the extra time away from set, but presumably came grovelling back when they realised the series would probably have no legs without Maguire. No word yet on the return of Kirsten Dunst.