Tom Felton/Draco's Future (was: Re: Second Task)

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Odile Falaise <odilefalaise at y...>
wrote:
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> And I, Odile, think: Highly doubtful that our Thomas is signed up
for all seven (?) of the HP films.  ...edited..
> 
> Odile,

bboy_mn:

If Tom is smart, he will not sign for all seven movies. It's the law
of supply and demand. If the market demands Tom Felton for the movies
then the studios will have no choice but to supply very large
quantities of money.

Keep in mind that the top paid Hollywood actors get US$20 million per
movie, and that's for movies that don't make even close to what the HP
 movie are making. I think it would be very unwise for any of the
actors to commit themselve too far into the future of the HP franchise. 

Dan was getting atrocious pay by movie standards until the Actors
Equity Union stepped in and forced Warner to up his pay to (£ or
$)2,000,000. I'm assuming that this is the equivalent of minimum wage
for a lead in a billion dollar movie.

If I was anyone of these kids, I would get a decent agent to negotiate
for a fair share of the profits including royalties for mechandise,
spin-offs, us of image, and anything else that can generate revenue.
They should also be able to generate income from any other source not
related to the movie, like product endorsements; Tom could endorse a
line of fishing boats, or a holiday resort, etc....


I also suspect that if the money is right, Tom will be willing to
delay his fisheries studies for a year or two. I would be nice to be a
successful professional fisherman, but it would be nicer to be two
years older and a very rich successful professional fisherman. He
could use the wealth he gained from the movie to start his own line
for fishing product, his own adventure company, or his own outdoor
sports. Things he could never never do without that financial backing.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn