Old School. Biblically Independent.
By Tori Preston | Social Media | March 1, 2018
Coming off the ridiculous success of Black Panther, Marvel clearly doesn’t have anything to prove. However, it does still have two movies left to release this year: Avengers: Infinity War in May, and Ant-Man and The Wasp in July. So how do they plan to keep that momentum going? By bumping up that Avengers release date to April 27th!
And of course they got Robert Downey Jr. to play along…
On a scale of one to infinity, how excited are you to see #InfinityWar on May 4th? pic.twitter.com/72jYKj2ODG
— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) March 1, 2018
Any chance I could see it earlier?
— Robert Downey Jr (@RobertDowneyJr) March 1, 2018
Anything for you, Mr. Stark! How’s April 27th?
— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) March 1, 2018
Great. With friends?
— Robert Downey Jr (@RobertDowneyJr) March 1, 2018
You mean these friends? @ChrisEvans @ChadwickBoseman @DanaiGurira @MarkRuffalo @DonCheadle @AnthonyMackie pic.twitter.com/8tKw3ziSVB
— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) March 1, 2018
The entire world?
— Robert Downey Jr (@RobertDowneyJr) March 1, 2018
That’s a FANTASTIC idea! Done.
— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) March 1, 2018
Avengers: #InfinityWar in theaters everywhere April 27th. pic.twitter.com/n5JhJWpnqc
Ok look, that’s cute and all (aside from Marvel calling RDJ “Mr. Stark” because, like, that’s a little weird — even if they are paying him truckloads of cash for the privilege of making him literally be his character). But hands down the best takeaway from this whole Twitter announcement is the side conversation it inspired between Don Cheadle and his House of Lies co-star Ben Schwartz… WHO JUST WANTS HIS FUCKING MONEY BACK, DON.
looking for this…? https://t.co/sapP7hWBSn
— Don Cheadle (@DonCheadle) March 1, 2018
no i'm looking for the 50 dollars you owe me. STOP TRYING CHANGE THE SUBJECT DUDE.
— Ben Schwartz (@rejectedjokes) March 1, 2018
TAKE IT OFF TWITTER, BRO!! https://t.co/QyqyURKmQS
— Don Cheadle (@DonCheadle) March 1, 2018
WHEN WE'RE OFF TWITTER, YOU KEEP SAYING YOU FORGOT. THIS WAY I CAN POINT TO SOMETHING AND SAY YOU DIDN'T. pic.twitter.com/nlyRf7XGxI
— Ben Schwartz (@rejectedjokes) March 1, 2018
…say i didn’t what?! i don’t know what you’re talking about … https://t.co/bhHA2Tp9Tq
— Don Cheadle (@DonCheadle) March 1, 2018
FOR REAL?!?! THIS- https://t.co/YVCDQUupcg
— Ben Schwartz (@rejectedjokes) March 1, 2018
haha. nice try, BOT! https://t.co/bjtCfSGWHj
— Don Cheadle (@DonCheadle) March 1, 2018
i'm face timing you and recording it so you have evidence it's me and you.
— Ben Schwartz (@rejectedjokes) March 1, 2018
The moral of this story is: No matter how much money Marvel pays their enormously talented and sprawling cast, there’s always gonna be somebody, somewhere, who expects a cut of it. Right, War Machine? Or maybe the moral is simply: Don’t wind up indebted to Jean-Ralphio — dude has ZERO chill.
