{"id":107792,"date":"2022-10-25T17:07:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T17:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nicolas-cage-in-demand-for-live-action-studio-films-makes-4m-after-pig-the-hollywood-reporter\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T17:07:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T17:07:41","slug":"nicolas-cage-in-demand-for-live-action-studio-films-makes-4m-after-pig-the-hollywood-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nicolas-cage-in-demand-for-live-action-studio-films-makes-4m-after-pig-the-hollywood-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicolas Cage In Demand for Live-Action Studio Films, Makes $4M After Pig \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n<p>\tEnjoying renewed interest from all corners in Hollywood due to his praised performance in the 2021 indie thriller <em>pigs<\/em>Nicolas Cage has entered what can only be called a renaissance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n<p>\tAfter years of making indies, the actor is in demand for live-action studio films for the first time since 2011&#8217;s <em>Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance<\/em>.  While he had done occasional studio voice work, with such as films as <em>The Croods <\/em>and <em>Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse<\/em>he returned in earnest with <em>The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent<\/em>, a meta action movie released in April by Lionsgate in which Cage plays an actor named Nick Cage.  Then he booked a chewy role as Dracula in Universal&#8217;s upcoming vampire thriller <em>renfield<\/em>.  Sources tell <em>THR <\/em>that the actor was paid $7 million to lead <em>Massive Talent<\/em> and received close to $3 million for<em> renfield<\/em> for a supporting role. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n<p>\tThat is a marked jump from the fees he had been receiving for pumping out indie after indie, some schlocky, some arty.  He had six live-action credits in 2019, four in 2018 and five in 2017. His fee for leading those VOD-type movies fell into the $1 million to $1.5 million range, with some profit participation thrown in.  That salary would have taken up at least a third of the budget for <em>pigs<\/em>the movie that changed his current trajectory, as sources say it cost only $3 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n<p>\tOn top of reopening studio doors \u2014 in addition to <em>Massive Talent <\/em>and<em> renfield<\/em>he is in various stages of discussions for sequels to such big productions as <em>National Treasure<\/em> and <em>Face\/Off<\/em> \u2014  <em>Pig&#8217;<\/em>s success has allowed the actor to raise his price.  One indie movie source says Cage&#8217;s quote is now $4 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n<p>\tOf course, this late-career resurgence is nowhere near his heights as one of Hollywood&#8217;s biggest stars in the late 1990s and early 2000s.  Back then, the actor reportedly commanded $20 million a movie for movies such as 2000&#8217;s <em>Gone in Sixty Seconds<\/em>2002&#8217;s <em>windtalkers<\/em> and 2004&#8217;s <em>National Treasure<\/em>.  He received $16 million for the 1998 Brian De Palma thriller <em>Snake Eyes<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n<p>\tThat heyday followed his Oscar-winning turn in 1995&#8217;s <em>Leaving Las Vegas<\/em>, for which Cage received \u2026 no pay at all.  According to director Mike Figgis, neither he nor Cage was paid his $100,000 fee by the financier.  Cage had been working steadily for more than a decade at this point, with noteworthy credits including <em>Raising Arizona<\/em> and <em>moonstruck<\/em>.  \u201cWhatever,\u201d Figgis said dismissively in an Oct.  4 episodes of the <em>THR<\/em> podcast <em>It Happened in Hollywood<\/em>.  \u201cMy career then took off again, and the next movie I did, I got really well paid.  And within a year, [Cage] was earning $20 million a movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n<p>\tAfter making <em>Vegas<\/em> but before his Oscar win, Cage left his longtime agent Ed Limato, signed with CAA and made <em>The Rock<\/em>, <em>Con Air<\/em> and <em>Face\/Off<\/em>a one-two-three punch that cemented Cage as a worldwide action star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n<p>\tNow, even amid the renaissance that sees him currently shooting the Ari Aster-produced A24 movie <em>Dream Scenario<\/em>he&#8217;s still willing to follow his <em>Vegas<\/em> instincts and bet on projects.  Says the indie source, \u201cHe will do discounts on things if he is really into the project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>Aaron Couch contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>This story first appeared in the Oct.  19 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.  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