‘Deadpool’ Director Tim Miller Says He Got Paid $225,000 For ‘Two Years of Work’ on the Film; His Agent Told Him: ‘Dude, You Make More’ on a ‘Walking Dead’ Episode!
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Tim Miller says he spent two years making "Deadpool" and earned $225,000.

Tim Miller says he spent two years making “Deadpool” and earned $225,000.

  • nfh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    $225k/24 months is exactly $9375/month, and may or may not have exceeded the FICA tax limit at the time, depending on how he was paid. If it was paid out biweekly like a normal paycheck, it wouldn’t have gotten close, but if it was a lump sum when he finished, it definitely would have.

    Paying two years of work as a lump sum at the end is a pretty terrible thing to do to employees, so I hope they didn’t. There may be other options, I’m not familiar with the norms in filmmaking.