What 9 Comedians Would Produce With a Marvel-Size Budget

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( Marvel Money [What 9 Comedians Would Produce With a Marvel-Size Budget]( We gave them a mountain of imaginary cash to pitch the comedy special of their dreams. Illustration: James Clapham In the world of production, a stand-up special is one of the most affordable things you can shoot. All you need is a comic, a mic, and a willing audience. But these days comedy specials are big business, with Netflix offering some comics as much as [$20 million per special](. That’s right up there with [Chris Hemsworth’s paycheck]( for Thor: Love and Thunder. If some comedians are earning as much as Marvel leads, it’s not that crazy to imagine the future of stand-up specials might include wildly escalating budgets. So what would a stand-up special with a Marvel-movie budget look like? Will comedians of the future don capes and blow up metropolises? Or will they dump the money into getting chiseled abs, creating stunningly realistic holograms, and erecting ornate sets that are built to be burned to the ground? We asked nine comedians to spend $250 to $400 million on the stand-up special of their dreams. Here’s what they came up with. [Read The Story »]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now](for unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • [For All Mankind:]( A Fine Romance Trope • [Below Deck Sailing Yacht:]( Sequins and Wigs • [We Own This City:]( No Honor Among Thieves • [Better Call Saul:]( The Beginning of the End [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like 1. [20 Essential Bob’s Burgers Episodes Featuring musical numbers, puns, fart jokes, and plenty of heart.]( By Lillian Brown 2. [Harry Styles, Work in Progress Styles is still figuring out where his art needs to go — and how much to tell us about the life he leads outside it.]( 3. [Mod Sun Wrote Avril Lavigne Into His Movie Before They Started Dating “The whole idea of the moment was to be like, Is she ever gonna show up?”]( By Justin Curto 4. [The Great Debate Over Amber Heard and Jason Momoa’s Chemistry Is this even a thing in superhero movies?]( By Victoria Bekiempis [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( 5. [At Cannes, Kristen Stewart Is Bracing for ‘Quite Certain Destruction’ Her new movie, David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future, takes place in a world in ruins. As she puts it, “We’re not far off.”]( By Rachel Handler 6. [The Loudest and Wittiest of Def Leppard, According to Joe Elliott “We were young enough to enjoy it without killing ourselves.”]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 9-Down, Three Letters: “I’m in my flop ___.” Photo-Illustration: Vulture Vulture Recommends We consume it all so you don’t have to. Regardless of whether you’re going to the Chromatica Ball this summer, take another whirl through [Lady Gaga’s nearly 15-year discography](. [Read more from Vulture]( Tonight at Union Hall Vulture’s weekly comedy show, Pretty Major, will feature Vannessa Jackson, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Jay Jurden, Drew Michael, Allison O’Conor, and Zach Zimmerman. [Buy tickets here.]( Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY Introducing Dinner Party, a lively new evening newsletter about everything that just happened. [Sign up]( to get it every weeknight. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved