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#676: David Maisel of Marvel Studios Fame — Never-Before-Heard Tales of Hollywood Dealmaking, The Art of Aiming Big, Lessons from Power Broker Michael Ovitz, Combining Business Smarts with Street Smarts, The Making (and Importance) of Iron Man, Selling to Disney for $4 Billion, and Much More

The Tim Ferriss Show

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How Avia Rod and Ike Perlmutter Licensed Marvel Movies

"I had never made a movie before in my life," he says. "The bad news was I didn't know anyone at Marvel." He got an introduction to Avia Rod and Ike Perlmutter, who were the two guys running Marvel. The pair helped him get his big break with R Emmanuelle and Endeavour.

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