Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
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Re: Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
#2You think she’s blacklisted now?
Re: Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
#3> Ms. Johansson said in the suit that her agreement with Disney’s Marvel Entertainment guaranteed an exclusive theatrical release, and her salary was based in large part on the box-office performance of the film.
Meanwhile, the film was released to stream simultaneously with the box office release. Ouch.
Re: Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
#4You think she’s blacklisted now?
No. Suits over compensation are common in Hollywood.
Re: Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
#5You think she’s blacklisted now?
Knowing nothing at all about the industry from an insider perspective, my outsider surmise is maybe a lesser star in this situation would be.
But Scarlett Johansson is the highest grossing female 'bankable'[0] star and as such even if Disney might not want to work with her, I doubt she will ever be wanting for work.
>Expect her ROI to jump after the box-office takes of "Black Widow" are tallied.
ope.
I think the dispute over compensation is likely fair, and will be settled out of court.
[0]https://www.workandmoney.com/s/most-bankable-movie-actresses...
Re: Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
#6You think she’s blacklisted now?
Knowing nothing at all about the industry from an insider perspective, my outsider surmise is maybe a lesser star in this situation would be. But Scarlett Johansson is the highest grossing female 'bankable'[0] star and as such even if Disney might not want to work with her, I doubt she will ever be wanting for work. >Expect her ROI to jump after the box-office takes of "Black Widow" are tallied. ope. I think the disp…
The problem is if Disney blacklists her from its main franchises, Star Wars and Marvel and Pixar/Disney animation films, that is more than half of the box office these days.
The box office is I think 50% super hero films now.
That said I think they won't...
Re: Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
#7You think she’s blacklisted now?
She won't be getting any more roles as Black Widow, anyways.
Re: Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
#8You think she’s blacklisted now?
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Re: Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
#9Pretty damning email:
> In a March 2019 email included in the suit, Marvel Chief Counsel Dave Galluzzi said the release would be according to a traditional theatrical model, adding, “We understand that should the plan change, we would need to discuss this with you and come to an understanding as the deal is based on a series of (very large) box office bonuses.”
UPDATE: just realized that she's suing Disney and this quote is from a Marvel exec. Still bad, but it would be much worse if it had been a Disney exec.
Re: Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
#10This makes sense. A lot of stars expect a cut of box office revenues and negotiate that in. But the negotiations happened probably prior to the pandemic and the new situation probably was unthinkable.
Also the box office in general has been destroyed recently because of the pandemic. What would have likely been $+150M opening weekends and close to $1B totals revenue (or even more) are reduced to fractions of that.
EDIT: Even worse, it was actually to be released in May 2020, thus the negotiations for salary were likely done in 2017/2018 or possibly earlier. Disney+ wasn't even announced back then.