You think she’s blacklisted now?
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Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
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Re: Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
#12This 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. ED…
Orange site bad.
Re: Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
#13You think she’s blacklisted now?
Mind not using the term "blacklist"? It's racist and othering, ties negativity to Blacks and other PoCs.
"Blocklist" and "denylist" are better terms that are neutral and more descriptive.
Re: Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
#14Feels like when Microsoft licensed Mosaic from Spyglass to become Internet Explorer, and a chunk of the compensation was tied to a fraction of revenue from Internet Explorer. Of course Microsoft gave IE away as part of Windows so IE never had any revenue associated directly with it.
Eventually MS did settle a lawsuit brought by Spyglass for $8 million to make the issue go away.
Re: Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
#15Pretty 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 q…
There you go.
Re: Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
#16This 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. ED…
Orange site bad.
Disney+ with 100M active subs is completely different than minor streaming services before that.
Re: Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
#17> 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.
Sounds like she had people negotiating for her who failed to recognize the full weight of the pandemic's lasting repercussions. Who knows? They may have even negotiated this deal before the severity of the pandemic was plain? Whatever the case may be, it's a teachable moment. You almost have to have "continuous wargaming" to sort out ongoing effects the pandemic may have on your business.
Re: Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
#18You think she’s blacklisted now?
Mind not using the term "blacklist"? It's racist and othering, ties negativity to Blacks and other PoCs. "Blocklist" and "denylist" are better terms that are neutral and more descriptive.
In the entertainment Biz unions these days they use "call first list " get a rep for not paying talent and you go on that list.
Re: Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
#19You think she’s blacklisted now?
Mind not using the term "blacklist"? It's racist and othering, ties negativity to Blacks and other PoCs. "Blocklist" and "denylist" are better terms that are neutral and more descriptive.
Please don't refer to people as "blacks" and "pocs". That's racist as it boils people down to their most superficial trait. I'm being sincere.