Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
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#24> The decision to put the movie on Disney+ is projected to cost Ms. Johansson more than $50 million, a person familiar with details of her contract claimed.
Granted, those financial estimates likely assume the movie had premiered as planned without a worldwide pandemic.
Legal accounting is fun.
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#25This 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.
only in 2019 the Netflix contract ran out making it possible for them to use the full Disney catalogue while reducing access for Netflix. Thus creating a competitive product. Only in 2020 they launched in Europe.
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#26You think she’s blacklisted now?
Also, she is near the end of her run as the character, so has little to lose.
Many of the Avengers are moving on to let others take over.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
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#28You 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.
This assault at our language is so counter-productive. If you indeed want races to coexist cordially, spend your energy on something that actually helps their relations. You are literally making people who were not racist before to resent the other races.
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#29> 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.
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#30> 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.
From the article:
> 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.”
doesn't sound like they negotiated this 2 months ago...