Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over hybrid Black Widow release

Actress says her contract guaranteed an exclusive theatrical release for the Marvel flick
The Associated Press · Posted: Jul 29, 2021 4:03 PM ET | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
Since 2010, the character of Natasha Romanoff — better known by her alias, Black Widow — has been portrayed by Scarlett Johansson. (Marvel Studios)

Scarlett Johansson is suing the Walt Disney Co. over its streaming release of Black Widow, which she said breached her contract and deprived her of potential earnings.

In a lawsuit filed Thursday morning in Los Angeles Superior Court, the Black Widow star and executive producer said her contract guaranteed an exclusive theatrical release. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news of the lawsuit.

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Disney said the lawsuit has "no merit whatsoever."

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Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over hybrid Black Widow release

Contracts mean something in the US, or are supposed to; however I would imagine she made more on this film then most make in a lifetime. But total, admitted, big crush on Johansson, so I'll let her do her thing.

As for the movie, I'm more of a DC Comics guy (A huge Darknight Fan) but out of all the "everything from Avengers forward" I found this to be the better of most of them. I'm not a big fan of super heros in space, but rather coming from wherever they do, and movies based on their experiences on earth. I felt this spin off of Avengers was much moreso along those lines for ME. But, I would imagine, as my kids so kindly pointed out, that it was lackluster compared to any Marvel film they had seen to date. So what do I know.

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On 30 Jul 2021 at 08:05a, Ogg pondered and said...

Scarlett Johansson is suing the Walt Disney Co. over its streaming
release of Black Widow, which she said breached her contract and
deprived her of potential earnings.

I think it's fair to say we won't see much of Black Widow again in any multi-verse stuff anytime soon :(

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Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over hybrid Black Widow release

Contracts mean something in the US, or are supposed to; however I
would imagine she made more on this film then most make in a lifetime.
But total, admitted, big crush on Johansson, so I'll let her do her
thing.

And so she should. Why people side with disney (who also makes more than
any of us in a life time) when they are the ones who broke their
contract is beyond me.

Not only did disney screw over Scarlett Johansson, but what about the
cinemas struggling to stay open in the pandemic?

Andrew

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I think it's fair to say we won't see much of Black Widow again in any multi-verse stuff anytime soon :(

Maybe, disney probably make enough to settle this. Or they'll just recast
her.

Andrew

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Re: Re: Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over hybrid Black Widow release
By: apam to The Godfather on Sat Aug 07 2021 02:29 pm

Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over hybrid Black Widow release

Contracts mean something in the US, or are supposed to; however I
would imagine she made more on this film then most make in a lifetime.
But total, admitted, big crush on Johansson, so I'll let her do her thing.

And so she should. Why people side with disney (who also makes more than
any of us in a life time) when they are the ones who broke their
contract is beyond me.

Not only did disney screw over Scarlett Johansson, but what about the cinemas struggling to stay open in the pandemic?

Andrew

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Exactly this.

Disney is the big boogey man who is using their dominant position to steam roll everybody else in the industry.

Meanwhile, Johansson is hot.

Who you should be siding with is not even a question.

(Then there is the fact Disney is commiting a breach of contract, but that is a minuscle detail).

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Re: Re: Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over hybrid Black Widow release
By: apam to Avon on Sat Aug 07 2021 02:31 pm

I think it's fair to say we won't see much of Black Widow again in any multi-verse stuff anytime soon :(

Maybe, disney probably make enough to settle this. Or they'll just recast her.

Andrew

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Don't worry. They will kill Black Widow off-screen. Or make a CGI one for a short scene in which she gets crushed by the giant robot du jour.

Now I think of it, wasn't she dead already?

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apam wrote to The Godfather <=-

And so she should. Why people side with disney (who also makes more
than any of us in a life time) when they are the ones who broke their contract is beyond me.

+ 1. When I was younger, I was a huge fan of Mickey Mouse and "The
Wonderful World of Disney" TV show. Once I got older and they
became, or I realized they were, a corporate beast, I have a more difficult time enjoying what they put out.

Not only did disney screw over Scarlett Johansson, but what about the cinemas struggling to stay open in the pandemic?

Most of the ones here had to close outright last year, as they were not on
the list of businesses deemed essential, and not all of them have reopened
yet. One good thing to come of that is that it saved some drive-ins that
were struggling before. When I read about this, I actually wondered how
much money it could have made in the theatres when many are not open, not
open to capacity, or are gone.



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Contracts mean something in the US, or are supposed to; however I
would imagine she made more on this film then most make in a lifetime.
But total, admitted, big crush on Johansson, so I'll let her do her thing.

And so she should. Why people side with disney (who also makes more than any of us in a life time) when they are the ones who broke their
contract is beyond me.
Not only did disney screw over Scarlett Johansson, but what about the cinemas struggling to stay open in the pandemic?

Much more valid points then her just being "hot." Thanks Apam ;)

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Yeah, she died in endgame to get the soul stone.

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On 07 Aug 2021 at 05:27a, Arelor pondered and said...

Don't worry. They will kill Black Widow off-screen. Or make a CGI one
for a short scene in which she gets crushed by the giant robot du jour. Now I think of it, wasn't she dead already?

Spoilers!











Yep she was killed off during End Game but I thought with all the multiverse stuff going on now in the MCU that they may have found ways to bring her back in to the universe.

I think it's unlikely now as both sides seem lawyered up now :(

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On 07 Aug 2021 at 08:00a, Blue White pondered and said...

Most of the ones here had to close outright last year, as they were not
on the list of businesses deemed essential, and not all of them have reopened yet. One good thing to come of that is that it saved some drive-ins that were struggling before. When I read about this, I
actually wondered how much money it could have made in the theatres when many are not open, not open to capacity, or are gone.

I find the whole thing really interesting too. I also wondered about theater occupancy levels during these pandemic times. I mean there's a reason so many films have had their release dates pushed back and that's mostly due to distributors being worried about not recouping movie making costs /
maximizing profits with low theater attendance rates.

I noted that Disney has said two upcoming movies would be a theater
first/only release (the next MCU Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings being one of them) for the first 45 days then move to streaming platforms
after that. So it seems to be a moving target at the moment as to what Disney are doing.

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On 07 Aug 2021 at 04:19p, Fratm pondered and said...

Yeah, she died in endgame to get the soul stone.

But What If? :)

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