ScarJo Sues Disney Over "Black Widow" Release. Update: ScarJo & Disney settle out of court
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Disney is in the wrong
Even if her run wasn't up, she has the right to secure the bag
The fact that her contract is up has nothing to do with the situation or optics of why she's suing. If you breached the contract, then you just breached the contract.
Still doesn't change the fact that they should have renegotiated the contract to account for the dual release. Renegotiate the contracts before releasing the movie on Disney+ and you won't have these type of problems
You would THINK a company like Disney would have their i’s dotted and t’s crossed in situations like this so the actor’s wouldn’t have a legal leg to stand on. But it looks from this situation that Johannsen has them dead to rights.
If i’m any type of worker why should I give a flying 747 fukk about how Covid affected anything, if my CONTRACT states i’m supposed to make $10 dollars then you can’t pay me $8 and be like “Pandemic”. Nah fukk you PAY me whats in my contract.
If i’m any type of worker why should I give a flying 747 fukk about how Covid affected anything, if my CONTRACT states i’m supposed to make $10 dollars then you can’t pay me $8 and be like “Pandemic”
. Nah fukk you PAY me whats in my contract.
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You would THINK a company like Disney would have their i’s dotted and t’s crossed in situations like this so the actor’s wouldn’t have a legal leg to stand on. But it looks from this situation that Johannsen has them dead to rights.
If i’m any type of worker why should I give a flying 747 fukk about how Covid affected anything, if my CONTRACT states i’m supposed to make $10 dollars then you can’t pay me $8 and be like “Pandemic”
They've been doing that shyt to ESPN talent where they've been forcing them to take paycuts for already negotiated contracts because of the "pandemic" and likely thought they could do the same thing to Disney talent as well.
"Asked" them cats to give up like 2-3 paycuts already and still want them to leave more money on the table during renegotiations.
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I'm thinking Disney is probably good in regards to the actual contract
I doubt there's anything about Disney+ in any of the original Avenger movie contracts (RDJ, ScarJo, Thor, Evans)
Folks bringing up WB/HBO Max, they were probably in their rights to release everything to HBO Max also because that wasn't in anyone's contracts neither but they renegotiated with everyone because they wanted to work with this talent in the future.
WB wants to release Wonder Woman 3 so they need to make sure Gal and Patty Jenkins are happy and are willing to come back
WB wants Denzel to star in Oscar bait every few years so they need to make sure he still wants to work with them in the future and that's the same for everyone in 'Dune', etc.
Disney decided to risk it with ScarJo because no way they were going to give her $50M out of the goodness of their heart and if she's mad, 'We are Disney'
I doubt there's anything about Disney+ in any of the original Avenger movie contracts (RDJ, ScarJo, Thor, Evans)
Folks bringing up WB/HBO Max, they were probably in their rights to release everything to HBO Max also because that wasn't in anyone's contracts neither but they renegotiated with everyone because they wanted to work with this talent in the future.
WB wants to release Wonder Woman 3 so they need to make sure Gal and Patty Jenkins are happy and are willing to come back
WB wants Denzel to star in Oscar bait every few years so they need to make sure he still wants to work with them in the future and that's the same for everyone in 'Dune', etc.
Disney decided to risk it with ScarJo because no way they were going to give her $50M out of the goodness of their heart and if she's mad, 'We are Disney'
Have you read the actual contract? Nowhere does it say that the movie needs to be released exclusively in theaters. Scarjo is arguing that the contract should be interpreted that way. I'm not taking either side but like with most things this is not cut and dry. If it was, Disney has an army of lawyers and isn't going to blatantly breach it's contractYou must not understand the concept of how contracts work if you don't think that Disney isn't wrong for what's transpiring especially considering other movie companies have paid their talent to account for the aspect of VOD
If they end up having to pay her more, then that's on them for not resolving the situation before releasing the movie when she tried to do so
The fact that Disney has an army of lawyers doesn't mean shyt as other companies have those same type of lawyers as well, yet still had to come off the bread as well when moving films to VOD
If an actor/actress negotiates a base pay plus backend and you move the film towards a VOD release, then you owe same said actress/actor bread because of the change as it's completely screwing them over and changing the terms of the contract.
Denzel got his full $20 million fee plus back end for The Little Things when it moved to VOD and theaters, so Disney is going to have to pay up as well. Or do you think he shouldn't have gotten his break as well?
nah
if you change the methods of distribution after establishing who gets what and then deliberately refuse to renegotiate based on that shift, you're gonna get sued.
all this narrative stuff isnt really relevant
its the same general complaint that's hit just about every large release this past year. companies just finding out they're not getting away with shyt is all. and that's just organic
and generally speaking, if someone comes at you about a contract dispute and you start juelzing about being insensitive regarding a pandemic - its not exactly a sign you're confident in your position
"but but but how can she be greedy in these troubling times
" coming from the same body that wanted everyone to look past the drama surrounding Mulan? cmon lol
You would THINK a company like Disney would have their i’s dotted and t’s crossed in situations like this so the actor’s wouldn’t have a legal leg to stand on. But it looks from this situation that Johannsen has them dead to rights.
If i’m any type of worker why should I give a flying 747 fukk about how Covid affected anything, if my CONTRACT states i’m supposed to make $10 dollars then you can’t pay me $8 and be like “Pandemic”
Problem is IMO that they DID do a theatrical release, so they might be able to weasel their way out of this.