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Re:Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streami... by ricopags on Thursday July 29, 2021 @01:40PM (#27999143)
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...

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Re:Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streami... by calmd on Thursday July 29, 2021 @01:44PM (#27999192)
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...

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Re:Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streami... by echelon on Thursday July 29, 2021 @02:13PM (#27999610)
Maybe it was a bad idea to let Disney own almost every major studio and franchise.
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Re:Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streami... by sofixa on Thursday July 29, 2021 @02:29PM (#27999788)
And do their content distribution.
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Re:Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streami... by toomuchtodo on Thursday July 29, 2021 @02:01PM (#27999445)
Sounds very antitrust to me.
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Re:Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streami... by ALittleLight on Thursday July 29, 2021 @02:21PM (#27999702)
The United States government needs to break up The Avengers?
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Re:Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Streami... by ViViDboarder on Friday July 30, 2021 @02:14PM (#28010698)
Not exactly, but maybe they shouldn’t have been allowed to buy Pixar, Lucas Films, and Marvel Studios.
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