Scarlett Johansson's "Black Widow" relies on wits and hand-to-hand combat skills, say her lawyers. She'll need both in her blockbuster lawsuit against Disney.
https://t.co/wFZNM3p2Oz- The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ)
September 3, 2021 In this never-ending saga:
- According to the source, after the simultaneous release of "Black Widow" (theaters + Premier Access) was announced, Scarlett Johansson’s team made an opening bid: Pay the actress $80 million.
- That calculation was based on what the star would receive in a hypothetical global box-office take of $1.2 billion, a sum in league with Marvel hits “Captain Marvel” and “Black Panther.”
- Her’s advisers said Disney’s response to the lawsuit has appeared to be, by turns, ignore and attack.
- The uncertainty and acrimony between Johansson and Disney has frustrated executives at Marvel Entertainment.
- Since the lawsuit, brothers Joe Russo and Anthony Russo, hit an impasse in negotiations to direct another Marvel movie. (Avengers 5?)
- And while all this goes down, Johansson is in Europe shooting a Wes Anderson film she agreed to make long before the "Black Widow" dispute.
Source. F*ck Disney, but BW making Captain Marvel numbers... ihavetolaugh.gif