Scarlett is suing Disney over Black Widow’s launch (Picture: Marvel)
Disney has accused Scarlett Johansson of getting a ‘callous disregard for the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic’, after the actress sued the corporate for releasing Black Widow on streaming.
Johansson, 36, has sued Disney for releasing her standalone Marvel movie Black Widow on its streaming platform Disney Plus on the similar time it was launched in cinemas, alleging this was a breach of her contract.
The actress, who performs the titular superhero, aka Natasha Romanoff, within the movie, claims that her contract with Disney’s Marvel Entertainment was for a assured unique film theatre launch, with the majority of her wage relying largely on the movie’s field workplace efficiency – and alleges that the transfer to streaming prevented her from ‘realising the full benefit of her bargain with Marvel’.
In a press release, Disney has known as the lawsuit ‘sad and distressing’.
A spokesperson for the Walt Disney Company stated: ‘There is not any benefit in any way to this submitting. The lawsuit is particularly unhappy and distressing in its callous disregard for the horrific and extended international results of the Covid-19 pandemic.
‘Disney has fully complied with Ms. Johansson’s contract and moreover, the discharge of Black Widow on Disney+ with Premier Access has considerably enhanced her capacity to earn further compensation on high of the $20M she has acquired thus far.’