Black Widow is Scarlett Johansson’s first solo movie as Natasha Romanoff (Picture: Marvel Studios)
Scarlett Johansson’s agent Bryan Lourd has hit again at Disney’s response to the actress’s lawsuit, branding it a ‘direct attack’ on her character.
Black Widow actress Johansson is suing Disney, alleging her contract was breached when the studio launched the movie on Disney+ and in cinemas on the identical day.
The 36-year-old claims the choice has affected the quantity she is going to have the ability to earn from her half within the movie.
In response, Disney hit again by referencing the Covid-19 pandemic and revealing Johansson’s earnings.
Now, Lourd has issued an announcement saying (via Deadline): ‘I want to address the Walt Disney Company’s assertion that was issued in response to the lawsuit filed towards them yesterday by our shopper Scarlett Johansson.
‘They have shamelessly and falsely accused Ms Johansson of being insensitive to the global Covid pandemic, in an attempt to make her appear to be someone they and I know she isn’t.
‘Scarlett has been Disney’s accomplice on 9 motion pictures, which have earned Disney and its shareholders billions.
The movie was launched on Disney+ and in cinemas on the identical day (Picture: Marvel)
‘The firm included her wage of their press assertion in an try and weaponize her success as an artist and businesswoman, as if that had been one thing she needs to be ashamed of.
‘Scarlett is extraordinarily happy with the work that she, and the entire actors, writers, administrators, producers, and the Marvel inventive group have been part of for properly over a decade.
‘This suit was filed as a result of Disney’s resolution to knowingly violate Scarlett’s contract. They have very intentionally moved the income stream and earnings to the Disney+ aspect of the corporate, leaving creative and monetary companions out of their new equation. That’s it, pure and easy.
‘Disney’s direct assault on her character and all else they implied is beneath the corporate that many people within the inventive group have labored with efficiently for many years.’
Disney has denied breaching Johansson’s contract (Picture: Marvel)
In lawsuit papers filed on Thursday, Johansson maintains that her contract acknowledged she was entitled to the movie being launched in cinemas solely, together with her full wage being primarily based largely on how properly the movie carried out on the field workplace.
As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court learn: ‘Disney intentionally induced Marvel’s breach of the settlement, with out justification, as a way to forestall Ms. Johansson from realizing the total advantage of her discount with Marvel.’
John Berlinski, an legal professional at Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP who represents Johansson, additionally stated in an announcement: ‘This will surely not be the last case where Hollywood talent stands up to Disney and makes it clear that, whatever the company may pretend, it has a legal obligation to honor its contracts.’
WSJ claimed that the longtime member of the Marvel household allegedly tried to carry up the problem with Disney and Marvel previous to the submitting of her swimsuit.
The publication reported: ‘Ms. Johansson’s representatives sought to renegotiate her contract after studying of the dual-release technique for Black Widow, which she has stated is her ninth and final Marvel film. Disney and Marvel had been unresponsive.’
Disney has claimed there’s ‘no merit’ to Johansson’s swimsuit.
‘This lawsuit is especially sad and distressing in its callous disregard for the horrific and prolonged global effects of the Covid-19 pandemic,’ the corporate’s assertion learn.
‘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 capability to earn further compensation on high of the $20m (£14m) she has obtained so far.’
Johansson first starred as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in Iron Man 2 in 2010. Over the previous decade, she’s appeared in numerous Marvel movies, together with the Avengers motion pictures, with Black Widow being her first solo movie.
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