She's absolutely in the right. It is a binding contract.. Pretty shitty for Disney (which we all already knew were shitty) to break the terms of contract with her by pathetically using the "but covid!" excuse.
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__________________ Paleontologists have tried to turn Archaeopteryx into an earth bound feathered dinosaur. But it is not. It is a bird, a perching bird. And no amount of 'paleobabble' is going to change that.-- Alan Feduccia-a world authority on birds, quoted in "Archaeopteryx:Early Bird Catches a Can of Worms," Science 1994, p.764-765
"The lawsuit is especially sad and distressing in its callous disregard for the horrific and prolonged global effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Disney has fully complied with Ms. Johansson’s contract and furthermore, the release of Black Widow on Disney+ with Premiere Access has significantly enhanced her ability to earn additional compensation on top of the $20M she has received to date.”
so basically...
"she should be ashamed for expecting us to honor our contract, because something something covid. also look at how much money she's already makimg its totally ethical and professional to just blurt her salary out like that and use it as a weapon"
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Doesnt after what she earned. As if Disney are poor.
Fact is Disney made a move to potentially benefit themselves more, without negotiating new terms for Scar so she doesnt get screwed in the process.
Without a doubt a breach of contract (not that Ive read the contract, but assuming), and even more unethical to use Covid as an excuse and then publicly attempting to shame her by outing her salary.
And btw WB did pay out Gadot and Jenkins when they released WW84 on HBO same day as theatres.
Disney need taking down a good several hundred pegs TBH. Hope they are tangled up in this for ages and it prevents them from buying/ruining anything else for that time. Doubt it but I can have a fervent prayer.
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I figure if you're an accomplished actor and have been in more than a few movies then you should be aware of the dirty tricks Disney is capable of, she's been in all the Avengers movies and should have taken extra precautions legally if she didn't want to get screwed.
The contract is the precaution. Disney cant win this case assuming it said in the contract about it being exclusively a box office film where she will get a % of box office take.
And to be fair this contract was made before anyone knew what Covid was, so theres no way she could have anticipated this.
Look into "Hollywood contracts", you would be shocked at the things they get away with.
For example, a studio can set up a shell company for special effects, overcharge themselves for these effects, and turn record profits into losses on paper, just below the point where the talent would need to be paid for a successful film.
Darth Vader was never paid for Return of the Jedi using such tricks.
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James Earl Jones had enough clout to demand his cut off the top, instead of the back end.
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Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
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