Around this time of last year, Walt Disney Studios made the controversial decision to release the former fantastic movie from the COVID-19 pandemic in theaters and on Disney + Premier Access on the same day. It was the first and last time that House of Mouse did it for a Marvel Studios movie, especially after that Scarlett Johansson’s lawsuit against the firm for breach of contract. Because of Black WidowDuring Marvel’s launch, Marvel director and producer Joe Russo shared his honest opinion on how the studio treated Johansson.
Joe Russo, is half of the Russo brothers, who have worked with the actress in four Marvel films, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America civil war, Avengers: Infinity War Yes ending of the Avengers. after pronouncing End of the gamewho understood black widow death Along with the stories of Captain America and Iron Man, the Russos have moved away from Marvel to pursue original films, such as Extraction and the next the gray man. Russo recently reflected on Black Widow situation with these words:
The studios have a conservative reaction and try to minimize their need for stars. They try to force IP to be their star and as a result also try to pay less and reduce the need for stars in their projects. It wasn’t really an appropriate way for them to handle this situation. It was disturbing for us artists. Scarlett is a good friend of ours and the way she was treated put us off. We are happy that it has been fixed.
Black Widow had a great opening weekend in theaters in July 2021 and Disney recorded $ 60 million in Disney + admissions, but neither Scarlett Johansson nor any other talent received final payments for the streaming revenue. To make matters worse, Black Widow it dropped nearly 70% at the box office in its second week, something unheard of with Marvel. Black WidowThe disappointing worldwide box office total of $ 379 million led to the Johansson lawsuit.
Initially, Disney had a ferocious response to Johansson’s cause, calling him “insensitive” in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic . A few months later, the complaint has been resolved between the two sides. It’s more Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten ringswhich featured a relatively unknown star and superhero, was released the following September and passed Black Widow‘s, earning $ 432 million worldwide in theaters alone.
It was previously reported by The Wall Street newspaper no source cited, why the Russo brothers were so upset by Disney’s treatment of Scarlett Johansson Black Widow who have decided not to return to Marvel. Russo also said during his den of losers interview:
We are certainly concerned about the market trend away from artists. It has been very helpful for tech companies to get involved in creating content, but there are downsides as well. And these downsides include that tech companies like Netflix, Apple, and Amazon have much deeper pockets than studios and can pay more, and that’s starting to scare studios.
The Russos have recently continued to work with Marvel stars on original films outside the superhero realm, such as with Tom Holland. CherryChris Hemsworth inside Extraction (produced by the Russo brothers) and the upcoming release of the gray man with Chris Evans playing the villain to Black Ops mercenary Ryan Gosling. This film will be released on Netflix on July 15th.
Source: Cinemablend
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