Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe Walt Disney Company clapped back at “Black Widow” star Scarlett Johansson, slamming the actress’s breach of contract lawsuit for showing “callous disregard for the horrific and prolonged global effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.”In a court filing on Thursday, Johansson said that Disney’s decision to send the Marvel movie to Disney Plus at the same time it released in theaters cost her millions of dollars in backend compensation.
Those bonuses were tied to hitting box office benchmarks that “Black Widow” likely won’t achieve. “There is no merit whatsoever to this filing,” Disney said in a statement that minced no words while arguing the company complied with Johansson’s contract. “The lawsuit.
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