New York: Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney for breach of contract for streaming her film Black Widow at the same time as its cinema release.
The suit said that Scarlett’s paycheque was tied to the box office performance of Black Widow and she suffered financial losses due to its dual release.
The suit said, “Disney intentionally induced Marvel’s breach of the agreement, without justification, in order to prevent Ms. Johansson from realizing the full benefit of her bargain with Marvel.”
However, a spokesperson for Disney called Scarlett’s allegations of being potentially bilked out of a huge sum of money lacking in merit and ‘especially sad and distressing in its callous disregard for the horrific and prolonged global effects of the Covid-19 pandemic’. The representative said that the company ‘fully complied’ with her contract and that the streaming release of Black Widow ‘significantly enhanced her ability to earn additional compensation on top of the $20 million she has received to date’.
In India, Black Widow is set to release on Disney Plus Hotstar. There is no release date yet.
