Hollywood actor Scarlett Johansson라이브 바카라 lawyers have filed a lawsuit against Disney, the American studios, for not releasing Johansson라이브 바카라 upcoming film ‘Black Widow’ exclusively in theatres.
According to reports, on Thursday, Johansson라이브 바카라 attorney claimed that the studio had breached the contract after they announced the film will release on the streaming platform, Disney+, and not just in theatres.
According to the suit, Johansson who plays the titular tole in the film, had her earnings tied to the box-office collections of the film. Reortedly, Johansson has lost 50 miilion USD already since the film started streaming online.
“Disney intentionally induced Marvel라이브 바카라 breach of the agreement, without justification, in order to prevent Ms. Johansson from realising the full benefit of her bargain with Marvel,” the lawsuit read.
While Disney라이브 바카라 representatives called the lawsuit “sad and depressing”, Johansson라이브 바카라 lawyers have said that the studio is “hiding behind Covid-19” and releasing films, meant for theatrical release, online to increase the number of subscribers.
“It라이브 바카라 no secret that Disney is releasing films like 'Black Widow' directly onto Disney+ to increase subscribers and thereby boost the company라이브 바카라 stock price — and that it라이브 바카라 hiding behind Covid-19 as a pretext to do so. But ignoring the contracts of the artists responsible for the success of its films in furtherance of this short-sighted strategy violates their rights and we look forward to proving as much in court,” Johansson라이브 바카라 lawyer John Berlinski was quoted as saying.
‘Black Widow’ was initially supposed to be a theatrical outing just like other Marvel releases. Though theaters in some parts of the world were shut due to COVID 19 and so Disney decided to premiere the film theatrically as well as hitting the streaming platform at the same time. 바카라 웹사이트In India, it is yet to release on the streaming platform. However, pirated versions of the movie, in high definition, are available on the Internet, for free.
As mentioned in a report, ‘Black Widow라이브 바카라 total earning stands at 319 million USD globally which makes the film one of the lowest-grossing films in Marvel history.
(With Inputs From Pinkvilla)
