Scarlett Johansson Suing Disney Over 'Black Widow' Disney+ Release
John Campea Show
Big IP
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2021
⏱️ 115 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Now, you guys know that Disney doing its premium $30 Disney plus access thing has been a source |
| 0:08.5 | of a lot of controversy. It has not done well for them. That's beyond dispute. All the facts |
| 0:14.0 | and figures point that it's not done well for them. They have lost out on a lot of money doing it |
| 0:18.9 | and a lot of people at Disney don't even like it. There has been some very well known amongst the |
| 0:25.2 | industry inside fighting going on over at Disney regarding the premium access sort of thing, |
| 0:30.6 | at least that's what a lot of us have been told. Well, apparently there was somebody else who |
| 0:36.7 | did not like the premium day and date release for $30 on Disney plus either. And that is Scarlett |
| 0:45.2 | Johansson. Now, this again, we know very little about what's going on here. This is just drop. |
| 0:51.8 | This comes to us from the Wall Street Journal and what they are writing is they're talking a little |
| 0:57.6 | bit about the situation with Scarlett Johansson and they're saying the following. They're saying |
| 1:04.9 | Miss Johansson, like the headline on it is Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over Black Widow streaming |
| 1:10.4 | release. Scarlett Johansson, one of the original Avengers is suing Disney for this move. Now, |
| 1:17.2 | I'm just going to read this. I am reading this and hearing this along with you guys. Okay, |
| 1:21.9 | so let's get into it here. Miss Johansson said in the suit that her agreement with Disney's Marvel |
| 1:27.4 | Entertainment guaranteed an exclusive theatrical release and her salary was based in large part |
| 1:34.3 | on the box office performance of the film. Now, this isn't unusual. That actors will have, |
| 1:40.8 | it's particularly big stars will have their, the money that they make out of a movie will be tied |
| 1:46.7 | directly to how much money that movie makes at the box office. This is one of the reasons why a lot |
| 1:52.0 | of the Warner Brothers filmmakers and actors were so pissed off at Warner Brothers when they said |
| 1:57.1 | they were going to be releasing things on HBO Max at the same time because that is obviously |
| 2:01.2 | affecting the box office, which is obviously affecting their salaries, which when they entered into |
| 2:06.4 | their agreement, they were given assurances that their movies were going to be full exclusive |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Big IP, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Big IP and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

