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What Scarlett Johansson vs. Disney Tells Us About the Movie Industry Right Now. Plus, the 'House of Gucci' Trailer and 'The White Lotus' Episode 4.

The Watch

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.55.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney over an alleged breach of contract for not releasing 'Black Widow' exclusively in theaters. Chris and Andy talk about what the legal fight tells us about the state of the movie industry right now (6:43). Plus, excitement for the 'House of Gucci' trailer (23:22), how successful the Olympics have been in driving subscriptions to Peacock (33:22), and 'The White Lotus' Episode 4 (43:03). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Producer: Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The press box is here to catch you up on the latest media stories hosted by Brian Curtis and

0:04.6

David Schumaker. These guys have the insight on the biggest stories you care about.

0:08.6

Check out the press box on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:14.5

I need support to have to clear the room.

0:17.5

Stand up and walk now!

0:19.8

Hello and welcome to the watch. My name is Chris Ryan. I am editor at theRigger.com and joining

0:25.0

me on the other line still bent out of shape about getting cut out of his back end for after the

0:30.4

thrones. It's Andy Greenwald! I don't think you should talk about that on this podcast. Casey

0:35.7

Boys listens. I think like when there's active litigation. We never really figured out what happened

0:41.6

to the tapes there and like whether or not we're making our jump to HBO Max or not. It's Chris and

0:47.2

Andy in the morning here on the East Coast. Welcome to Monday. United States of America and points

0:52.8

beyond. We're here to talk about popular culture. Today in the menu, some personal check-ins and

0:58.4

banter. A little bit of discussion about Scarlett Johansson and her contract squabs with the Walt

1:06.3

Disney Corporation. Then just some grab bag of culture stuff and then we'll do a little bit of

1:12.3

white lotus chatter at the end. First of all, Andy. Another location for you. Andy and I have been

1:17.4

Chris crossing the East Coast for the most of the summer and like keep missing each other by just

1:21.8

a few cities. I would say and I don't mean to like I got I know people are concerned about

1:28.4

the new era of segregation now that we all have to get vaccinated so we don't die but I feel bad

1:33.0

anytime I make references to Libero our favorite television shows. I know not everyone went on that

1:37.6

journey with us but one of the things that I most appreciated about it is that if you are in the

1:42.3

French Secret Service already a big if and let's say you're in the field and something goes awry or

1:47.9

you need to be exfiltrated it happens. Yeah. Regardless of what you've done or who you are whether

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