Disney blasts Scarlett Johansson over Black Widow streaming lawsuit

CSM Chuck Stafford I don't even think it is callus on her part, or even close to it. So Disney had this movie that they couldn't do a profitable theatrical release due to the pandemic. But they had contracts that promised the actors they would do an exclusive theatrical release because that's how they agreed with the actors to handle compensation.

So Disney and Marvel could have gone to the actors and said, "Hey, we can't easily do a theatrical release, let's re-negotiate." Instead they just went, F-you we're going to unilaterally make this decision to our financial benefit and your financial detriment and if you try and stand up for the contract terms we're going to try to paint you as callous even though we could easily have re-negotiated in good faith at any time.

SPC Kevin Ford - the mouse won't win this one