The world woke up to a breaking news when it was published that Scarlette Johansson, the lead star of the latest MCU movie Black Widow, has sued Disney. The actress filed a lawsuit against the company which owns Marvel Studios, for breaching her contract, Scarlette was unhappy with the studio's decision of simultaneously releasing her movie in theatres as well as Disney+ in the US and a few other countries.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over 'Black Widow' Streaming Release.

The Wall Street Journal was the first news portal to beak the news. The report stated that the슬롯 머신 사이트 추천lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on July 29. The actress슬롯 머신 사이트 추천said that슬롯 머신 사이트 추천the슬롯 머신 사이트 추천agreement she signed with Disney-owned Marvel Entertainment슬롯 머신 사이트 추천only슬롯 머신 사이트 추천guaranteed an exclusive release of the film in theatres and her salary was based on the box-office performance of the movie, but the makers went on to release it on their OTT platform too. The suit said, 슬롯사이트œDisney intentionally induced Marvel슬롯사이트™s breach of the agreement, without justification, in order to prevent Ms Johansson from realizing the full benefit of her bargain with Marvel.슬롯사이트

Interestingly, this is not the first time when an actor has sued a studio or production house. The entire Friends cast had once sued the production house for not hiking their pay, Sylvester Stallone also sued a production house for breaching the contract. Let us take a look at other Hollywood stars who have sued a production house before Scarlette.

Friends Cast

The슬롯 머신 사이트 추천cast of Friends gathered together in 1996 and슬롯 머신 사이트 추천made the peacock network to pay each of them $100,000 each. They demanded pay raises in 2000 and 2002, eventually earning $1 million per episode in the final season.

Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone starred in the 1997 release film titled슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The Good Life.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The film also starred his brother Frank Stallone. While Sylvester Stallone only had a cameo role in the film, he accused the filmmakers of promoting the film as if he had a starring role. He sued them for breach of contract.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The producers슬롯 머신 사이트 추천filed슬롯 머신 사이트 추천a suit in return. After a long, 2-year legal battle, both sides settled in 1999.

Robin Williams

Robin sued the production house backing A Couple Of Dicks. In 2008, the actor슬롯 머신 사이트 추천claimed that the production company,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Frank and Beans, owed him money on a "pay-or-play" deal. The film was eventually released as Cop Out with Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan in the starring roles.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Disney Blasts Black Widow슬롯사이트™s Scarlett Johansson, Calls Her Lawsuit Against Them Meritless.

Sharon Stone

When슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Andrew Vajna and Mario Kassar sacked the shoot of슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Basic Instinct 2, Stone슬롯 머신 사이트 추천sued them for the losses she incurred. She claimed that the production was trying to set a verbal "pay-or-play" agreement슬롯 머신 사이트 추천where Stone would get $14 million for the follow-up film and 15% of the back end gross. She had demanded the슬롯 머신 사이트 추천extra 15%슬롯 머신 사이트 추천for the슬롯 머신 사이트 추천other projects that she had turned down슬롯 머신 사이트 추천to be a part of슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Andrew Vajna and Mario Kassar's film.

Crispin Glover

The Back To The Future star, Crispin슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Glover and his attorney Doug Kari, filed a lawsuit against Universal Pictures after the release of Back슬롯 머신 사이트 추천To The Future 2. They sued the studio슬롯 머신 사이트 추천for making a mask out of his old makeup moulds and슬롯 머신 사이트 추천using it on another actor to make it look like he still is a part of the film.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Universal eventually settled the lawsuit with a settlement of around $760,000.

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