The Russo Brothers Disturbed By Disney's Treatment Of Black Widow Star Scarlett Johansson
The Russo brothers, best known for directing Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, weigh in on the growing concern of studios devaluing many of their big-name stars, and the duo cited the incident involving Disney andBlack Widow star Scarlett Johansson.
Last July, Johansson filed a lawsuit against Disney over an alleged contract breach, as Black Widow was released on Disney Plus at the same time it was playing in theaters. Reports later confirmed that the two parties reached an agreement, with Disney paying the MCU star an additional $40 million.
Scarlett Johansson Opens Up About Disney Lawsuit Over Black Widow
Speaking with the Den of Geek, the Russo brothers commented on why more and more studios may be treating their stars this way, of course bringing up Johansson's experience with Disney. “We’re certainly concerned with the trend in the market that’s moving away from artists… there’s been a lot of value in tech companies getting involved in making content, but there’s also some downsides to that," Joe Russo shared. «And those downsides include tech companies like Netflix and Apple and Amazon having much deeper pockets than studios do, and they can pay more and that’s starting to scare the studios.”
Russo would further add that many of the studios are downplaying the need for stars and are forcing IP to be their star instead. “So the studios are having a conservative reaction, and they’re trying to downplay their need for stars. They’re trying to force IP to be their star, and in accordance with that, they’re also then trying to underpay and diminish the need for stars on their projects.” As for the Johansson lawsuit, the duo were disheartened at how Disney handled the whole situation, especially since they have
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