Marvel Pres. Kevin Feige Reportedly Livid, "Embarrassed" About 'Black Widow' - Inside the Magic

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  1. KenG

    They both may be in the right however….
    The way contracts are written who knows if there was a clause that had to do with “acts of God” etc…. That would have allowed Disney to release the movie on Disney+ at the same time.

    No one knew what was coming and being the movie was already delayed and the fact that folks have still not returned to theaters to the point they did in 2019, how well would have Black Widow done without Disney+?

    1. ancient chinese secret

      or acts of china

  2. theguy dude

    Good lord. I’m not in the movie hating camp as I actually thought Black Widow was decent (not GREAT), but jesus christ… Scarlet Johansson has gotten an incredibly massive ego from these movies. Suing over the movie’s failure trying to blame it on Disney+ plus it gives her a bad image? And for fifty freaking million? What a joke. These hollywood drama queens are so out of touch with reality.

  3. Scruff

    I’d be embarrassed about black widow in general if I was Kevin fagge.

    1. Exactly. The movie is trash & by far the worst thing from the MCU that has dropped to date. He could of did way more with the Black Widow character

  4. Andy

    Good lord, its pretty simple really. If it is just about covid pandemic give the actors and actresses a cut from the premier time, and when it is free for subscribers then they are done paying them the cut. I mean if it is just about covid I really don’t see an issue here, but more than likely it is about money and they are using covid as an excuse.

  5. Maybe it wasn’t entirely Disney’s fault it tanked the 2nd weak. The movie is horrendous and by far the worst MCU movie to date.

  6. Jess

    They can blame the simultaneous release all they want, but the truth is that Black Widow just was not as good as other MCU movies. I think that SJ is fantastic in the other movies and I like the character. This movie did not have as good a script not director. I personally feel ripped off having paid $20 to watch this movie.

  7. Raww

    Honestly, I think Disney is in the wrong. You don’t write up a contract that’s says solo theatrical release and that they only get money from the money will be based off only the theatrical release.
    If they knew that they would break the contract, why didn’t they just change up the money terms or something before releasing it. I mean, they had a whole year with the pandemic to talk and revise the contract.

    1. Sam

      This is correct. People are upset that SJ wants more money, but she should get the deal she negotiated for and if it’s not possible it should be renegotiated. Unfortunately it sounds like the lawyers didn’t put in a liquidated damages clause, or created it in such a way that it doesn’t cover this situation. A mess all around.

  8. Guy

    I happen to have just cancelled my Disney subscription, but it was before I heard this. I think Disney don’t have the right balance between making money and creating quality entertainment. I did enjoy Loki and Wandavision, so I’m mostly going by the Star Wars disaster. Falcon/Winter Soldier was dodgy, so I now wonder if they are starting to wreck their unique brand of havoc with the MCU. They strike me as business people who don’t know enough about films.

    1. Daryl-Rhys Taylor

      Actually Disney make far more quality entertainment than anyone else. You are incorrect.

  9. LissetteLissie

    2019 contract? Before Covid I bet. She should be grateful to have gotten paid $20 MILLION already. Now she wants $50 MILLION more. Did she forget why movies were neither streamed instead of the theatre? So she wants us to go to the theater and expose ourselves to Covid so that she can make more money? I’m not paying, not even to stream. Greed is an evil that shows it’s face events. I’m disappointed.

  10. Ds

    He shouldn’t be embarrassed about Disney streaming on Disney+, he should be embarrassed he knowingly released a beyond horrible movie. The Box office #’s suck bc the movie is pathetic to put it nicely. Kids 9-12-15 wanted to leave the theater..

  11. Shawn

    I can’t keep up with all of u. Lol. And shame I have none. Ur the ones that watch me. U like. I don’t know all that has been done to me. I know U guys have tried killing me. If I die it will not be by ur might. It will because the father has taken his hand off of me. I pray that U not be my enemies but my lovely brethrens.

    1. Jonathan Redding

      Gibberish much, Shawn?

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