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Coincidentally, this morning at Goldman Sachs’ 30th annual Communacopia Conference, Disney CEO Bob Chapek was asked a question about the compensation of Hollywood talent in the wake of long-standing distribution models being upended and the advantages the studio has in terms of being a place that talent wants to work…

EXCLUSIVE: Apple Studios has set a high-profile project that will reteam Marvel stalwarts Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans in Ghosted, a romantic action adventure that will be directed by Dexter Fletcher. He helmed Rocketman and finished Bohemian Rhapsody. The stars are in advanced negotiations. The script is by…

Wandavision star Elizabeth Olsen has voiced her support for Scarlett Johansson amid her lawsuit against Disney, surrounding the release of her Marvel blockbuster, Black Widow. “I think she's so tough and literally when I read that I was like, ‘good for you Scarlett,'” the actress said during a conversation with Ted Las…

UPDATE, 8:44 AM: As anyone who has seen a Marvel movie or read the comics knows, the Black Widow moves fast and deadly – – and that’s exactly what Scarlett Johansson did this morning. “After initially responding to this litigation with a misogynistic attack against Scarlett Johansson, Disney is now, predictably…

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this weekly column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. FLEMING: The perfect storm of a pandemic that won’t go away and the explosion of studio-owned streaming services has created an…

Two-time Oscar nominee Scarlett Johansson has joined the cast of Wes Anderson’s next feature, which is currently in production in Spain, Deadline can confirm. She’ll appear in the writer-director’s latest along with previously announced cast members Margot Robbie, Tom Hanks, Adrian Brody, Bill Murray, Jason…

UPDATED with additional details from Disney earnings call: The revenue for Black Widow wasn't to be found in Disney's last earnings report Thursday, but the fallout from Scarlett Johansson's explosive lawsuit against the House of Mouse certainly was. Showing a surge in Disney+ subscribers from the same time last year…

SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris on Friday weighed in on behalf of the actors union on Scarlett Johansson's lawsuit alleging that Disney violated her contract for her role in Black Widow. Johansson filed the lawsuit last week claiming that the studio breached her contract by releasing the Marvel movie Black…

Women have owned the Hollywood headlines lately by defying “the rules” – all sorts of rules. Scarlett Johansson has challenged Disney's dealmaking prowess by filing high-profile litigation. Meanwhile, Reese Witherspoon has sold her media business to two former top Disney dealmakers for $900 million insisting that she…

"When I started Arrow, if you are thinking of things like a pie chart, it was 90% about the creativity, and it was 10% about being able to eventually buy a house and pay a mortgage," says Stephen Amell on today’s Hero Nation podcast of his thinking behind exiting the long running CW series a few years ago. "By the…

Seriously, Disney, you’re not lookin’ so good. In the wake of the $319.8 billion entertainment media conglom calling Scarlett Johansson’s breach of contract Black Widow suit a “callous disregard for the horrific and prolonged global effects of the Covid-19 pandemic” and outing her base salary of $20M on the Marvel…

CAA co-chairman and Scarlett Johansson’s agent Bryan Lourd issued a statement Friday in response to Disney’s harsh slam against the Black Widow actress in her breach of contact lawsuit versus the Burbank studio. On Thursday, Disney shamed the two-time Oscar nominee by saying her lawsuit showed “callous disregard” for…