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You think she’s blacklisted now?

Knowing nothing at all about the industry from an insider perspective, my outsider surmise is maybe a lesser star in this situation would be.

But Scarlett Johansson is the highest grossing female 'bankable'[0] star and as such even if Disney might not want to work with her, I doubt she will ever be wanting for work.

>Expect her ROI to jump after the box-office takes of "Black Widow" are tallied.

ope.

I think the dispute over compensation is likely fair, and will be settled out of court.

[0]https://www.workandmoney.com/s/most-bankable-movie-actresses...

The problem is if Disney blacklists her from its main franchises, Star Wars and Marvel and Pixar/Disney animation films, that is more than half of the box office these days.

The box office is I think 50% super hero films now.

That said I think they won't...

Sounds very antitrust to me.

The United States government needs to break up The Avengers?

Not exactly, but maybe they shouldn’t have been allowed to buy Pixar, Lucas Films, and Marvel Studios.

Maybe it was a bad idea to let Disney own almost every major studio and franchise.

And do their content distribution.

No. Suits over compensation are common in Hollywood.

She won't be getting any more roles as Black Widow, anyways.

Unlikely, she is very talented and extremely popular.

She may not do a Marvel Studios project again, but her character's arc is complete now so there's not much of a reason to have her anyway.

Also, she is near the end of her run as the character, so has little to lose.

Many of the Avengers are moving on to let others take over.

Exactly my thought. I wonder who the next black widow will be.

The Black Widow movie actually addresses this.

This was her last time in the role, but the movie kind of answers this question regardless.

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