"Black Widow" Feature Talkback (Spoilers)

[AdrenalineRush1996]

SAG-AFTRA sides with Johansson on the lawsuit against Disney over the streaming stuff.

SAG-AFTRA President: Disney Using “Gender-Shaming and Bullying” Tactics Over Scarlett Johansson Lawsuit

Gabrielle Carteris additionally commended the 'Black Widow' star for "shining a white-hot spotlight on the improper shifts in compensation that companies are attempting to slip by talent as distribution models change."

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Fone Bone]

SAG-AFTRA sides with Johansson on the lawsuit against Disney over the streaming stuff.

SAG-AFTRA President: Disney Using “Gender-Shaming and Bullying” Tactics Over Scarlett Johansson Lawsuit

Gabrielle Carteris additionally commended the 'Black Widow' star for "shining a white-hot spotlight on the improper shifts in compensation that companies are attempting to slip by talent as distribution models change."

www.hollywoodreporter.com

After reading that, I side with Johansson too. Language is important and it never quite occurred to me how toxic Disney's response could be perceived as. Clearly I have some work to do too.

 

[Yojimbo]

8/7: Interview with VFX Supervisor Hanzhi Tang.

EDIT: Geez, 1 month to go, and the pre-orders for the 4K/Blu-ray aren't up yet. Preposterous!

8/21: Disney has filed a motion demanding a move to arbitration. Johansson's attorney fires back.

8/25: Standard 4K/Blu-ray is now up for pre-order on Best Buy.

8/26: Exclusive versions now up for pre-order: Steelbook at Best Buy and Digipak at Target.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

8/21: Disney has filed a motion demanding a move to arbitration. Johansson's attorney fires back.

Disney has nothing but to blame themselves over the stuff that prompted Johansson to sue them.

 

[DogBoneController]

Welp, that was fun.

Scarlett Johansson, Disney Settle Explosive ‘Black Widow’ Lawsuit

The settlement ends a back-and-forth PR battle pitting the CAA-repped star against the studio that was poised to have dramatic implications for all of Hollywood’s majors.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Yojimbo]

A new deleted scene found its way online. It answers what happens when Natasha stays behind amid the Red Room debris as Ross' team arrives, what happens to Taskmaster, and fills in a bit more as to how Natasha went from that point to the time skip of her leaving in the Quinjet.

 

[reflection01]

Why on earth would they delete that?


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[Yojimbo]

Why on earth would they delete that?

It makes more sense to have kept this deleted scene and end on the deleted scene on the home release of blonde Natasha visiting Ohio and having the moment with the girl then have 2 teasers scenes - mid-credit with Natasha getting the Quinjet and then Yelena and Contessa's teaser at the very end.

 

[Neo Ultra Mike]

I'm guessing Cate wanted to keep more people guessing on how Natasha escaped or maybe she didn't want to humanize Ross at all which... is weird to me as that moment of him and Nat actually talking is the first time this guy's felt like a legit character in this universe since The Incredible Hulk. Like his act made sense in Civil War and a bit in Infinity War but just more as an obstacle but him talking about all of Natasha's sacrifices and still not knowing her and even being surprised the Red Room was still a thing... gives the guy an actual bit of dimension he's been lacking. I guess maybe they also didn't want to imply that Ross had Taskmaster and instead of imply more she escaped with the other Widows but yeah deleting this scene feels off and would like more an explanation on why it was taken.

 

[reflection01]

Good point about wanting to keep Taskmastet ambiguous. Could definitely see Feige and crew taking that out to give them options going forward.


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[RoyalRubble]

People's Choice Awards wins:

THE MOVIE OF 2021
Black Widow

THE FEMALE MOVIE STAR OF 2021
Scarlett Johansson

 

[Frontier]

People's Choice Awards wins:

THE MOVIE OF 2021
Black Widow

THE FEMALE MOVIE STAR OF 2021
Scarlett Johansson

Congrats to the movie and Scarlett .

 

[Yojimbo]

Johansson reportedly got around $40 million from the lawsuit and pirating cost Disney $600 million.

 

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Whether or not this is going to wind up being Scarlet Johansson's final Marvel movie, this is William Hurt's final Marvel movie... and sadly the last movie the guy worked on (The King's Daughter was filmed in 2014... yeah and people complain THIS film's been on the shelf for awhile) as he tragically passed away today.

Academy Award-Winning BLACK WIDOW Actor William Hurt Passes Away At The Age Of 71

We have some very sad news to report tonight, as Academy Award-winning actor William Hurt, who played General "Thunderbolt" Ross in the MCU, has passed away at the age of 71.

comicbookmovie.com

I think it's worth bringing up here especially seeing that deleted scene is that though we could see Thaddeus Ross simply recast (I mean Hurt didn't have the acclaim and belvoed status of a Chadwick Boseman) we're not going to see this particular take on the character again in the MCU which is really sad since again said deleted scene shows that Ross had depth. And in a project that would of been more Hulk focused (it's possible he may of cameod in She Hulk but that was NOT something even hinted at before) we could have seen more of that. So yeah this will be his ending in the MCU which is even sadder considering he was the only actor from The Incredible Hulk that reprised his role from that film in other MCU projects. So hey watch that deleted scene to remember the man and remember even if just given a small chance he could show what would be considered such a stock cooki cutter role could have some earnesty to it.

 

[Frontier]

Whether or not this is going to wind up being Scarlet Johansson's final Marvel movie, this is William Hurt's final Marvel movie... and sadly the last movie the guy worked on (The King's Daughter was filmed in 2014... yeah and people complain THIS film's been on the shelf for awhile) as he tragically passed away today.

Academy Award-Winning BLACK WIDOW Actor William Hurt Passes Away At The Age Of 71

We have some very sad news to report tonight, as Academy Award-winning actor William Hurt, who played General "Thunderbolt" Ross in the MCU, has passed away at the age of 71.

comicbookmovie.com

I think it's worth bringing up here especially seeing that deleted scene is that though we could see Thaddeus Ross simply recast (I mean Hurt didn't have the acclaim and belvoed status of a Chadwick Boseman) we're not going to see this particular take on the character again in the MCU which is really sad since again said deleted scene shows that Ross had depth. And in a project that would of been more Hulk focused (it's possible he may of cameod in She Hulk but that was NOT something even hinted at before) we could have seen more of that. So yeah this will be his ending in the MCU which is even sadder considering he was the only actor from The Incredible Hulk that reprised his role from that film in other MCU projects. So hey watch that deleted scene to remember the man and remember even if just given a small chance he could show what would be considered such a stock cooki cutter role could have some earnesty to it.

RIP William Hurt.

I kind of wish they'd kept the deleted scene of the ending with Ross because it probably would've been a better sendoff for the character.

It's too bad we'll never get to see him interact with Ruffalo now.

(Will the MCU Thunderbolts be named after him posthumously?).

 

[RoyalRubble]

Florence Pugh won "Best Actress in a Super Hero Movie" at the Critics Choice Super Awards.

 

[Frontier]

Florence Pugh won "Best Actress in a Super Hero Movie" at the Critics Choice Super Awards.

Congratulations to Florence .

 

[Yojimbo]

Jessica Gao revealed she pitched a Black Widow movie that was basically a Grosse Pointe Blank story.