{"id":658935,"date":"2021-08-18T17:40:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T21:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=658935"},"modified":"2021-08-18T17:41:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T21:41:03","slug":"after-lawsuit-speculation-emma-stone-negotiates-groundbreaking-new-disney-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-lawsuit-speculation-emma-stone-negotiates-groundbreaking-new-disney-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"After Lawsuit Speculation, Emma Stone Negotiates Groundbreaking New Disney Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafter-lawsuit-speculation-emma-stone-negotiates-groundbreaking-new-disney-deal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=658935&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1318753998-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After \u201cBlack Widow\u201d star Scarlett Johansson filed a breach-of-contract <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/scarlett-johansson-sues-disney-over-black-widow-release\">lawsuit<\/a> against Disney for the studio\u2019s decision to release her film to both streaming platforms and theaters, many industry insiders speculated that Emma Stone, who had a similar deal for \u201cCruella,\u201d would follow suit. But it seems the actress and her team found a different method of addressing the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than sue, Stone has negotiated a sequel deal that will increase her pay from $8 million to something in the low eight-figure range, according to The Hollywood Reporter<em>.<\/em> More importantly, however, Stone\u2019s team managed to secure a percentage of streaming earnings \u2014 the key point in dispute in Johansson\u2019s complaint.<\/p>\n<p>While the details of Stone\u2019s \u201cCruella 2\u201d contract remain unknown, the president of her agency, Endeavor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/endeavor-q2-2021-earnings-1234998112\/\">said<\/a> on an August 16 earnings call, \u201cWe are getting the front end for our clients for movies and TV, like we always get, [and] increasingly, we are getting the backend bought out \u2026 the Netflix model.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The agency also took the unusual step of releasing a statement about Stone\u2019s deal, telling <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/08\/emma-stone-cruella-sequel-deal-scarlett-johansson-lawsuit-disney-1234814551\/\">Deadline<\/a>, \u201cWhile the media landscape has been disrupted in a meaningful way for all distributors, their creative partners cannot be left on the sidelines to carry a disproportionate amount of the downside without the potential for upside.\u201d The statement continued, \u201cThis agreement demonstrates that there can be an equitable path forward that protects artists and aligns studios\u2019 interests with talent. We are proud to work alongside Emma and Disney, and appreciate the studio\u2019s willingness to recognize her contributions as a creative partner. We are hopeful that this will open the door for more members of the creative community to participate in the success of new platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former Hollywood Reporter editor and entertainment lawyer Matthew Belloni said Sunday in his industry newsletter, \u201cWhat I\u2019m Hearing,\u201d that the deal may not be as big a win for Disney as the company is projecting because Stone\u2019s back-end deal, previously reserved for theatrical releases, sets a streaming precedent other stars will expect. Said Belloni:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"27\">\n<p><em>Stone didn\u2019t sue, but that doesn\u2019t mean she rolled over. The opposite, in fact. I\u2019m told that she forced Disney to acknowledge for the first time that it should have negotiated a \u201cbuyout\u201d of her box office bonuses on the first Cruella, like Warner Bros. did for its 2021 movies. For the titles that went day-and-date on streaming, Disney had previously been sticking to its position that simply adding the at-home upcharge revenue to the box office pool was sufficient. To that end, Stone scored an eight-figure make-good payment, independent of whether Cruella 2 actually is greenlit. And if the sequel happens, she\u2019s in line for another eight-figure payday. (Disney declined to comment on these numbers.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019ve also learned that, as part of the Stone negotiation, Disney agreed to drop its insistence that she forgo a traditional backend on Cruella 2 in favor of tiered bonuses. Instead, Stone will get her up-front fee, plus a traditional back-end participation that includes a royalty on each at-home sale on streaming. (Cruella was available for a $30 upcharge.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>That\u2019s an about face, and not what Disney wants going-forward.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Stone\u2019s situation may be settled, other Disney stars like Emily Blunt (who reportedly had a similar contract for \u201cJungle Cruise\u201d) and others are likely already exploring how they can get a percentage of streaming earnings going forward.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After \u201cBlack Widow\u201d star Scarlett Johansson filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Disney for the studio\u2019s decision to release her film to both streaming platforms and theaters, many industry insiders speculated &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-658935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}