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From there, several separate but related things happened in quick succession.
It all seemed to signal an end to a certain status quo surrounding star compensation and studio civility.
Disney has endless money, a top entertainment-industry attorney says.
So the overriding issue you run into is, Who has the financial wherewithal to sue?
Even if it means never being in business with Disney again.
There is, of course, still ample room for lawyers to parse whetherwide theatrical releasemeansexclusivetheatrical release.
The studios priorities: business first, creativity and those who supply it a distant second.
That doesnt mean they get to take advantage of her.
And it doesnt mean that shedoesnthave the right to sue them.
And the studio is saying, Well, hey, this is COVID-related.
This is a force majeure.
This is something that wasnt anticipated and that we cant do anything about.
We planned on this but we didnt know how COVID would be.
Were they having dialogues?
Did Disney do anything?
The studio is clearly pissed.
