Scarlett Johansson made huge waves yesterday when the Wall Street Journal revealed that the actress had filed a lawsuit against Disney/Marvel alleging they have breached their contract when bumping “Black Widow” out of a theatrical widow and giving the superhero film a hybrid release. Her suit maintains that dropping the film on Disney+ with Premier Access directly impacted her original back-end profits deal, which was based on the film’s performance at the global box office.

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If you could go back in time and witness any historical event, what would it be? This is a time-honored question among drunk friends everywhere. For some, the answer is religious; for others, historical. These days, I’m pretty sure my answer would be to throw this incredible gift right out the damn window and go back to the moment Jared Leto sat down to watch Todd Phillips‘s “Joker” for the first time.

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Sometimes even the biggest names in Hollywood history need a little help to bring a project to life. Recently, we saw Martin Scorsese rely on the financial generosity of Netflix to allow for “The Irishman” to actually get made, after years and years of trying with traditional studios. Now, in the case of Francis Ford Coppola, the filmmaker is hoping that enlisting the help of an agency will get the long-awaited “Megalopolis” in theaters.

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