Emma Stone signs Cruella 2 deal that’ll presumably pay for a lot more puppy murder
Despite rumors she might go the Scarlett Johansson route, Stone has officially signed with Disney for a Cruella sequel
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Defying rumors that she might be considering following Scarlett Johansson into open legal war with Disney—after the pair had their respective 2021 vehicles, Cruella and Black Widow, split between theatrical releases and a premium launch on Disney+, reportedly to negative financial effect—Emma Stone has now formally signed a deal to star in Cruella 2.
This is per Deadline, which reports that Stone has now locked down the particulars on a second Cruella film, and that the deal “mutually benefits both sides,” which is presumably trades-speak for “Emma is getting paid.” (That was the takeaway from former Hollywood Reporter editor-in-chief Matt Belloni, who noted how unusual it was that the head of Endeavor, Stone’s talent agency, was the lead comment on the Deadline piece about the deal.)
In an objective sense, Cruella didn’t immediately scream for a sequel; the movie brought in about $220 million at the box office (plus whatever VOD cash it pulled in) off of a $100 million budget, not normally the kind of money Disney impresses itself with. But, of course, these were abnormal circumstances—especially since the media leviathan is currently very invested in not seeming like it’s willing to screw over talent in order to funnel subscribers over to its streaming service, since that’s exactly what Johansson’s still-extant lawsuit is trying to prove.
Or, to quote aforementioned talent agency chair Patrick Whitesell:
While 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. This agreement demonstrates that there can be an equitable path forward that protects artists and aligns studios’ interests with talent. We are proud to work alongside Emma and Disney, and appreciate the studio’s 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.
(Translation: “Emma is getting paid.”)
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On some level, Disney can allocate a portion of the salary for the sequel against the costs of potentially litigating the contractual language of the prior contract. Seems like a good idea from all sides.
It’s all part of her multi-stage plan for dunking on Glenn Close. Stage 1 was winning an Oscar before Close did. Stage 2 is exceeding her number of Cruella movies. Stage 3 is getting Amazon to pick up a recast version of Sea Oak to series. Only a pair of humorously incompetent cockney criminals are permitted to know her ambitions for stage 4.
Is get a Tony for Sunset Boulevard step 5?
Glenn Close already has one of those. But her one Tony nomination without a win is for “Barnum”.
Ironically Stone was on Broadway, specifically Cabaret for a while. Never say never.
I can’t wait to see how they’ll wimp out of actually wanting to kill the dogs this time.
“Wook at those big eyes! Those floppy ears! His cute widdle paws! Awww, whosa good boy? Is it you? Yes it is!”
Attempted puppy murder. They don’t give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry!
I wonder if Disney plans to spin this in its current battle with Johansson. “See, Emma Stone had the same thing happen to her movie, and she’s fine working with us!”
By fucking Christ’s holey wrists, we need Celebrity Deathmatch back now more than ever.
There was talk about a reboot a while back, but I’m not sure when or if it will ever be a thing. Celebrity Deathmatch and Daria were my favorite MTV shows. My favorite match has to be the Beatles fighting each other. Poor George.
They’ll have her put the puppies into some elaborate machine where a Dalmatian goes in one side and some hairless thing looking like a cross between a Shar-pei and an Abyssinian Sand Terrier comes out the other while the machine spits out a ream of dalmatian hide looking fabric.No killing, she just turns them into hairless monstrosities (that will some how not have spots on their skin).
Of course they will test the machine on a cat first, and we’ll see a long-haired cat turned into a hairless cat, who will of course somehow help the puppies escape later on.
Guy who made Cruella also did ITonya he clearly has a type. Like I love Tonya Harding but she’s clearly a monster as was Cruella.
what does she do with her money? do you think she put’s it away in her THE FAVOURITE bank? lol
Any amount of puppy murder would be an improvement.
This is the movie in which she starts to wear live dalmation puppies as clothing. Initially it’s a hit, and Cruella is the toast of the fashion world, but then one of the puppies gives her fleas and she decides that they all must die.
I haven’t seen the Cruella movie because f*ck Disney. Is it likely that this will become a series after the sequel? Not that I’d assume Stone would star in it.