Victoria Alonso, one of the most important producers and executives in Marvel Studios’ history, appears to have been fired, leaving observers and industry insiders baffled all week. Nevertheless, reports say a contract breach was the key to it all.
According to a recent THR article, Alonso was let go due to her participation in the Oscar-nominated drama Argentina, 1985, which Amazon Studios released. She worked as a producer on the movie, which appears to have violated her contract.
According to the story, she had repeated warnings about the problem, which flared during the Oscars week and ultimately caused Marvel to terminate her. It violated a 2018 agreement that forbade staff members from working for other studios.
Although Alonso’s counsel would subsequently refute this, the report also claims that Alonso failed to notify Disney of her involvement as a producer on Argentina 1985, which had its world premiere in September at the Venice International Film Festival.
According to the story, she had repeated warnings about the problem, which flared during the Oscars week and ultimately caused Marvel to terminate her. It violated a 2018 agreement that forbade staff members from working for other studios.
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Although Alonso’s counsel would subsequently refute this, the report also claims that Alonso failed to notify Disney of her involvement as a producer in Argentina in 1985, which had its world premiere in September at the Venice International Film Festival.
However, the claims that she was fired due to Argentina 1985 and the work she did marketing the movie have been refuted by Alonso’s attorney, who has called them “absolutely ridiculous.”
“The idea that Victoria was fired over a handful of press interviews relating to a personal passion project about human rights and democracy that was nominated for an Oscar and which she got Disney’s blessing to work on is absolutely ridiculous,” attorney Patty Glaser said in a statement to Variety. “Victoria, a gay Latina who had the courage to criticize Disney, was silenced. Then she was terminated when she refused to do something she believed was reprehensible. Disney and Marvel made a really poor decision that will have serious consequences. There is a lot more to this story and Victoria will be telling it shortly — in one forum or another.”
Earlier this week, Variety reported that Alonso, previously in charge of Marvel’s physical production, post-production, VFX, and animation, was fired at the behest of Disney co-chair Alan Bergman. Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios and Alonso’s direct boss, was reportedly not involved in the decision.
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