There will be more seasons of the show
Culture Gina Carano Cancelled by Lucasfilm, Goes Rebel
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This is a fair concern, though as other have pointed out there's a good shot there will be more seasons and a movie was announced to be in pre-production.
Also bear in mind Carano was set to star in her own series, Rangers of the New Republic, which was likely in some form of pre-production as well and might be easy enough to resurrect.
That said, I agree that that remedy is unlikely to get fulfilled, I suspect it's there to showcase the amount of wrong Disney did to her and perhaps argue for a monetary compensation for the reduction of work and reputational damage Disney put her through.
Yes, but the contract that Miss Carano *actually had signed* would almost certainly have been for the Mandalorian; Rangers of the New Republic may or may not have been far enough into pre-production to have actual contracts signed, which means there's only a very tenuous basis to compel performance, literally or figuratively.
Studios cancel or recast roles all the time, and the contracts generally reflect that.
Certainly, but it's the combination of the firing and public statement condemning her Twitter posts related to that firing that lead this to be a more complex issue. Disney did, in effect, defame her in their characterization of her Tweets. Disney cannot claim that her Tweets were uniquely damaging to their brand, not when other actors said much more inflammatory things in the same period, just cutting the other way. Basically, I suspect there's a strong case for wrongful termination, and strictly speaking the remedy should be Disney publicly clearing Carano's name and monetary compensation for the lost work, plus a certain amount in punitive charges to send the message that such behavior isn't acceptible.
Possibly, but given that employment is fundamentally at-will, there's a *very* high factual bar to clear in claims of wrongful termination. In particular, most states *do not* make political opinions a protected class with regard to discrimination, so which completely takes the legs out from such a claim in a way that can't really be sidestepped by resorting to an alternate claim of defamation.
And you absolutely could not force Disney to produce Rangers of the New Republic as a court ordered remedy unless you not only proved discrimination, but also proved that said discrimination was the *sole and only* reason they cancelled the show, which would be pretty much an impossible burden.
And you absolutely could not force Disney to produce Rangers of the New Republic as a court ordered remedy unless you not only proved discrimination, but also proved that said discrimination was the *sole and only* reason they cancelled the show, which would be pretty much an impossible burden.
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It's going to drag Disney's reputation even further into the mud regardless though, and may help in ousting Bob Iger and his cronies from the company (something which I suspect is the real goal of this lawsuit).
Maybe. The problem is that the legal basis for the case is so thin that it's *very* likely that the courts will grant summary dismissal.
Also keep in mind that Carano does not appear to have actually been fired per se, she was simply not signed to a new contract. That makes it even more difficult for her to support a claim of discrimination, because they're not *legally obligated* to actually go through with a planned series, and even a contracted series being recast or cancelled is a very standard occurrence in Hollywood.
Also keep in mind that Carano does not appear to have actually been fired per se, she was simply not signed to a new contract. That makes it even more difficult for her to support a claim of discrimination, because they're not *legally obligated* to actually go through with a planned series, and even a contracted series being recast or cancelled is a very standard occurrence in Hollywood.
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