Film Financier TSG Accuses Disney of Depriving It Of ‘Millions of Dollars’  

TSG Entertainment has invested more than $3 billion in 140 Fox films, including "Avatar: The Way of Water" and "The Shape of Water."

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A lawsuit on Tuesday accused Disney of using Hollywood accounting tricks to defraud hundreds of people.

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The Slate financier alleged that Disney was engaged in "self-dealing" by moving Fox films from the lucrative HBO license to its own Disney+ and Hulu platforms.

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The lawsuit alleged that Fox was involved in "sweetheart" deals when it licensed its films to the FX cable channel.

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TSG alleges "Disney sought to inflate its stock value and the pay packages of CEOs Bob Iger and Bob Chapek" at TSG's expense.

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These allegations stem from Scarlett Johansson's filing of her lawsuit against Disney over the 2021 release of "Black Widow".

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Johansson settled her case out of court, alleging that Disney simultaneously released the film in theaters and on Disney+

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to produce the platform while it was denied the benefit of an exclusive theatrical release.

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