Disney Has Reached A Settlement With Ousted Marvel Studios VFX Boss Victoria Alonso

Disney Has Reached A Settlement With Ousted Marvel Studios VFX Boss Victoria Alonso

It's been confirmed that Disney has reached a settlement with former Marvel Studios President, Physical and Post-Production, Visual Effects and Animation Production Victoria Alonso after she was fired.

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By JoshWilding - Apr 21, 2023 05:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Studios
Source: Deadline

Victoria Alonso was part of the MCU from the very start, joining Marvel Studios in 2006 as head of Visual Effects and Post-Production. 

A co-producer on all the early Marvel Studios movies - starting with Iron Man in 2008 - she later became an executive producer on The Avengers in 2012. She's served the same role on all subsequent releases and was heavily involved with the Disney+ TV shows as well. 

However, in 2021, Alonso was upped to President, Physical and Post-Production, Visual Effects and Animation Production, resulting in her becoming an even more integral part of this franchise. That made her recent ousting from the company all the more shocking. 

We've heard a multitude of reasons for why that happened, but Alonso wasted no time in filing a lawsuit against Disney and her former employers. Now, that's been settled. 

This comes less than a month after the dispute was made public, and while details are being kept under wraps, Deadline reports that the executive has received a "multimillion-dollar financial compensation."

Last month, Alonso's attorney said "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," adding that "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."

In response to those claims, Disney stated, "It’s unfortunate that Victoria is sharing a narrative that leaves out several key factors concerning her departure, including an indisputable breach of contract and a direct violation of company policy."

Chances are we'll never know the full truth behind what happened, but this is the end of it. Whether Alonso will join another major studio remains to be seen, especially after anonymous allegations that she's responsible for the disputes between Marvel Studios and VFX houses in recent years. 

As always, we'll keep you updated. 

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Spike101
Spike101 - 4/21/2023, 5:15 AM
Disney “You’re fired”
Alonso “ok i’ll be off then”
bobevanz
bobevanz - 4/21/2023, 5:25 AM
When you work that long at a company, it's for job security. She's lucky to have squeezed by for so Long. Also Evil Dead Rise was pretty good, I don't think it was as intense as the 2013 remake, but I still enjoyed it. I didn't know it was another remake, it sure felt like one. Bring it on! So that's the original movie, a reboot of the original, sequel to the reboot, remake, and a remake of a remake haha
Origame
Origame - 4/21/2023, 6:12 AM
Now get out.
OrgasmicPotatoe
OrgasmicPotatoe - 4/21/2023, 6:43 AM
If they were willing to fire her unjustly, they must have wanted her gone BADLY. I wonder what the real story is.
DCfan84
DCfan84 - 4/21/2023, 6:53 AM
"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."

Honest question(s) here. So, is it okay to criticize your place of business because you found the courage to speak against its policy? And is it okay to refuse to do something that is asked of you, by your place of business, because your personal beliefs differ?

I work at the VA, and they have Policies, Directives, and Laws that differs from State Laws, along with my personal beliefs and morals. Is it okay for me to do what I feel is right, although goes against the VA's? I fully know that they help pay my bills, keeps a roof over my head, pays my car bill, helps buy my families food etc. Should I not expect them to terminate me if I, a grown adult, make a decision to go against those stipulations? Why should Marvel and Disney have to "Settle" anything with her? Did she not violate her contract (to which she applied her signature saying she fully understands and agrees) by saying and doing those things? I'm not asking with a biased side, or to start a flame war. I just want others opinions on the situation I brought up. Any comments welcomed (if I agree with them or not).
Reginator
Reginator - 4/21/2023, 7:54 AM
@DCfan84 - maybe you would have to be a gay female latina to get away with it?
DCfan84
DCfan84 - 4/21/2023, 8:33 AM
@Reginator - That doesn't answer my question. I'm asking if it's right (I used the word "okay" but meant right), to not follow policies, directives, or laws, and not expect to be let go?
Reginator
Reginator - 4/21/2023, 11:10 AM
@DCfan84 - not for the average person, no.
LilJimmy
LilJimmy - 4/21/2023, 7:02 AM
She got the “gay Latina” settlement
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 4/21/2023, 7:57 AM
@LilJimmy - strange how that was used to get more, people keep telling me it would mean she would get less.
RolandD
RolandD - 4/21/2023, 12:06 PM
@LilJimmy - She got the top tier executive treatment. They often get golden parachutes even when fired for cause. But if you want to go with the “gay Latina” idea, you be you.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 4/21/2023, 8:19 AM
The whole thing about Argentina 1985 is hilarious, is like the bot said "she is argentinian, and that argentinian movie was nominated for an Oscar, yeah, that was it".
theprophet
theprophet - 4/21/2023, 8:36 AM
Whatever im just glad she's gone, I believe she was a big part of the dip in quality in the mcu. The [frick]ing nerve of her saying X-men was outdated cause of the word men..... bye bye
TyrantBossMedia
TyrantBossMedia - 4/21/2023, 8:41 AM
California is a no fault state employees can fir you for whatever reason they want.

But this is the 2023 victim Era, so that’s the new game now.
Do a piss poor job, get fired, then clAim racism and/or sexism .
Then the company is so afraid of bad press and the court of woke public opinion that they cave and settle just ro make it go away.

Big mistake.

Now the precedent has been set and others will do the same thing.

Alonzo like too many others in minority groups claim they want to be treated equally but once they are treated like anybody else they then complain and insist they should be treated differently simply because they are a minority.
That is what Alonzo did.

This is a disservice to other minorities who just work hard and DO want to be treated like anybody else. Those who want and embrace true equality will never play this game because it makes them look bad.

This is what happens when you reveal you are a company that panders.
People will take advantage of your vulnerability and exploit it,.
GeneralChaos
GeneralChaos - 4/21/2023, 10:23 AM
@TyrantBossMedia - You can't accuse a company of pandering and being woke while also accusing them of being sexist or racist or anti-gay.

Also, minorities who go right to citing racism will do that because racism is a common reality in their lives. Period. Whether they're right or wrong in a particular instance is irrelevant. When you're kicked often enough you tend to have knee jerk reactions. I mean, you can just read the comments section about any movie casting a minority to see that. That's how some people really feel and you can bet that they don't limit that behavior to internet comments.
TyrantBossMedia
TyrantBossMedia - 4/21/2023, 12:50 PM
@GeneralChaos - "minorities who go right to citing racism will do that because racism is a common reality in their lives."

Racism is a common reality because they choose to make it that way. Someone like Alonzo who has had a very successful career and given amazing opportunities have not been the institutional victim of racism that they claim to be.
If racism was so prevalent then she would never have received those opportunities to begin with.

But then again, when companies pander or hire to fulfill DEI or Equal Opportunity requirements they are actually being racist by doing so.
They are hiring specifically on gender or skin color and not specifically on qualifications. They are not treating all candidates equally.

And when you do that, and give less than qualified or unqualified people opportunities simply because they are a different race or gender then expect some of those people to fully expect that special treatment in every facet of their career...including maintaining their job.
GeneralChaos
GeneralChaos - 4/21/2023, 1:37 PM
@TyrantBossMedia - who says they're less qualified? Because they're minorities they're automatically less qualified or less capable? They're already being shut out BECAUSE they're minorities. If there was a level playing field, there would be NO NEED for quotas. Donald Glover says he was hired to write on 30 Rock because they had a quota to fill. The fact that he has won has become a successful and awarding winning creative shows he was qualified but he wouldn't have had the chance to break into writing without that program.

The people in charge tend to be white and male and they tend to hire those who are white and male. It's partly human nature to want to be around those you're more familiar with. The point of diversity programs is to change minds and attitudes towards those who don't look the same and give opportunities to those who don't fit the profile of being white and being male.
kirbyfan
kirbyfan - 4/21/2023, 1:52 PM
@GeneralChaos - The point of so-called diversity programs has been nothing but to RUIN EVERYTHING THEY TOUCH! Get the best qualified people NO MATTER THE RACE! This woman wasn't qualified and only offered a bunch of RADICAL BELIEFS AND VIEWS!
TyrantBossMedia
TyrantBossMedia - 4/21/2023, 2:08 PM
@GeneralChaos - "They're already being shut out BECAUSE they're minorities." Wrong.

And not all are under qualified but if you read what I wrote you would then understand that there ARE under qualified minorities and women who are given opportunities based solely on their skin color or gender.

You did what you often do and so many on here do. You blatantly ignored the point of my post only to start spouting the same tired talking points that are fed to you to keep minorities and women down.

It's 2023, not 1823. Those groups do not NEED handouts to be successful They can do whatever they want.

Stop using racism as an excuse because the only people who feed into that bullish*t are those who don't want to work hard and prefer to be given opportunities instead of earning them.
The majority of minorities actually just want to work and earn their jobs and to hand them a job simply because of skin color or gender is disrespectful to them.

But go on....keep perpetuating an institutional racism that doesn't exist. If you need that to make you feel better then I feel sorry for you.
GeneralChaos
GeneralChaos - 4/21/2023, 4:18 PM
@kirbyfan - IF PEOPLE HIRED ONLY THE BEST QUALIFIED PEOPLE THAN THINGS LIKE THE EEOC WOULDN'T EXIST!
GeneralChaos
GeneralChaos - 4/21/2023, 4:21 PM
@TyrantBossMedia - Minorities want equal opportunity. Whatever form the opportunity takes, they'll run with the ball and take advantage of the opportunity.
TyrantBossMedia
TyrantBossMedia - 4/21/2023, 4:24 PM
@GeneralChaos - Minorities GET equal opportunity and don't need handouts to accomplish their goals.

People who think they need those handouts are the ones who think they are ill equipped and incapable of achieving based on their own talents and hard work.
GeneralChaos
GeneralChaos - 4/21/2023, 6:51 PM
@TyrantBossMedia - I like how a woman rising up through the executive ranks at a major studio is a handout. Whatever you need.

If someone gets and keeps a job then their talent and hard work kept them there.
TyrantBossMedia
TyrantBossMedia - 4/21/2023, 7:50 PM
@GeneralChaos - I like how you try to twist what I say to fit your narrative. I am not talking about her rising through the ranks. The conversation deviated from that many comments ago.

But you go right ahead and stay true to thinking minorities and women are incapable of achieving on their own without help. It's clear that is your belief.
GeneralChaos
GeneralChaos - 4/21/2023, 9:18 PM
@TyrantBossMedia - LOL talk about twisting to fit a narrative. The federal government acted to ensure equal opportunity for all because it wasn't happening in the business world. I'm happy that there are laws out there ensuring it.
TyrantBossMedia
TyrantBossMedia - 4/21/2023, 11:07 PM
@GeneralChaos - Do you even know when equal opportunity started?

It was in July 2, 1965 after the 1964 civil rights act passed and the same year the 1965 voting rights act passed.

It’s 2023. EO and Affirmative Action (September 24, 1965) are no longer necessary.

But I reiterate, you clearly feel that minorities are incapable of succeeding without those programs. Apparently you think they are too dumb or too lazy?

You’re not going to win this
GeneralChaos
GeneralChaos - 4/23/2023, 4:07 PM
@TyrantBossMedia - I KNOW that minorities are completely capable of succeeding... WHEN GIVEN the opportunities. When businesses won't provide the opportunity by choice, the law steps in.

You're not going to win because the laws exist no matter what you think.
TyrantBossMedia
TyrantBossMedia - 4/23/2023, 5:36 PM
@GeneralChaos - You do realize that I have never once said the laws did not exist.

I have always clearly said that women and minorities no longer need those laws because at this point in history it is an insult to them.

Businesses are not allowed to discriminate against anybody, but with these rules now that has evolved to them discriminating against white people and white males who many be more qualified for the job.

Gone are the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Women and minorities are no longer discriminated against in business, and if for some reason a business does so they can be easily sued for discrimination, unlike before the civil rights era.

But you said that you believe women and minorities can succeed when GIVEN the opportunities.
That’s where you are wrong and we differ.
I fully believe they can succeed without being handed an opportunity. I believe they can earn it with their own abilities.

But you prefer discrimination.
Like I said…you can’t win this.
GeneralChaos
GeneralChaos - 4/23/2023, 7:03 PM
@TyrantBossMedia - Keep crying. Won't change anything.
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