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.