Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow has been a key part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since the movies began. However, while the male heroes of the movies racked up solo films, Natasha Romanoff was left to co-star in other character's movies — until now. Well, after the end of the coronavirus-induced delay. When the Black Widow movie arrives, it will shine a light on Natasha Romanoff and her mysterious past life as an assassin trained by the Russian government. Returning to the aftermath of the Civil War, the Black Widow movie sees the dawn of a new era alongside the suites of Doctor Strange and Black Panther, and new properties like The Eternals and Shang-Chi. Here's what you need to know about the Black Widow movie release date, trailer, cast, and how it fits into the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline. Spoilers for old MCU movies below.
Black Widow's release date will be a week early in the UK
Marvel Studios' #BlackWidow hits theaters on November 6. pic.twitter.com/oyIGyAxm593 April 2020 The Black Widow film was originally released in the UK and US on May 1, 2020, but the global spread of the coronavirus caused theaters to close, so Disney and Marvel pushed the film back to November 6, 2020. However, Disney confirmed to Digital Spy that the UK release date would be a week earlier, on October 28.
Black Widow Trailer: Meet the Family
"At some point, we all have to choose between what the world wants you to be and who you are." Watch the new trailer for Marvel Studios #BlackWidow in theaters May 1. Pic.twitter.com/ShTmLX1p2s9 March 2020 Above, you can check out the final trailer for Black Widow. The other four, including the Big Game spot at the 2020 Super Bowl and a behind-the-scenes movie on Marvel's YouTube channel. Regarding what the trailer tells us so far, the final trailer shows us more of the Taskmaster's plan: use the red room where Natasha was trained to control the agents. The first trailer opens with a montage of Romanoff looking in a mirror and scenes from previous MCU movies to highlight the film's key theme: family. "Before I had nothing. But I got this job. This family. But nothing lasts forever,” she says. We also see Romanoff meeting William Hurt when Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross - is this where the Russian agent is convinced to leave America? - and Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova, an operator with similar skills to Black Widow, whom Romanoff describes as "sister." Biological or spiritual sisters? We'll have to wait and see. In the "special skin" trailer, we can see that Black Widow has to face her past by facing a new breed of assassins, a "new world of widows". In the original trailer, Widow alludes to the "mistakes" she made before joining SHIELD and this army of assassins seems to be the one she preempted, which seems to be her main story arc.
The cast of Black Widow explained
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(Image credit: Marvel Studios/Disney) Alongside the return of ScarJo, Oscar winner Rachel Weisz stars as Melina, a Russian spy called the Iron Maiden, who is a villain in the comics. Florence Pugh is Yelena, who donned the Black Widow coat after Natasha Romanoff went into print. And then there's Stranger Things/Hellboy star David Harbour, playing Alexie Shostakov, aka the Red Guardian. He is the Russian super soldier's answer to Captain America, although in the movie he looks a bit distorted. The main cast is completed with the aforementioned William Hurt as Thaddeus Ross and Ray Winstone in a yet unknown role. OT Fagbenle plays a character named Mason, but it is speculated that Fagbenle plays the aforementioned Taskmaster, a bow-wielding, masked vigilante. Marvel plays this special card near his chest. There are also reports that Robert Downey Jr's Tony Stark/Iron Man will be making an appearance - he may have been killed off in Avengers: Endgame, but as with Romanoff, Black Widow's position in the timeline makes him a possible return. .
How does Black Widow fit into the MCU?
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(Image credit: Marvel/Disney) Eagle-eyed viewers will have noticed the embarrassing fact that (spoiler alert for the two or three people who haven't seen Avengers: Endgame) Black Widow was one of the most prominent victims from the latter Avengers movie. However, the new movie doesn't bother with continuity, as it takes place after Captain America: Civil War, when Natasha Romanoff lives on the run after helping Captain America and Bucky Barnes (The Winter Soldier) escape from the authorities. . "There are ways to do prequels that are less informative or to answer questions that you didn't necessarily have, and then there are ways to do prequels where you learn all sorts of things that you didn't know before," said MCU wrangler Kevin Feige, io9. June. "I think of Better Call Saul as a wonderful example of a prequel that stands out almost completely from Breaking Bad because it tells you a lot of things you didn't know before." It also seems likely that the film will contain plenty of flashbacks: the scene with Ross in the trailer features a considerably aged William Hurt, suggesting that the meeting takes place much earlier in Romanoff's story. We also see hints of the brutal "Red Room" setup seen in Avengers: Age of Ultron, where Black Widow was formed. In other words, expect it to be the MCU movie on the other side of the iron curtain.
Black Widow history: what else do we know?
Beyond what's in the trailers? Not much. It is Marvel, after all, a studio known for not giving away unnecessary plot details. With Black Widow being such a popular character, however, with the fact that MCU movies tend to have sequels, we can't help but wonder if this will be an excuse to bring the late Natasha Romanoff into the larger Marvel continuity. , much like Avengers: Endgame has provided a way to return to Tom Hiddleston's Loki. However, in an interview with Total Film, Johansson clarified that “one of the themes of the film is family. What is the family? How does it define us? How does our past define us? How does our family invent, how we define it, who we are, for better or worse? "It sounds like the revelations from Widow's past will change the way we think about the character in her previous MCU releases, and it suggests the film will move from typical action-packed superhero fare to family drama, which looks promising.
Director Black Widow: Cate Shortland Makes This Marvel Movie
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(Image credit: Marvel Studios) The director of the Black Widow movie is Cate Shortland, the Australian director of Somersault, Lore and the TV series The Secret Life of Us. This is another option admirably left by Marvel who, after Taika Waititi in Thor: Ragnarok, and Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck in Captain Marvel: have a habit of trying their luck with interesting filmmakers. The script, meanwhile, is by Jac Schaeffer (who hosts Scarlet Witch/The Vision Disney+ WandaVision show) and Ned Benson (The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby).
A Black Widow movie is the right move for Marvel after Avengers: Endgame. The MCU stakes need to be backed down a bit before we can get back to this level, and a movie that finally explores Natasha's origins looks like a dead certificate. The quality of the overall cast is also a testament to what Marvel Studios looks like right now - everyone wants to be a part of it. It's a shame we had to wait, but that's the way things are in movies these days.