Straight from the panel at San Diego Comic-Con, the Black Widow movie will kick off MArvel’s Phase Four on May 1, 2020.
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Black Widow is a standalone feature that centers on Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff, a spy and assassin who grew up being trained by the KGB before breaking from their grasp and becoming an agent of SHIELD and an Avenger.
Other cast members include O-T Fagbenle (The Handmaid’s Tale) as Mason, Golden Globe nominee David Harbour (Stranger Things, Hellboy) as Alexei aka The Red Guardian, Florence Pugh (Fighting with My Family) as Yelena, and Oscar winner Rachel Weisz (The Favourite) as Melina.
Black Widow will be a prequel that will deal with Nat’s secretes, will help her understand her past, and put all the pieces of herself back together
The movie is being directed by Cate Shortland (Lore) from a script by Jac Schaeffer (The Hustle).
Black Widow will debut in theaters on May 1, 2020.
