The Black Widow film has been delayed several times and it seems like it’ll be finally showing in the cinemas soon on July 8, 2021.
The film follows Natasha Romanoff/ Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) on a journey to confront the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. To do so, she also needs to deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships she left behind when she became an Avenger.
Black Widow promises to be an exciting and action-packed spy thriller. With Natasha’s past as a formidable agent, the audience will get to see more of her Black Widow family namely Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Melina Vostokoff (Rachel Weisz) and Alexei Shostakov/ Red Guardian (David Harbour).
“I wanted to create something really visceral and fun, but to talk about Natasha as a human being. To let audiences see a side of her that they had never seen before,” said director Cate Shortland.
Diving into Natasha’s past will also shed more light about the Red Room where young girls were groomed to be super assassins. This means the fight scenes will be way more intense and gruelling as compared to the other Marvel films combined, as teased in the video below.
“There are some of the most intense fights we’ve had in the MCU,” Scarlett Johansson said in the Ready Set Action featurette.
Aside from being physically intense, the family reunion is emotionally charged. Florence Pugh indirectly gave some clues about the relationship between the estranged family in the film.
“All the fighting in this film is so emotional and about not knowing how to say what you feel,” said Pugh, who’s rumoured to carry on Natasha’s mantel as the next Black Widow.
“It sort of doesn’t feel like a movie. It feels real,” said Rachel Weisz.
While not much is revealed about the plot in detail, the featurette showed that it will be set in Budapest. Budapest was first referenced in the MCU film in a conversation between Natasha’s Black Widow and Hawkeye during the Battle of New York.
What took place in Budapest between the two wasn’t fully addressed in the films but perhaps the upcoming Black Widow film will answer it once and for all in the big screens.
July is a month away. While we patiently wait for the film’s release, enjoy this message from the cast of Black Widow.
