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Courtesy of Marvel Pictures.
Warning:
major spoilers for the end of Avengers:
Endgame
ahead.
Going
into Avengers:
Endgame,
we knew we’d be losing some of the original Avengers one way or
another. Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr.’s are have been public
about being done with Marvel after Endgame,
so it was a given that we’d have to say goodbye to Captain
America and Iron Man. But there were some characters we thought
would be safe based on confirmed upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe
films like Black
Panther 2,
Spider-Man:
Far From Home, and
most importantly Black
Widow.
And while we did indeed get Tom Holland’s Peter Parker and
Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa back, few people were prepared for
Black
Widow’s (Scarlett Johansson) death in Endgame.
Even tougher though, is the realization that Endgame
significantly changes
the Black Widow solo movie — or does it?
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Is A Black Widow Movie Still Coming Out?
First
off, it should be noted that Marvel head Kevin Feige has not
confirmed any of the Black Widow talk, and noted in an EW
roundtable that Marvel
hasn't officially announced a Black
Widow
movie at all.
But, plenty of news has leaked about the film to give us enough
hope to continue our line of questioning.
Will The Black Widow Movie Be A Prequel?
Though
Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow permanently sacrificed her own life in
exchange for the Soul Stone, which the Red Skull revealed was an
“everlasting” exchange, Marvel has other ways of putting
Natasha in a feature film. Considering that Endgame
just resurrected half of the Earth's population, it's pretty clear
Natasha is going to be Jon Snow-ed for the sake of a movie. Time
travel is technically an option (that’s how Zoe Saldana’s
Gamora returned despite being exchanged for the Soul Stone, after
all), but the Black
Widow
standalone movie is actually reportedly a prequel,
taking place before the events of the first Avengers
film, according to The
Hollywood Reporter.
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What
Will The Black Widow Movie Be About?
And
earlier this April, when Stranger
Things
star David
Harbour was rumored to be in talks for Black
Widow,
more supposed plot details were revealed, suggesting that the story
would follow Natasha's KGB training and her subsequent escape to
become an Avenger.
Who Is In The Cast Of The Black Widow Movie?
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There's
also plenty of speculation about who will be joining Johansson for
the Black
Widow
standalone movie. In addition to Harbour, Rachel
Weisz and Florence Pugh are in reportedly talks to co-star, per
Variety.
You might also see names like Emma Watson and Andre Holland
floating around Black
Widow
rumor mills, but neither actor has been confirmed (probably because
the movie itself hasn't been, but let's move on). The
Hollywood Reporter
also broke the story that Berlin
Syndrome’s
Cate
Shortland is reportedly attached as the director.
When Does The Black Widow Movie Come Out?
Despite
zero confirmations from Marvel, Black
Widow
is rumored to begin production
this summer in London. Even if it begins filming in 2019, it's
entirely certain that we won't see a completed film until at least
2020 — and that would be an incredibly tight turnaround (not that
Marvel is averse to those). Fans should, however, prepare
themselves for the possibility that it will be released after
Guardians
of the Galaxy Vol. 3,
which is confirmed and only just getting started. That movie likely
won't start production until after director James Gunn finishes his
Suicide
Squad
movie for Warner Bros., so it will be a
while before
we see it.
Is Scarlett Johansson In The Black Widow Movie?
Despite
it taking place long before 2012, Johansson will still reportedly
be a major part of the film. Johansson
is reportedly set to make $15 million for Black
Widow,
per The
Hollywood Reporter,
which is the same amount that Evans and Chris Hemsworth each made
for their most recent standalone films. We are so here for that
Marvel gender equality pay equity! That almost
makes up for the fact that we just lost the only female from the
original Avengers team (at least in the present day MCU).
Yeah,
we’re still a little salty about that — even with the upcoming
Black
Widow prequel.
Deal with it.
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