I’m one of the Marvel movie fans that’s excited about the upcoming Black Widow movie. This is a movie I’ve wanted to see since the character was first introduced in Iron Man 2. I’ve enjoyed how her story arc has played out in the MCU and it’s going to be fun to get more insight into the character as we learn more about her past and where she came from.
Johanson recently talked about her co-star Florence Pugh and while talking about her she described Black Widow as a “standalone franchise”. She describing the English actress as her “co-star in the Black Widow standalone franchise.”
This has led fans to start speculating that Pugh’s character Yelena Belova will take over this “standalone franchise” as the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s new Black Widow. It’s very plausible. Fans have been speculating about this for some time, but this recent comment from Johansson regarding this being a franchise has sparked up that conversation again that this won’t be the last we see of the character.
One of the more popular theories out there is that Pugh’s Yelena Belova is going to join General “Thunderbolt” Ross’s team of Thunderbolts as the new Black Widow, and there are rumors that a post-credits scene will set that up.
None of that stuff has been confirmed, but it certainly is plausible. We’ll just have to wait and see. If Pugh does end up being the new Black Widow in the MCU, she’s got my support! I think she’ll be great!
Scarlett Johansson on her Black Widow co-star, Florence Pugh pic.twitter.com/vWH4L1LYBw
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When previously talking about the relationship between Romanoff and Belova, Pugh previously said:
“Cate [Shortland] was so good at being so vigilant about keeping this story raw and painful. It’s about emotions, and it’s about these broken girls trying to come back together again, and trying to fix something that happened. It’s about fixing yourself, and how you do that. As an idea for a Marvel film, and as a young woman, it’s like, ‘Oh, my God, this is amazing.’ Young women are going to see this, and they’re going to watch Scarlett in her element, and they’re going to watch this storyline, and that’s only a positive thing.”
Johansson also previously explained that the film is a family drama and she had to wrap her head around this surprising tonal shift in her story:
“I think part of Kevin Feige’s genius is that he always thinks about what fans expect out of these films and then gives them something that they never could’ve dreamed of. The idea of Natasha Romanoff in a family drama is the least expected thing, and I had to wrap my head around what that was going to be because there’s such a big tonal shift.”
Marvel’s spy thriller was directed by Cate Shortland and produced by Kevin Feige. In the film, Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.
Black Widow will be released in theaters on November 6th, 2020.