We see the Red Room in the final trailer of 'Black Widow'

Natasha Romanoff, the eponymous character of the latest Marvel film, Black Widow, finds herself back in the notorious Red Room in the final trailer of the movie. This new Marvel Cinematic Universe movie takes us back into Natasha's life before she became an Avenger. It is a visit into what can be called the darker parts of her ledger, especially with the visit to the Red Room. It's a training program that turned her into the superspy.

Scarlett Johansson reprises her role as Natasha/Black Widow, and this time she is joined by Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, David Harbour as Alexei/The Red Guardian, and Rachel Weisz as Melina. 

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‘Moonlight’ actor Andre Holland rumoured to be in the running for ‘Black Widow’ villain role

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With Black Widow film in the works, we’re hearing updates about the said film. The latest rumour surrounding the Scarlett Johansson’s first solo movie in the MCU is that they’re considering actor Andre Holland to play a villain role in the film. Andre has earned critical acclaim for his role in Moonlight as well as Hulu’s Castle Rock. According to the report, Marvel was initially looking for a “male with open ethnicity in his 40s to portray the film’s villain.” But now it’s being narrowed down to either a Black British or African actor between the ages 30 and 45 to portray a “tough, dangerous, and mysterious” villain. Some theories about who this could be include Taskmaster or Red Guardian.

Source: Comicbook.com

Is Marvel ready to make an R-rated ‘Black Widow’ film?

While Captain Marvel marks the first female-led movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, another longstanding member of the MCU might be making waves in her own way. Writer Charles Murphy from the comedy and music podcast The Hashtag Show tweeted that he once heard Marvel Studios thinking about making the Black Widow movie an R-rated film. But this could also stand for other Marvel films, too. He adds “I’m not saying it will be for sure (no way to know what they will settle on at this point), but they have recently said that R-rated MCU films ARE a possibility, so it is a possibility.”

The buzz around possibly having R-rated MCU films came when Disney announced its acquisition of 21^st Century Fox, and with the latter having already made more mature films for Marvel characters like Deadpool and Logan, it seems like something that could happen. We don’t know much about the Black Widow movie but it does currently have a female director in Cate Shortland, Scarlett Johansson will be reprising her role, and filming is expected to start this coming March. Release date is said to be 2020. It’s being rumoured that the film will be a prequel and will follow Natasha Romanoff (or Natalia Romanova) as she works as a spy for the KGB.

Source: Inquirer.net

Black Widow’s movie now has a director

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Moving on to more definite Marvel news. The standalone Black Widow film has finally gotten its director. The Scarlett Johansson-led film will be directed by Australian filmmaker Cate Shortland (of Lore and Berlin Syndrome fame). According to The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel has met with over 70 directors to find the ideal candidate. Hiring a woman to direct the film was said to be a priority and Johansson herself advocated for Shortland. Earlier this year, Marvel hired Jac Schaeffer to write the film’s script. It’s reportedly going to be set before the events of the first Avengers film. No word yet when this movie might come out but it’s definitely long overdue.

The standalone movie won’t be the first female-led Marvel movie to come out, though. That title goes to Captain Marvel, which is one of the two films (the other being Avengers 4) closing out Marvel’s Phase 3. The Phase 4 films are expected to start hitting theatres next year, which we presume is where this movie will be included in.

Source: The Verge