Black Widow (film)

Black Widow

Title

Black Widow

Aliases

Blue Bayou (working title)

Release Date(s)

July 7, 2021
July 9, 2021 (USA)

Film Details

Musicians

Lorne Balfe

Cinematographers

Gabriel Beristain

Editors

Leigh Folsom Boyd; Matthew Schmidt

Distributors

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Production Companies

Marvel Studios

Running Time

134 minutes

Rating

MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence/action, some language and thematic material

Budget

$200 million

Associated Websites

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Black Widow (film)

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Black Widow (film)

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Appearances

Featured Characters:

Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

Black Widow (Yelena Belova) (First appearance)
Melina Vostokoff (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Red Guardian (Alexei Shostakov) (First appearance)
Rick Mason (First appearance)

Antagonists:

Secretary Thaddeus Ross
Red Room Program
- General Dreykov (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
- Taskmaster (Antonia Dreykov) (First appearance) (Freed from Dreykov's control)
- Black Widows
  - Black Widow (Oksana) (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
  - Black Widow (Ingrid) (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
  - Black Widow (Lerato) (First appearance) (Freed from Dreykov's control)
  - Black Widow (Helen) (First appearance) (Freed from Dreykov's control)
  - Numerous unnamed members

Other Characters:

S.H.I.E.L.D.
Avengers (Mentioned)
- Sam Wilson (Mentioned)
- Ant-Man (Scott Lang) (Mentioned)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Voice)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Mentioned)
- Tony Stark (Mentioned)
- Thor (Mentioned)
King T'Challa (Mentioned)
Natasha's mother (Mentioned)
Ursa
Hydra (Mentioned)
Winter Soldier Program (Mentioned)
Alexei (pig) (First appearance)
North Institute (Mentioned)
Fanny (dog) (First appearance)
Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (First appearance chronologically)

Races and Species:

Humans
Pigs

Locations:

Earth-199999
- Earth
  - United States of America
    - Ohio
      - North Institute (On-screen) (Destroyed)
  - Cuba
  - Norway
  - Morocco
  - Hungary
    - Budapest
  - Russia
    - Siberia
    - Saint Petersburg (Mentioned)
    - Red Room Academy (Destruction)

Items:

Sokovia Accords (Mentioned)
Black Widow's Suit
Black Widow's Batons
Black Widow's Gauntlets
Panther Habit (On-screen)
Hawkeye's Suit (On-screen)
Hawkeye's Bow (On-screen)
Taskmaster's Shield
Taskmaster's Bow and Arrow
The Antidote
Photostatic Veil

Vehicles:

Plot

Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Natasha Romanoff finds herself alone and forced to confront a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Romanoff must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.^[2]

Cast

Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow / Natasha Romanoff^[3]
- Ever Anderson portrays a younger Natasha^[4]
Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova^[3]
- Violet McGraw as Young Yelena Belova^[5]
David Harbour as Red Guardian / Alexei Shostakov^[3]
O-T Fagbenle as Rick Mason^[3]
Rachel Weisz as Melina Vostokoff^[3]
William Hurt as Thaddeus Ross
Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster^[3]^[6]
Ray Winstone as General Dreykov^[7]^[8]
Olivier Richters as Ursa / Mikhail Ursus^[9]

Additionally, Julia Louis-Dreyfus makes an uncredited appearance as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in the film's post-credits scene, a role originally intended to debut in this film, before in the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.^[10]

Notes

This film has had multiple changes to its US release date due to the COVID-19 pandemic:
- Originally slated to be released on May 1, 2020 in the US, the release was pulled on March 17, 2020.^[11] On April 3, 2020, it was announced that the release date for this film had been pushed to November 6, 2020.^[12]
- In September 2020, the film was pushed back again to May 7, 2021.^[13]
- In March 2021, the film was pushed back for a third time to July 9, 2021, releasing in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access on the same day.^[14]
This was originally intended to be the Marvel Studios property that launched Phase 4 of their cinematic universe. However, due to the film's release date delays, the Disney+ series WandaVision began Phase 4 instead, with Black Widow instead being slated as the first film of Phase 4.