Disney and Marvel announce that Black Widow will premier in theaters July 9, 2021. The Scarlett Johansson movie will also be available on Disney+ Premier Access on the same day. That means it will be available to stream to Disney+ subscribers with additional fees.
Here is the new poster reflecting the new July 9 date.
The Marvel epic was to release Summer 2020 and has seen multiple moves in release date. It had shifted to May 7, 2021 most recently.
“We’re all eager to get the movie out, but more important than anything, everybody wants the experience to feel safe,” Johansson, returning to the role as Natasha Romanoff, says of the Phase 4 movie’s move to Summer 2021. “[We want to] have people…feel confident about sitting in an enclosed theater.”
Florence Pugh plays Yelena Belova and commented on playing the role in a male-dominated industry: “It’s always been, kind of, number-one top priority for me to find women who are totally fascinating and totally powerful in their own way. I really want to recognize the women I play, whether it’s that I recognize my mom in her, or my gran in her, or my sister in her. I want to play complex and confusing characters.”
Other cast members include David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle and Rachel Weisz.
In Marvel Studios’ action-packed spy thriller Black Widow, 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.
Cate Shortland directs the film. Shortland directed 2017’s Berlin Syndrome.
