The only thing left to wonder is what this means for Avengers 5 when it comes to Pugh’s Black Widow. At San Diego Comic-Con in 2019, Marvel announced (mostly) all of its movies up to 2021 (with the pandemic pushing that schedule well into 2022) without ever using the word „Avengers.“
Without an Avengers 5 on the docket in the next two years at least, it begs the question of what capacity Pugh’s Black Widow will have. Will Pugh actually be an Avenger, or will she pop in and out of MCU movies (like Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury?). Yelena’s never been a formal member of the Avengers in the comics, but that doesn’t mean she couldn’t join or even lead the team in a future movie.
Frankly, there isn’t anything more fitting for the character of Black Widow than not knowing what she’ll do next.A long-standing rumor surrounding the upcoming Marvel movie “Black Widow” is that the action tentpole sets up Florence Pugh’s character Yelena Belova as a new superhero that will appear in future Marvel films now that Scarlett Johansson’s tenure as Black Widow is ending. The film’s director, Cate Shortland, more or less confirmed that’s the case in a new interview with Empire magazine. Shortland said that while her “Black Widow” film is a swan song for Johansson, it’s also a launching pad for Pugh in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
“[Kevin Feige] realized that the audience would expect an origin story so, of course, we went in the opposite direction,” Shortland said. “And we didn’t know how great Florence Pugh would be. We knew she would be great, but we didn’t know how great. Scarlett is so gracious, like, ‘Oh, I’m handing her the baton.’ So it’s going to propel another female storyline.”
Shortland also teased that “Black Widow” will give MCU fans the closure that “Avengers: Endgame” didn’t over the death of Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff. “In ‘Endgame,’ the fans were upset that Natasha did not have a funeral. Whereas Scarlett, when I spoke to her about it, said Natasha wouldn’t have wanted a funeral,” the director said. “She’s too private, and anyway, people don’t really know who she is. So what we did in this film was allow the ending to be the grief the individuals felt, rather than a big public outpouring. I think that’s a fitting ending for her.”
Pugh’s career has been skyrocketing since breaking out in the 2016 drama “Lady Macbeth.” The actress earned her first Oscar nominations earlier this year thanks to her performance opposite Saoirse Ronan in Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women,” and she wrote herself into the horror genre history books last year with her acclaimed performance in Ari Aster’s “Midsommar.” “Black Widow” marks Pugh’s Hollywood tentpole debut and Shortland’s comment suggests it’s just the beginning for the actress, as a larger role in the MCU is already being planned.
Disney was originally set to open “Black Widow” in theaters nationwide May 1, but the release date was pushed due to the pandemic. “Black Widow” is now set to open November 6.
The upcoming “Black Widow” movie won’t only focus on Scarlett Johansson’s character. It will reportedly introduce a new Black Widow character, giving the Marvel Cinematic Universe a new female lead.
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“Black Widow” director Cate Shortland told Empire magazine that “Black Widow” will celebrate Johansson’s work as the character, giving her the solo film she has deserved.
But Shortland told Empire magazine it will introduce Florence Pugh (who plays Yelena) into the universe, paving the way for her to become the Black Widow superheroine in the future.
Shortland said: “(Kevin Feige) realised that the audience would expect an origin story so, of course, we went in the opposite direction,” Shortland tells Empire. “And we didn’t know how great Florence Pugh would be. We knew she would be great, but we didn’t know how great. Scarlett is so gracious, like, ‘Oh, I’m handing her the baton.’ So it’s going to propel another female storyline.”
Shortland told Empire magazine this will give fans a chance to grieve for Johansson, whose character Natasha died in “Avengers: Endgame.”
Shortland said: “In ‘Endgame,’ the fans were upset that Natasha did not have a funeral. Whereas Scarlett, when I spoke to her about it, said Natasha wouldn’t have wanted a funeral,” explains Shortland. “She’s too private, and anyway, people don’t really know who she is. So what we did in this film was allow the ending to be the grief the individuals felt, rather than a big public outpouring. I think that’s a fitting ending for her.”
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