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The actress reprises the role for the ninth
time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, even though Black Widow
died in 2019 blockbuster "Avengers: Endgame."
The new "Black Widow" film will be available in theaters and for
a $30 fee through Walt Disney Co's Disney+ streaming service. It
previously had been scheduled to debut exclusively in cinemas in
May 2020.
The film is a prequel set after the events of the 2016's
"Captain America: Civil War." It catches up with former assassin
Natasha Romanoff as she is on the run from government agents.
Johansson said it is likely this will be the last time she
portrays the character.
"I think it’s always great to leave on a high note," the actress
said in an interview. "You've got to set it free. It's part of
the journey when you know it's come to an end."
The movie begins when Romanoff is handed a box of mail left at a
previous apartment. Because of the contents, she unwittingly
becomes the target of the mysterious Taskmaster as well as an
army of women known as Widows.
"Stranger Things" actor David Harbour plays Romanoff's father
and Rachel Weisz co-stars as her mother. Florence Pugh portrays
her sister, Yelena, who often pokes fun at the Black Widow and
her fellow Avengers.
"I hope I made people laugh," Pugh said. "The bluntness of me
being just outrageously harsh to Natasha may have been funny,
but I definitely smirked when the whole family got involved.
They all shared the same sense of humor and timing. That was
just perfect."
Harbour plays an atypical superhero who is out of shape and
struggles to fit in his superhero outfit.
"When (director) Cate (Shortland) pitched the character to me,
it was him at the end of his life with all this regret and
remorse and just this past his prime thing," Harbour said. "I
was like that’s fun and I’ll be able to sit around and eat
doughnuts all day. It’ll be fantastic."
(Reporting by Rollo Ross; Writing by Lisa Richwine; editing by
Diane Craft)
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