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Black Widow to Film Next Year, Eyes a 2020 Release Date

Published Fri, 30 Nov 2018 19:15:44 -0600

It might be a little bit late but one of the premiere women of the Marvel universe is finally getting her first solo outing. It took other studios making bank for Marvel to finally pull this trigger and back in July Cate Shortland was hired to direct the production. There was finally movement but Marvel is playing their post-Avengers 4 plans very close to the chest.

It seems like we might have a better idea. According to Deadline, the Black Widow movie could be coming a lot sooner than we originally expected. This is the closest to a confirmation that we've gotten on this production so far. Deadline is reporting that the production is set to film next year and they are eyeing a 2020 release date.

Additionally, filming starts next year on Marvel's Black Widow film, which had been a back-burner priority before the success of rival DC's Wonder Woman movie. Scarlett Johansson has portrayed the super-spy in six Marvel films and was part of the exhaustive seven-month search for the right director. More than five dozen filmmakers (all of them women) were interviewed before Cate Shortland (Lore) was hired. The film is aimed at a 2020 release.

At the moment all we know is that the movie is likely to be a prequel which could be a lot of fun. She wouldn't be a hero in that context so following an anti-hero in one of the movies would be something new that they're explored only on TV so far. If they really are filming next year then we'll start getting some confirmations on casting sooner rather than later.

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