BLACK WIDOW Could Open On One Of The Following Dates (If It Opens This Year At All); Plus Badass New Stills

Marvel's Black Widow, which was widely expected to be one of this year's biggest films, has unfortunately been delayed indefinitely due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. With no new release date in sight, Deadline shared a report earlier this week which speculated on a few dates Disney may ultimately decide to move the Marvel Studios blockbuster.

With the Scarlett Johansson-starrer being a huge priority for the studio, the trade believes that Disney will ultimately end up moving the film to either July 3rd (pushing back 20th Century Studios' Free Guy), July 24th (pushing back Disney's Jungle Cruise) or, in an absolute worst case scenario, to November 6th (pushing Marvel's The Eternals to 2021).

However, considering everything going on and the very fluid nature of the news cycle, everything about the upcoming theatrical release calendar is subject to change at any given moment. Also, with theaters still shutdown worldwide and the pandemic showing no sign of slowing down stateside, it seems unlikely Disney will rush one of their biggest tentpoles into theaters until the world reattains at least some level of normalcy. 

Check out two new stills featuring Natasha (Scarlett Johansson) and Yelena (Florence Pugh) below.

Cate Shortland (Berlin Syndrome; Lore) directed the long-awaited standalone, and in addition to Johansson (Avengers: Endgame; Jojo Rabbit), the film's ensemble cast will introduce several new characters into the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe, including, but not limited to, Academy Award-nominee Florence Pugh (Little Women; Fighting with My Family) as Yelena Belova, 2x Primetime Emmy-nominee David Harbour (Stranger Things; Hellboy) as Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian and Academy Award-winner Rachel Weisz (The Favourite; The Mummy) as Melina Vostokoff. 

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. Scarlett Johansson reprises her role as Natasha/Black Widow, Florence Pugh stars as Yelena, David Harbour portrays Alexei/The Red Guardian, and Rachel Weisz is Melina. Directed by Cate Shortland and produced by Kevin Feige, “Black Widow”—the first film in Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe—hits U.S. theaters on May 1, 2020.