Marvel's
Black Widow is scheduled to commence production very soon, and it looks like the movie may have found its lead villain.
According to
Deadline, O-T Fagbenle (
The Handmaid's Tale, Breaking and Entering) has joined the cast. Although the trade doesn't mention anything about his character,
a recent report from That Hashtag Show suggested that Marvel and director Cate Shortland were searching for a "black British actor" to play the main bad guy, so there's a pretty good chance Fagbenle is their guy.
While specific plot details are under wraps, we do know that the film is being developed as "an internationally-set story centering on Natasha Romanoff, a spy and assassin who grew up being trained by the KGB before breaking from their grasp and becoming an agent of SHIELD and Avenger."
Black Widow will see Scarlett Johansson return as the lethal Avenger, alongside Florence Pugh,
David Harbour, and
Rachel Weisz in unconfirmed roles. The movie doesn't have an official release date just yet, but it's expected to hit theaters sometime in 2020.