BLACK WIDOW: Find Out What IMAX Movie-Goers Can Look Forward To From Marvel Studios' Latest

BLACK WIDOW: Find Out What IMAX Movie-Goers Can Look Forward To From Marvel Studios' Latest

Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow solo film is set to land in theaters next month, and we have new details on the IMAX version of the Marvel Studios movie along with a new image. Check it out...

By NateBest - Jun 07, 2021 07:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Black Widow

It's been a long wait for Scarlett Johansson's solo Black Widow film, which was originally slated to be released back on May 1st of 2020 until theaters were forced to close their doors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only is it Natasha Romanoff's solo debut, the upcoming Black Widow film is the first movie in Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Thankfully, things are looking up as theaters begin to reopen, and the movie is set for release next month (July 9th).

IMAX announced today that those who see Black Widow on IMAX screens will be treated to 22 minutes of select scenes in the exclusive expanded aspect ratio! The massive IMAX screen at 1.90:1 aspect ratio will show up to 26% more of the image. This expanded aspect ratio also allows for a more immersive experience because it fills more of the viewer's peripheral vision.

IMAX was kind enough to provide an image displaying exactly how much more movie-goers can look forward to!

Black Widow IMAX

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. Joining Johansson in the new feature film are Florence Pugh as Yelena, David Harbour as Alexei/The Red Guardian, and Rachel Weisz as Melina. “Black Widow”—the first film in Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe—is directed by Cate Shortland and produced by Kevin Feige.

Are you excited for Black Widow to hit theaters next month? Will you be watching on IMAX? Sound off in the comments below!

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Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 6/7/2021, 7:22 PM
scarjo in imax, cool cool cool
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 6/7/2021, 7:25 PM
I never notice these things when I go see the movies in imsx but I still go see all of them in iMax lol
inkniron
inkniron - 6/7/2021, 7:25 PM
IMAX is a rip off racket that doesn't justify the price tag, especially for just 22 minutes here.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 6/7/2021, 7:27 PM
@inkniron

Fake IMAX is definitely a gimmick. The real thing can be pretty awe-inducing.
inkniron
inkniron - 6/7/2021, 7:33 PM
@regularmovieguy - Smithsonian documentary and planetarium stuff is nice, for regular movies though, I'll pass. Everything you need is in the standard form and the trimmed version isn't a loss like the 4:3 "formatted to fit your tv" editing.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 6/7/2021, 7:53 PM
@inkniron - Every time they show a "Look a IMAX gives you" type pictures my first reaction is always "Wow, so much extra empty space nothing is happening in," but then I'm pretty sure that's how people felt when widescreen was getting normalized.
inkniron
inkniron - 6/7/2021, 8:39 PM
@Reeds2Much - That's a little different. They first started trying to normalize widescreen when DVDs were introduced and most people still had their clunky CRTs and was a truly foreign concept to most. My first 2 experiences with it were The Insider with Russel Crowe and MI2, both still on VHS and mistake I only made twice. Thankfully flatscreens were right behind because the whole market was shifting. IMAX is gimmicky because if they make the shift to it, it will be no time soon.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/8/2021, 1:04 AM
@Reeds2Much - I guess that also depends on the director. But still, I agree it has to add something
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 6/8/2021, 6:36 AM
@Reeds2Much @inkniron - IW/Endgame was shot all on Imax. When I got the blu ray and looked up the comparisons there's a huge difference. Some people or half their faces are cropped out due to the limitations of home video releases. Problem with Imax scenes is if you don't add sidescreens like ZSJL then the film is going to be heavily cropped like IW/Endgame.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 6/7/2021, 7:28 PM
I’ll see this one in Dolby
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 6/7/2021, 7:31 PM
@regularmovieguy - I saw 1917 in Dolby and that shit was HORRIFYING.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 6/7/2021, 7:41 PM
@MUTO123

That movie would’ve been incredible I’m sure. I saw that in a standard theater and it was still wild.
MisterDoctor217
MisterDoctor217 - 6/7/2021, 7:58 PM
Damn 22 min, I thought it was the whole movie lol
But still awesome ! Can’t wait for this.
HAILHYDRA
HAILHYDRA - 6/7/2021, 8:05 PM
Queue the comments where someone tries to state that one format is better or worse than all the others without respect to how the filmmaker intended the film to be seen.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/8/2021, 1:02 AM
@HAILHYDRA - but if it releases in two different formats, which is the intended one?
HAILHYDRA
HAILHYDRA - 6/8/2021, 5:39 AM
@bkmeijer - that’s a hard question to answer with absolutely certainty unless the filmmaker outright says it. One way to get idea is that if the format in standard cinemas is 1.9:1 instead of 2.4:1 the filmmaker obviously chose that for the extra verticality and one could assume that they would want you to see as much of the original image as possible. In this case, if there are only 22 mins of IMAX format, it would suggest to me that the studio mandated some sort of partial conversion in order justify an IMAX release. Beyond that, I think it comes down to personal choice and movie-going preferences. It just annoys me when someone tries to say that one format is definitively better than the other.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/8/2021, 5:52 AM
@HAILHYDRA - yeah it does very much depend on the circumstances. With Black Widow I'm assuming it's gonna be the major action scenes, so I do hope I get to see that intented look at home too (although IMAX format is still rarely released at home)
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 6/7/2021, 9:07 PM
Randomly remembered that a bunch of NBA players got to watch this in the bubble last year
bobevanz
bobevanz - 6/8/2021, 12:49 AM
Meh who cares about imax, glorified snake oil if you ask me
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/8/2021, 1:01 AM
Are they also finally releasing it with that format on home release? The wide-screen works best on the big screen, but at home I unfortunately don't have one so I'm stuck with massive black bars on my screen (yeah I'm one of those who's annoyed by that)
LSHF
LSHF - 6/8/2021, 1:46 AM
Using the above example, I can guarantee that I will NOT miss anything the NON-IMAX cuts off. The action goes by to fast for me to take in all the little extra details the above example is showing us. And this takes me focus off of the main action (center of the screen-usually).
dragon316
dragon316 - 6/8/2021, 3:21 AM
First time I saw movie in imax was stupid avatar in 3D I was Un impressed by imax and 3D effects all I noticed in IMAX was bigger screen ticket is more expensive to regular screens and 3D versions
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