Better late than never? Another Black Widow trailer arrives with new premiere date

Taskmaster pic

It’s been more than a year since Disney/Marvel released its “final” movie trailer for the final movie in the Infinity Saga–Black Widow. We’ll all forever scratch our heads over why it didn’t enter anyone’s mind at Marvel Studios to get Black Widow her own movie before Infinity War and Endgame. But Scarlett Johansson as a younger Black Widow, and a fun cast of Russian characters may finally see the light of day after a year and a half of pandemic shutdowns–although most of us will still be watching it on our TVs instead of the theater. A slightly modified, new trailer is out for Black Widow, with a new summer release date. Check it out:

Widow poster

As you’ll see in the trailer below, Black Widow features the return of Johansson, plus adds Stranger Things and Hellboy star David Harbour as the Soviet answer to Captain America, the Red Guardian, Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz (The Mummy) as assassin Melina Vostokoff aka Iron Maiden, Florence Pugh (The Commuter) as Yelena Belova. Plus we know a de-aged Oscar-winning actor William Hurt, who started the whole Marvel Cinematic Universe off in The Incredible Hulk, will be back as General Ross. Directed by Cate Shortland, Black Widow takes place following the events of Captain America: Civil War, so it’s not really all that long ago. Recall when Natasha Romanov left Steve Rogers at the cemetery at the end of the film? This is evidently what she alluded to when she left.

The villain (above, with bow) is Taskmaster, but the identity of that actor/actress has yet to be revealed. And Pugh’s character might be getting queued up to take over the Black Widow mantle later in this new phase (#4) of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as her character has been known to use the title in the pages of the comic books. Recent timelines show Black Widow now as the first movie of the new phase (#4) of the timeline of TV and movies.