PREVIEW: Black Widow (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story), Florence Pugh (Little Women), David Harbour (A Walk Among The Tombstones), O. T. Fagbenle (Radio Cape Cod), William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman), Ray Winstone (The Departed), Rachel Weisz (The Favourite), Ever Anderson (Resident Evil: The Final Chapter)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Cate Shortland (Berlin Syndrome), director; Eric Pearson (Thor: Ragnarok), writer; Kevin Feige (Black Panther), producer; Lorne Balfe (Gemini Man), composer; Gabriel Beristain (Street Kings), cinematographer; Leigh Folsom Boyd (Fast & Furious 7), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

On the run from the US government, Natasha Romanoff (Johansson) confronts a major conspiracy that ties into her shady past as a KGB assassin. Reunited with her former allies Yelena Belova (Pugh), Alexei Shostakov (Harbour) and Melina Vostokoff (Weisz), Natasha must face her biggest demons as she fights to rid the world of the program she was once part of, as well as the powerful new adversary known as Taskmaster…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Scarlett Johansson returns one last time for a previously untold chapter in the adventures of one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s most beloved characters, containing plenty of superhero action and a few more surprises along the way.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

WEDNESDAY 7TH JULY 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND ON DISNEY+ PREMIER ACCESS

 

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