Trivia[]
- This is the first time Lorne Balfe composes the music score for a feature-length film distributed by Disney.
- This is the second Marvel Cinematic Universe film to have a female lead protagonist, following Captain Marvel.
- This is the fourth Disney film to be released on Disney+ as a Premiere Access title, following Mulan, Raya and the Last Dragon, and Cruella.
- This is also the first MCU film to be released on Disney+ as a Premiere Access title.
- Thus, it is the third Disney film in to be released in theaters and on Disney+ on the same day after Raya and the Last Dragon and Cruella.
- Coincidentally, all of these films have a female lead protagonist.
- This is also the only film to receive a simultaneous release to not to be released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner.
- Footage from the opening of the version of DuckTales can be seen during the opening flashback and the montage sequence.
- There are nine scenes deleted from the film, which were revealed on July 26, 2021.
- Ursa Major is a mutant, being one of the first mutants to appear in the MCU.
- This is the tenth Marvel Cinematic Universe film not to include a mid-credits scene, the first being Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, Iron Man 3, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.
- This is the fourth Marvel Cinematic Universe film to have opening credits following Iron Man 2, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
- This is one of William Hurt’s last films, due to his death in 2022.
The Black Widow House
Black Widow meets her sister Yelena Belova in an apartment in Budapest. There is an establishing shot at Népszínház and Kiss József streets (Kiss is a popular Hungarian surname), but the interior courtyard and the staircase with the lift are in the Adria Palace (or Adria Palota), located at Szabadság tér 16 (Liberty Square).
Built between 1900 and 1902, this magnificent run down building has been featured in many productions including A Good Day To Die Hard (2013), Atomic Blonde (2017), and Blade Runner 2049 (2021).
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The rooftop chase was filmed almost next door from Adria Palace, at the old Budapest Stock Exchange Palace (also known as the MTV building).
This edifice is often rented out for events and film shoots. Productions like Outside the Wire, Shadow and Bone, and the Hanna series have been filmed here.
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The girls take the motorbikes parked a bit far away from Liberty Square, at Magyar and Ferenczy István street.
A stunt unit filmed through the streets of Budapest, showing some of the capital city’s most notable buildings by the Danube river’s shore, including the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Justice.
The car explosion takes place at Alkotmány street. The sequence ends at the Nyugati Subway station (pictured).
Image courtesy of Marvel — Maps: Motorbikes / Alkotmány Street / Subway
The girls end up recovering from the last scene and talking about fighting poses in a gas station with a small bar.
This location was filmed in a fast food restaurant called Fecó Büfé in Etyek, a town situated on the outskirts of Budapest.
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Rick Mason (played by O-T Fagbenle, Luke from The Handmaid’s Tale) provides an old Soviet helicopter to rescue Shostakov.
This scene and Melina’s farm were filmed at Hankley Common near Farnham (Surrey, England). The area has appeared in several James Bond movies including Skyfall, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day, and period films like 1917 and Macbeth.
However, the shoot created some controversy because the film crews built the farm set and started filming while the permit to use the site was still pending.
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The prison was an enormous set built at Pinewood Studios London. The shoot required more than 400 extras.
The scenes taking place at the Red Room were also recorded at the studios, with plenty of CGI thrown in.
The Rome News-Tribune reported that the production, named with the working title of «Blue Bayou» recorded a scene at Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Rome.
It’s not confirmed, but this may be the location of the post-credits scene where Belova encounters Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus).
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2 comments:
1- Brian McGehee — Feb 22, 2022, 9:46 AM
The shot with the American flag bridge is direct across the street from the stadium. I used to live there and worked less than a mile away from them. I even got stopped by a DUI checkpoint at the exact spot they filmed it just a few months prior.2- Anonymous — May 6, 2022, 5:44 AM
I don’t believe Natasha’s grave scene was filmed at Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Rome. I looked all around there in the summer of 2021, and nothing seemed similar to the shots in the film.
Release[]
As the first film released in Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Widow premiered on June 29, at various red carpet fan events in London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, and New York City during the Taormina Film Fest, which was held on July 3, 2021. It was released in the United States on July 9, 2021, simultaneously in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access for US$30, and will have premiered in 46 territories over the course of its first weekend. In the United States, it opened in 4,100 theaters, with 375 in IMAX, over 800 in premium large format, 1,500 in 3D, and 275 in specialty D-Box, 4DX, and ScreenX theaters. In IMAX screenings, approximately 22 minutes of the film appears in IMAX’s expanded aspect ratio.
Home media
- Main article: Black Widow (video)
Black Widow was released in the U.S. on digital download by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on August 10, 2021, and on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD on September 14. All of the home media releases include deleted scenes, a gag reel, and various behind-the-scenes featurettes. The film was made available for streaming to all Disney+ subscribers starting October 6.
Hasn’t the movie been in the works for, like, 10 years?
Actually, 15 years.
The saga to bring a solo Black Widow movie to the big screen actually starts back before the Marvel Cinematic Universe was even a thing. The first known iteration of a Black Widow movie floated along sometime in 2004, with David Hayter (yes, that David Hayter) writing and directing. But it floundered and was basically abandoned in 2006, when Hayter and Marvel couldn’t find a studio that would do the character justice.
When the character made her MCU debut in 2010 with Iron Man 2, Marvel Studios didn’t realize she’d be so popular and had only planned for her to be a side character in the big ensemble movies. After Age of Ultron, Johansson revealed that the number of films in her contract had been adjusted due the “demand for the character.”
In 2014, Kevin Feige expressed interest in a Black Widow stand-alone, with a treatment from Guardians of the Galaxy screenwriter Nicole Perlman. Since then, various directors and screenwriters have expressed interest, including David Hayter, Neil Marshall (The Descent), and Joss Whedon. Feige mentioned in 2016 that any Black Widow project wouldn’t happen for another four or five years.
Marvel didn’t fully move forward with the project till 2017, when Feige met with Johansson about the movie. Johansson insisted that the movie “would have to be the best version that movie could possibly be” and that she wouldn’t do it otherwise. In 2017, Marvel tapped Jac Schaeffer to write the script and after a director search starting in February 2018, finally secured Cate Shortland in July 2018.
Dreykov (Ray Winstone)
General Dreykov is the leader of the Red Room and the man who oversaw the training of Natasha, Yelena and many other women. As Natasha closes in on Dreykov, seeking revenge for her tortured past, the general sends Taskmaster after her. Dreykov has not appeared in the comics, although he was previously mentioned in a conversation between Natasha and Loki in 2012’s The Avengers. He is portrayed by acclaimed actor Ray Winstone.
Directed by Cate Shortland, Black Widow stars Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, O-T Fagbenle as Mason and Rachel Weisz as Melina Vostokoff. The film arrives in theaters and on Disney+ Premier Access July 9.
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Videos[]
Marvel Studios’ Black Widow — Official Teaser Trailer
Marvel Studios’ Black Widow Special Look
Marvel Studios’ Black Widow Legacy Featurette
Marvel Studios’ Black Widow Final Trailer
Marvel Studios’ Black Widow — New Trailer
«You Got A Plan?» Clip — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
National Super Hero Day — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Playmaker — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Let’s Go — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Ready Set Action Featurette — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Tickets and Pre-Orders Now Available — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
“In Pursuit” Film Clip — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Got This — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Dad Jokes Featurette — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Spy — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Control — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Fight — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Chance — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Launch — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Taskmaster Breakdown Featurette — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Hero’s Speech — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
One Word — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow Cast & Director
Event — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
E60 Presents – Moneymaker- Behind the Black Widow — Trailer
Her Story — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
“Prison Break” Official Clip — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Family Reunion Featurette — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Future Featurette — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Jump — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Comeback — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Ready — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
2 Truths and a Lie Featurette — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Run — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Choose — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Back — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Exciting — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Sister Sister Featurette — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
New Team — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Making Black Widow’s Snow Suit — Marvel Becoming
Legacy Featurette — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Clue — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Becoming Yelena — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Russian Captain America — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Proud — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Red Guardian — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow
Back — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow — Disney+
Return — Marvel Studios’ Black Widow — Disney+
Who’s in the Black Widow cast?
Scarlett Johansson will reprise the role of Natasha Romanoff. David Harbour (Stranger Things) will play Red Guardian, the Russian equivalent of Captain America. Florence Pugh (Midsommar) plays Yelena Belova, another recruit of the Black Widow program and a sister figure to Natasha. Rachel Weisz will play Melina, a seasoned Black Widow, with O-T Fagbenle as a SHIELD agent who is reportedly romantically interested in Natasha Romanoff. The villain will be Taskmaster.
Behind the scenes, Cate Shortland signed on to direct after Marvel searched for female directors. Jac Schaeffer (The Hustle, Olaf’s Frozen Adventure) and Ned Benson (The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby) penned the script.
Robert Downey Jr. may return as Tony Stark for Black Widow
You might recall that Tony Stark perished in the events of Avengers: Endgame. After the release of 2019’s biggest movie, Downey Jr. talked about the role becoming comfortable and the process of distancing himself from it.
“There’s always a dependency on something that feels like a sure thing. It’s the closest thing I will ever come to being a trust fund kid. And also there’s a real bell-shaped curve. Initially by creating and associating and synergizing with Tony Stark and the Marvel universe and all this stuff, and being a good company man, but also being a little off kilter, being creative and getting into all these other partnerships, it was a time when — it’s like, what do they say? Owners start looking like their pets,” he told Cinema Blend back in July. “Occasionally you would pull back from it and go ‘All right, let me get off the teat of this archetype and let me see where I stand.’ And you can feel really buffeted and you can be really spun out by it.”
And yet, according to a report out of the 2019 Saturn Awards, Robert Downey Jr. will reportedly reprise his role as Tony Stark “one more time.” MCU fans won’t complain.
What was in the first Black Widow trailer?
On the run after aiding Steve Rogers, Natasha finds herself on her own — her past catching up with her. She goes to Budapest, where upon entering a home, she faces off against Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh). The two fight — they are evenly matched, mirroring each other’s movements. Eventually, they come to a truce and Yelena refers to Natasha as her sister.
The rest of the trailer is more tense action, closer in style to the tight, espionage-tinged Winter Soldier than any other MCU flick. At one point, Natasha, Yelena, and David Harbour’s character Red Guardian share a meal together, with Red Guardian calling them a family. Yelena teases Natasha about her Black Widow fighting pose.
At the end, Natasha faces off against the villain of the movie: Taskmaster, who is able to perfectly replicate her moveset.
Update (Dec. 3): The full teaser trailer debuted online. It’s shorter than the one shown at SDCC and D23, with less banter and more David Harbour in his Red Guardian costume. Thaddeus Ross from The Incredible Hulk also makes an appearance.
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