Black Widow director Cate Shortland: ‘This film has fantastic action sequences’

The director of Marvel Studios’ upcoming Black Widow Cate Shortland has teased the film’s action in an interview with Fandango. The film, because the title suggests, is about Scarlett Johansson’s MCU superhero. The film has Natasha Romanoff confronting her previous as a KGB agent.

In a solution to a query, Shortland instructed Fandango, “It’s got great action. It’s got a lot of heart, it’s emotional. And at times, it can be a little bit dark, but then it opens up again. And it’s really exciting. So I think that’s like this film. This film has fantastic action sequences, which we’re really proud of.”[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qh3_Xpi7LM[/embed]

The director additionally likened the film to Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the second film within the franchise that launched in 2013, maybe as a result of each movies characteristic loads of stunt work and precise combating as a substitute of CGI.

A video referred to as In Pursuit that was launched not too long ago featured Johansson and her co-star Florence Pugh’s characters being pursued by different Black Widows. The scene featured superior stunts and an exhilarating chase throughout rooftops.

Written by Eric Pearson, who used a narrative by Jac Schaeffer and Ned Benson, the film is about after the occasions of 2016’s Captain America: Civil War.

Florence Pugh, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, William Hurt, Ray Winstone, and Rachel Weisz additionally star.

Black Widow was initially scheduled for launch on May 1, 2020, however was delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic. It will now launch greater than a 12 months in a while July 9, 2021.