{"id":141517,"date":"2020-02-02T19:44:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T00:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=141517"},"modified":"2020-02-02T19:44:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T00:44:42","slug":"superbowl-tv-spot-marvel-studios-black-widow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/superbowl-tv-spot-marvel-studios-black-widow\/","title":{"rendered":"Superbowl TV Spot: Marvel Studios\u2019 \u201cBlack Widow\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marvel Studios has released a Superbowl TV spot and character posters for Black Widow\u00a0<\/strong>during the National Championship game between the Clemson Tigers and the LSU Tigers on ESPN. The film features the return of Scarlett Johansson<\/strong> as Natasha Romanoff in a prequel story.<\/p>\n

Scarlett Johansson returns as Natasha Romanoff, a spy and assassin who grew up being trained by the KGB before breaking from their grasp and becoming an agent of SHIELD and an Avenger.\u201c The film is primarily set in the year gap between \u2018Captain America: Civil War\u2019 and \u2018Avengers: Infinity War\u2019 as Romanoff is on the run whilst dealing with some old business from her pre-SHIELD days she was a KGB-trained spy and assassin.<\/p>\n

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Black Widow will also feature a star-studded cast including Golden Globe nominee David Harbour<\/strong> (Stranger Things, Hellboy) as Alexei aka The Red Guardian, Florence Pugh<\/strong> (Fighting with My Family) as Yelena Belova, Academy Award-winning actress Rachel Weisz<\/strong> (The Favourite) as Melina and O-T Fagbenle<\/strong> (The Handmaid\u2019s Tale) as Mason.<\/p>\n

The movie is being directed by Cate Shortland<\/strong> (Lore) from a script written by Jac Schaeffer<\/strong> (The Hustle) and will open in theaters on May 1, 2020.<\/p>\n