Marvel’s standalone Black Widow movie starring Scarlett Johansson has added The Departed star Ray Winstone. His role is under wraps with production shooting in London, and as we’ve heard also Norway. Cate Shortland is directing the pic off Jac Schaeffer's script, with Kevin Feige producing. Winstone joins Rachel…

EXCLUSIVE: We’re hearing that Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe is heading back to San Diego Comic-Con after sitting out Hall H last year. While there haven’t been any concrete plans made yet in regards to the lineup, it’s an important year for the MCU in the wake of Avengers: Endgame wrapping up a number of…

EXCLUSIVE: O-T Fagbenle has joined Marvel's Black Widow in a leading role opposite Scarlett Johansson. Fagbenle joins previously announced castmembers David Harbour, Florence Pugh, and Rachel Weisz. Production will reportedly start this June in London. Australian filmmaker Cate Shortland (Lore) is directing the…

Stranger Things star David Harbour is making his way into the MCU, joining Scarlett Johansson and previously announced Florence Pugh in the forthcoming Black Widow standalone from Disney and Marvel Studios. Cate Shortland is directing the pic which is slated to begin filming in June. We also hear Rachel Weisz is a…

Florence Pugh is about to get some red in her ledger. Deadline has confirmed that the Fighting With My Family star is in talks to join Scarlett Johansson in the forthcoming Black Widow stand-alone movie at Marvel Studios. Details about the film have been kept under wraps, so Pugh’s role in the film remains a mystery…

Forty years ago the big holiday hit was Superman, Hollywood’s very first superhero blockbuster. Warner Bros marketed the movie by promising the sky to moviegoers: “You’ll believe a man can fly.” Now, four decades later, that promise should be rewritten to reflect a new era of superhero blockbusters: “You better believe…

Deadline told you on June 20 that it was in the works, and now Cate Shortland has closed her deal to direct Scarlett Johansson in the freestanding Black Widow film, giving the actress and Marvel its first stand-alone movie after she played supporting roles in a slew of superhero films including The Avengers…

UPDATE: A little more input on the Black Widow director search. I hear Cate Shortland, but sources said not to count out Amma Asante (Belle), Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry) and Maggie Betts (Novitiate) who round out the top three contenders culled from a field of 49. It was Shortland, Assante and Betts who met…

In a generally weak SNL outing, the expected plug for host Scarlett Johansson’s latest romp as Black Widow in Avengers: Age Of Ultron was delivered in the evening’s best video spoof, a promo for 2016’s Black Widow: Age Of Me. The upcoming film from Marvel will answer the question, “Does Marvel not know how to make a…