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Jul 6, 2021 · Cate Shortland, the first woman to solo direct a Marvel movie, sits down in a new interview to talk about the Black Widow movie grapples with Natasha’s death in Avengers: Endgame and her ...
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Jul 9, 2021 · Black Widow: Directed by Cate Shortland. With Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, Rachel Weisz, David Harbour. Natasha Romanoff confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.
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- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Cate Shortland
- 2021-07-09
- 'It Was Like A Courtship, Really'
- Family and Female Allyship
- Building The Story
- The 'Cate Shortland' Touch
- The 'Marvel Machine' vs Reality
Speaking about the process on the eve of Black Widow's Australian release, Shortland says "It was like a courtship, really". "It was just a dialogue between Scarlett and I on Zoom. We chatted … we just worked out if we got on. And we sent each other some lists of our favourite films and our favourite songs, and what kind of film we both were intere...
Black Widow sets Natasha Romanoff on a journey from the conflicted, guilt-ridden Avenger who turns on her colleagues in Captain America: Civil War, to self-acceptance and forgiveness. Her journey requires her to deep dive into her early-life trauma and years in the 'Red Room', a training and brainwashing program turning at-risk girls into assassins...
Shortland took the Black Widow gig, script unseen; but she says the creative team were given carte blanche to develop Natasha's backstory. "I worked with a Russian historian in London to build a history of where she would've been born, what her mother would've been like, why her mother would've given her up and what her childhood would've been like...
Black Widow opens with a scene from our protagonist's childhood in Ohio, at the end of which perhaps the last vestiges of the young Natasha's 'innocence' are stripped entirely away. The first time we see Johansson's 30-something Natasha in Black Widow, she is alone and in a bathroom. The confined space, fluorescent lights and hand-held, close-up ca...
Shortland says Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok) gave her some good advice in 2018. "When I first came on he said, just know that everything is going to get built up and ripped down. And that the strongest [ideas], or the essence of the idea, will survive," she told The Screen Show. "What's great about the way Marvel works is they're not afraid to emb...
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- arts editor Dee Jefferson
Jul 1, 2021 · Scarlett Johansson, director Cate Shortland, Florence Pugh and David Harbour on the set of “Black Widow.” Jay Maidment / Courtesy of Marvel Studios. “We were quite tentative with each...
- Adam B. Vary
Jul 8, 2021 · We interview Black Widow director Cate Shortland about the film's family dynamic, its connections to the larger MCU, and much more. Our chat with the director! Screen Rant
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Jul 12, 2021 · Director Cate Shortland Talks 'Black Widow' Spoilers and 'Beautiful' Post-Credits Scene (Exclusive) Marvel Studios. By John Boone. Published: 7:30 AM PDT, July 12, 2021. 'Oh, it makes me...
Jul 9, 2021 · Cate Shortland. Cast. Scarlett Johansson, David Harbour, Florence Pugh, O-T Fagbenle, and Rachel Weisz.
