Marvel at crossroads with ‘Black Widow’ big-screen return
Jul 13,2021 - Last updated at Jul 13,2021
Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh (right) in ‘Black Widow’ (Photo courtesy of imdb.com)
By Andrew Marszal
Agence France-Presse
LOS ANGELES Two years ago, after a blistering and unprecedented streak of billion-dollar-grossing movies, the Marvel superhero films took what was meant to be a short hiatus.
When that big-screen break involuntarily extended by the COVID-19 pandemic finally ended with the release of “Black Widow”, Hollywood will be watching closely to see if Marvel still has its mojo.
“I would say it is in flux, at a pretty crucial turning point,” said Kendall Phillips, a Syracuse University professor who specialises in pop culture.
Cinéma : Le retour de «Black Widow» sur le grand écran, un test pour les studios Marvel
Il y a deux ans, après avoir enchaîné les succès et les recettes astronomiques, les films de super-héros Marvel avaient pris ce qui devait n’être qu’une courte pause. Lorsque cette absence du grand écran, prolongée par la pandémie de coronavirus, s’achèvera vendredi avec la sortie de «Black Widow», Hollywood aura les yeux rivés sur les studios Marvel pour voir s’ils ont toujours la baraka. «Je dirais qu’ils sont (…) à un tournant assez crucial», juge Kendall Phillips, professeur à la Syracuse University et spécialiste de la pop culture. «La question centrale est: est-ce que Marvel peut réitérer l’exploit?». «Black Widow» donne enfin à Natasha Romanoff, la tueuse russe devenue super-héroïne campée par Scarlett Johansson, son propre spin-off. La sortie du film avait été mise en pause en mai 2020, la maison mère Disney attendant que les cinémas rouvr
July 9, 2021
Two years ago, after a blistering and unprecedented streak of billion-dollar-grossing movies, the Marvel superhero films took what was meant to be a short hiatus.
When that big-screen break involuntarily extended by the Covid-19 pandemic finally ends Friday with the release of “Black Widow,” Hollywood will be watching closely to see if Marvel still has its mojo.
“I would say it is in flux, at a pretty crucial turning point,” said Kendall Phillips, a Syracuse University professor who specializes in pop culture.
“The key question is can Marvel do it again?”
“Black Widow” which finally gives Scarlett Johansson’s Russian assassin-turned-superhero Natasha Romanoff her own spin-off has been sitting “in the can” since May 2020, as parent company Disney waited for theaters to reopen.
Friday, 09 Jul 2021 06:13 AM MYT Black Widow is set to be the first of a jam-packed raft of new Marvel films, with 12 splashy good-versus-evil extravaganzas due in theaters by the end of 2023.
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LOS ANGELES, July 9 Two years ago, after a blistering and unprecedented streak of billion-dollar-grossing movies, the Marvel superhero films took what was meant to be a short hiatus.
When that big-screen break involuntarily extended by the Covid-19 pandemic finally ends Friday with the release of
Black Widow, Hollywood will be watching closely to see if Marvel still has its mojo.
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