Marvel’s Black Widow movie gets a director

Marvel Studios’ Black Widow movie has its director – Cate Shortland, the Australian filmmaker will direct Scarlett Johansson in the new Film.

The studio met with over 70 directors in order to find its ideal candidate. A female filmmaker was the priority even as the search stalled at one point and the studio looked at male helmers.

Shortland directed Lore, a critically the 2012 drama that tells of a young woman who leads her siblings through Germany as the Allied forces roll in. Shortland’s most recent film was Berlin Syndrome, a 2017 thriller that stars Teresa Palmer.

Jac Schaeffer wrote the most recent draft for Black Widow.

Johansson’s Black Widow is reportedly set before the events of the first Avengers movie.

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