Marvel is not recasting Black Widow. In the new Black Widow, Yelena Belova will take over and be handed the mantle of Black Widow. Much the same way that Chris Evans was succeeded by Sam Wilson, Belova eventually succeeds Natasha as well.
Yelena mocks Natasha's superhero life repeatedly and makes fun of her superhero poses. In the comics, though, Yelena eventually takes on the mantle of Black Widow after Natasha's tragic death and she works alongside the Avengers, including Captain America.
The Disney+Hotstar series, Hawkeye, reintroduced the idea of Yelena as the new Black Widow. Since in the show, she believes Clint Barton is to blame for Natasha's passing, she takes on the job of assassinating Hawkeye.
Yelena Belova appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, portrayed by Florence Pugh. This version is a sister to Natasha Romanoff and was trained to be a Black Widow alongside her in the Red Room. Pugh first appears in the live-action film Black Widow (2021).
Marvel Studios's Director of Visual Development Andy Park confirmed the possibility via an Instagram post intended to promote the new "The Art of Black Widow" book. An upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe film will serve as a sequel to the 2021's "Black Widow," according to Marvel Studios executive Andy Park.
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier established that Romanoff was born in 1984 and Black Widow's prologue introduced young Natasha (Ever Anderson) in 1995 when she was 11 years old. Meanwhile, young Yelena (Violet McGraw) was 6 years old in Black Widow's prologue, so she was born in 1989.
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After parting her ways with Romanoff, Belova spent two years freeing many of the remaining brainwashed Black Widows before she was killed by Thanos' Snap. Upon her resurrection in the Blip in 2023, Belova attempted to seek out Romanoff, but was informed that she had died.
Marvel Comics has recently revealed that Yelena Belova, the Russian assassin called the White Widow who is an ally of the Black Widow, will be getting her own solo series. White Widow #1 will launch before the character stars in the upcoming MCU film Thunderbolts, played by the impeccable Florence Pugh.
As a result of her conversation with Clint about her sister, Yelena abandoned her revenge-driven mission. However, that doesn't mean the MCU is done with her. Now that Yelena has accepted that Hawkeye isn't responsible for Black Widow's death, she can move on and enter a new chapter of her life.
Yelena Belova is an anti-hero and major protagonist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing as the deuteragonist of Black Widow and a former antagonist in the miniseries Hawkeye.
Yelena Belova has been many things, from a trained espionage agent to Black Widow, a lingerie model, entertainment entrepreneur, social activist, and an all-powerful Super-Adaptoid. But she has always been a product of the Red Room's ruthless spy training program.
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In a recent Instagram post to promote the new Art of Black Widow, Marvel Studios Director of Visual Development Andy Park revealed that Thunderbolts will act as a sequel to Black Widow. The film is slated for July 26, 2024, release as part of Phase Five.
Other characters returning from Black Widow are Yelena and Red Guardian. Neither has a history with the Thunderbolts in Marvel Comics, but since they both are comfortable acting for profit outside the law, it shouldn't be hard to get them on board of the MCU team.
In the source material, the identity of Natasha's mother is unknown, as she left a young Natasha in the custody of a man named Ivan Petrovich and she died shortly after during the Battle of Stalingrad, with Petrovich raising young Natasha.
At aged seven, Natasha was rescued from the Red Room by S.H.I.E.L.D who has infiltrated and taken the girls back to their headquarters. Out of the 28 orphans only two, Natasha and Yelena Belova, were put into the care of Marvel, in particular Phil Coulson.
Throughout the comics, Black Widow has demonstrated several superhuman abilities, including an anti-aging medical implant that allows her to appear and act young and vital for decades.
Her debut in Black Widow set up Yelena to replace Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow and set up her return in Hawkeye. The double dose of the super spy made it clear that Florence Pugh would be a big part of the MCU going forward.
Why did Scarlett Johansson not voice Black Widow in What If?
There are two key reasons for the absence of actors such as Johansson and Robert Downey Jr from What If...?. The first is a straightforward scheduling conflict. In an interview with Variety, executive producer Brad Winderbaum revealed that some performers simply had prior commitments to other projects.
A lot of MCU fans know Black Widow by the name Natasha Romanoff, but that's actually an alias. She was born Natalia Romanova and adopted the fake name “Natasha Romanoff” to evade her many enemies. Sometimes pop culture's spies will create aliases that are vastly different from their birth names.
