Just to be clear, Scarlett isn’t playing a black woman who has lost her husband.

I’m sure she thinks she could, though – remember the backlash to her comments that she should be able to play “any race” or “any tree”?

Let’s move swiftly along and deal with the Black Widow trailer, or ‘official teaser trailer’, that was released earlier in the week.

Unlike some of those 20-second teaser trailers that are utterly useless, this one gives us some decent insight into what we can look forward to when it hits theatres on May 1 next year.

Here are the basics, via The Verge. Heads up that you’ll be informed about how Avengers: Endgame wrapped up:

Black Widow is the highly anticipated stand-alone movie focusing on Natasha Romanoff’s blood-stained past. The movie takes place in the two year gap between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War. That also explains how Marvel can do a Black Widow movie in the first place, considering Romanoff sacrifices herself to ensure the Avengers can secure the Soul Stone in an effort to take down Thanos…

The trailer focused on Romanoff’s trip to Budapest — a location that Clint Barton (Hawkeye) referenced multiple times in various Avengers movies, including Endgame. This trailer contains an impressive scene between Romanoff and a woman named Yelena Belova. Belova becomes the second Black Widow in the comics series, and is referred to as Romanoff’s sister in the trailer.

The idea of a stand-alone Black Widow movie was first raised as far back as 2010, so this one has been a long time coming.

Wow us, Scarlett:

I’m not an Avengers fan, so I have no idea if this trailer hits the spot or not.

For those who have a keen interest, I hope you’re suitably tickled.

[source:theverge]