Disney Sets New Dates For ‘Black Widow’, ‘The Eternals’, ‘Shang-Chi’ & More

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Disney has set new release dates for Marvel Studios’ Black Widow, The Eternals, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Tens Rings, and more.

Marvel Studios’ had already set up release dates for its Phase 4 slate, which was set to kick-off on May 1 with the release of Black Widow. However, the coronavirus pandemic forced Disney to postpone the release of the Scarlett Johansson film until a date that had yet to be determined until now.

Today, Disney announced that Marvel Studios’ Black Widow will move to November 6, 2020, the date previously held by The Eternals. Consequently, The Eternals will now move to February 12, 2021, pushing to Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings to May 7, 2021.

Doctor Strange in Multiverse of Madness, which previously held the aforementioned May date, will now be released in theaters on November 5, 2021, while Thor: Love and Thunder is set for a February 18, 2022, debut. Marvel Studios’ Black Panther 2 will retain its May 6, 2022, release date while Disney has officially scheduled Captain Marvel 2 to hit theaters on July 8, 2022.

What do you think of the new dates for Black Widow, The Eternals, Shang-Chi and more? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

Here is the official synopsis for Marvel Studios’ Black Widow:

In Marvel Studios’ action-packed spy thriller “Black Widow,” Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.

Directed by Cate Shortland from a script written by Eric Pearson based on a story by Jac Schaeffer and Ned Benson, the film stars Scarlett Johansson, David Harbour, Florence Pugh, O-T Fagbenle, Ray Winstone, Olivier Richters, and Rachel Weisz.

Stay tuned to Heroic Hollywood for the latest news on Disney, Marvel Studios, Black Widow, Shang-Chi, The Eternals and the rest of the Phase 4 slate as it develops.

Sebastian Peris

Sebastian Peris

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