MCU Star Scarlett Johansson Casts Doubt on Black Widow Return: 'She's Dead'

Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) seasoned Scarlett Johansson says Black Widow is "dead" and doesn’t look funny successful returning to the quality anytime soon.

The prima touched connected the Avenger's aboriginal successful the MCU during an interrogation with InStyle. While she looks up astatine leaving her people connected different big-budget franchise with this summer’s Jurassic World Rebirth, Marvel fans person speculated astir what it mightiness instrumentality to spot her revisit Natasha Romanoff. Black Widow nary uncertainty played an important relation successful Johansson’s career, but it doesn’t look similar she has overmuch involvement successful returning to the quality anytime soon.

“Natasha is dead. She is dead. She's dead. Okay?” Johansson said successful effect to fans calling for her return.

Although Johansson past portrayed the quality successful 2021’s Black Widow standalone film, the assassin really met her in-universe demise successful 2019’s Avengers: Endgame erstwhile sacrificing herself to prevention Jeremy Renner’s Clint Barton a.k.a. Hawkeye. It was astir arsenic unambiguous a decease arsenic Marvel could perchance navigator up, but that hasn’t stopped fans from theorizing astir however she — and others — whitethorn return.

“They conscionable don't privation to judge it," Johansson added. "They’re like, ‘But she could travel back!’ Look, I deliberation the equilibrium of the full beingness is held successful her hand. We’re going to have to fto it go. She saved the world. Let her person her leader moment.”

MCU fans person mused astir bringing backmost dormant fictional characters agelong earlier Black Widow made her sacrifice for the Soul Stone. Event movies similar the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars person been propped up not lone arsenic the adjacent section for the MCU but arsenic perchance cameo-filled blockbusters, too.

We already cognize Robert Downey Jr. volition bent up his Iron Man suit to play the archetypal caller live-action Doctor Doom successful much than a decade, but determination are besides rumors that different recognizable faces volition appear. In December, The Wrap reported that Chris Evans would instrumentality arsenic Captain America. It's a assertion helium aboriginal denied, but it’s besides sent Marvel fans spinning arsenic they wonderment however helium whitethorn play a portion successful a aboriginal MCU film.

Meanwhile, Hayley Atwell’s Agent Carter has died successful MCU movies not erstwhile but doubly and is inactive rumored to amusement up successful adjacent year’s Doomsday project. With truthful galore names successful the moving to reappear, it’s hard to blasted fans for speculating astir imaginable inclusions adjacent with Johansson outright denying that Black Widow has different changeable astatine life. Unfortunately, we’ll person to hold until May 1, 2026 for Avengers: Doomsday and May 7, 2027 for Avengers: Secret Wars to spot who, surviving oregon dead, makes the cut.

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Michael Cripe is simply a freelance contributor with IGN. He's champion known for his enactment astatine sites similar The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be definite to springiness him a travel connected Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).