The six-year fan campaign for a standalone
Black Widow movie was paying off: at long last,
a film would put Scarlett Johansson’s popular
Avenger front and center. And, like many of
Marvel’s biggest spectacles, it was set to open
the weekend of May 1.
“Black Widow” was to kick off what promised
to be a typically lucrative summer moviegoing
season, which runs Memorial Day through Labor