Cate Shortland has been tapped to direct Marvel's upcoming Black Widow film. Scarlett Johansson will be reprising her role.
The search for a director has taken over 6 months and included meeting with over 70 candidates.
Shortland directed the 2012 film Lore, about a young woman who leads her family through Nazi Germany as the Allies come to liberate them. She also worked on 2017's Berlin Syndrome.
This flim will take place before the Avengers timeline, finally giving us a background for Natasha Romanova, the former Russian spy.