Black Widow (MCU film)

Black Widow is a 2011 superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name. It is the fifth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the fifth installment of Phase One.

The film is directed by Cate Shortland from a screenplay by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and produced by Kevin Feige.

The film is the first part in the Black Widow trilogy, preceding Black Widow: Encircle and Black Widow: Origins.

Synopsis
Natasha Romanoff works to uncover the mystery of Clint Barton's disappearance, and ends up traveling back to Budapest to take down a terrorist organization known as R.A.I.D.

Cast

 * Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
 * Rodrigo Hilbert as Clint Barton / Hawkeye
 * Samuel L. Jackson as Nicky Fury
 * Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
 * Linda Cardellini as Laura Barbara Morse
 * Derek Theler as William Bardas / Crossfire
 * Peter Stormare as Ivan Kragoff
 * Pierce Brosnan as Aleksander Lukin
 * Woody Harrelson as Buck Chisholm
 * Emily Blunt as Renee Deladier

Trivia

 * This film is a hypothetical, going back and placing it into Phase One between Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger.
 * Radically Advanced Ideas in Destruction, commonly referred to as R.A.I.D., is a small terrorist organization run by former KGB members.