When Does the Film "Black Widow" (2021) Take Place?
"Black Widow" is a political superhero film written by Eric Pearson with Jac Schaeffer and Ned Benson [adapting "" #? (?) by ?] that released July 9th, 2021. So when is "Black Widow" set?
It takes place on the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline in the year:
We know this because ? during the main action of "Captain America: Civil War" (2016), which ends in March or April of 2016 AD. So it must be March or April of 2016 AD. "21 YEARS LATER".
2016 AD
We know this because ? during the main action of "Captain America: Civil War" (2016), which ends in March or April of 2016 AD. So it must be March or April of 2016 AD. "21 YEARS LATER".
1995 + 21 = 2016.
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Additionally, there is an extended prologue that begins with a time and place setting white title card superimposed over the footage reading "OHIO 1995".
Finally, there is an epilogue in an after-credits scene at the gravestone of Natasha Romanov/Black Widow, so it clearly takes place after her death in "The Avengers: Endgame" (2019) during a scene which takes place in October of 2023 AD. So it must be during or after October of 2023 AD. Furthermore, this short scene involves ? getting the mission audiences see her carrying out in the television series "Hawkeye" (2021), which takes place in December? of 2024? AD. So it must be before December? of 2024? AD.
This Geekritique article and video examines its exact setting.
It is a chronologically midway film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and can be watched either at its timeline point, before "The Avengers: Infinity War" (2018) as an extended flashback, before the TV series "Hawkeye" (2021) as an extended flashback, or (almost) entirely separately.
