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In the backwash ofCaptain America : Civil War , here ’s what the other Avengers are doing during the events ofBlack Widow . Marvel Studios will kick off Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Scarlett Johansson ’s long - overdue solo movie as Natasha Romanoff . Directed by Cate Shortland , the movie will also introduce new MCU player such as David Harbour ’s Alexei Shostakov aka Red Guardian , Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova , Rachel Weisz as Melina Vostokoff , and O.T. Fagbenle as Mason . These characters are all connected to Nat ’s previous life as a Russian undercover agent .
Black Widowwill see Nat on a personal missionary post fighting off the mysterious villain Taskmaster . It ’s expected to in full wrap up her journey in the MCU following her tragic dying inAvengers : Endgame . In order for the submarine to get hold of the Soul Stone , Black Widow sacrificed herself on Vormir , leading to a final battle with Thanos ( Josh Brolin ) without her . The upcoming standalone film works around this by set its narrative in the two years betweenCaptain America : Civil WarandAvengers : Infinity War .
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give whereBlack Widowfits in the MCU timeline , the other five original Avengers are still around . The film ’s merchandising is selling the mind that the story is mostly curb , with no confirmed cameos from other Marvel hero . However , with rumors that some of them might make an coming into court in the movie , here is what they ’re doing during the issue ofBlack Widow :
Iron Man
Tony Stark ’s final conversation with Natasha inCivil Warfollows her treachery in Germany after she let Captain America ( Chris Evans ) and Bucky ( Sebastian Stan ) getaway . Regardless of when exactlyBlack Widowis bent or how much time its events take place , Stark pass the next two years after his fall out with Captain America continuously preparing for the impending unknown terror , which he eventually learns is Thanos inInfinity War . This is despite the fact that he ’s essentially doing this all by himself havinggiven up on the Avengers Initiative ,
As revealed inSpider - Man : Homecoming , Tony also reluctantly takes Peter Parker ( Tom Holland ) as his mentee on the heels ofCivil War . Around this fourth dimension , he sell Avengers Tower and impress upstate to Avengers HQ as he becomes more wrapped in preparing for the threat he first sense inThe Avengers . at long last , on a lighter promissory note , he gets back with and finally gets engaged with Pepper Potts ( Gwyneth Paltrow ) .
Captain America
Labelled a vigilante for his refusal to signalise the Sokovia Accords , Captain America secretly jailbroke his captured squad at the closing ofCivil Warbefore ship on adventures below the radar , essentially seize his"Nomad " identityfrom the comic strip . The Super Soldier first leaves Bucky at the hand of Black Panther ( Chadwick Boseman ) in Wakanda , where Shuri ( Letitia Wright ) helps with the HYDRA - brainwashed assassin ’s rehabilitation computer program . Steve then fully goes underground with Sam Wilson . In theInfinity War Prelude # 1comic , it ’s revealed that Steve spend the next two years beforeInfinity Wartraveling the ball with Black Widow and Falcon , the tie - in tale showed the three push a terrorist group in Syria .
It ’s unknown when on the nose Natasha conjoin Steve and Sam , but based on her hair in theBlack Widowtrailers ( long and ruby-red ) and the prequel comic ( little and light-haired ) , it appear that the events of her standalone film take place before she becomes one of the Secret Avengers . Perhaps the approaching film even leads to her reaching out to Steve following how everything goes down with her match - up against Taskmaster .
Hawkeye
As part of Team Captain America inCivil War , Hawkeye ( Jeremy Renner ) is captured by the government . However , unlike other Italian sandwich who refused to bless the Sokovia Accords , Clint Barton adjudicate to bide behind and take a deal with the authorities or else of going into hiding . Along with fellow sept man , Scott Lang / Ant - Man ( Paul Rudd ) , Clint signs an correspondence that commits him to house halt , give up him to be with his family . This hinder him from partaking in the events ofInfinity War , only re - emerging inEndgameafter his household has been " shoot . " The means that while Natasha is reconciling with her past and dealing with Taskmaster in theBlack Widowstandalone , her best pal is stuck at home .
All that being tell , with annoyer regardingwhat happened in Budapest , coupled with the clues thatBlack Widowwould also take on effect predating Natasha ’s official MCU introduction in the MCU viaIron Man 2 , it ’s possible that a Hawkeye cameo is in the cards . It ’s deserving take note that thatBlack Widow ’s first traileropens with an aerial guessing of Budapest back up this melodic theme .
Hulk
Since his disappearing at the end ofAvengers : Age of Ultron , the Hulk was nowhere to be ascertain in the MCU until his return inThor : Ragnarok . The gullible rage - goliath had yet to transform back to Bruce Banner for two year , as he enjoyed the perks of being the Grand Master ’s ( Jeff Goldblum ) battle admirer in Sakaar . This explains why he had the ability to speak , not to cite the temperament of a toddler . So , while Iron Man and Captain America were dealing with the Sokovia Accords lead to infighting among the Avengers inCivil War , follow by Natasha ’s solo adventure inBlack Widow , the Hulk was out in infinite the whole prison term , oblivious to what was happening in his plate satellite .
It ’s only when Thor ( Chris Hemsworth ) incidentally meets him in prizefighter battle that the Hulk ’s impel to get out the waste planet , and let his human alter ego back in the equipment driver ’s seat . By the time the Hulk returns home at the offset ofInfinity War , the events ofBlack Widoware done .
Thor
The God of Thunder spends two years afterAge of Ultronseeking answers about his vision that conspicuously have the Infinity Stones , and does n’t return to Asgard until afterCivil Waris done on Earth . This entail that Thor is still busy off - world making sense of his presentiment about the primary quartz while Natasha is deal with her original family and threat of Taskmaster inBlack Widow . ground on the timeline of result hinted by theInfinity War Prelude # 1 , by the clock time ofOdin ’s ( Anthony Hopkins ) deaththat unleashedHela ( Cate Blanchett)inRagnarok , Nat is already with Steve and Sam as they operated as the Secret Avengers .
From there , the God of Thunder goes on a trippy adventure that include him crashing on Sakaar , where he reach out to the Hulk , and then back to Asgard where he defeats the Goddess of Death by inspire Ragnarok . Not too long after Asgard ’s destruction , Infinity Warbegins with Thanos pirate their refugee ship on the elbow room to Earth .
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give what the other five original Avengers are doing around the time that the upshot ofBlack Widoware find , it ’s percipient which characters have a chance of making a surprise appearance in the plastic film ( if any ) . Iron Man , Captain America , and Hawkeye can all factor in the narrative see their whereabouts , not to mention their participation inCivil War . However , Hulk and Thor will most credibly be a no - show since both are off - world .
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