The Handmaid’s Tale star O-T Fagbenle has landed a lead role opposite Scarlett Johansson in Marvel’s Black Widow.
He joins fellow stars Florence Pugh, Rachel Weisz and David Harbour.
Most of the plot of the Cate Shortland-directed film is unknown besides that fact that it will be an origin story on Natasha Romanoff (Johansson) and how she went from a KGB spy assassin to a member of S.H.I.E.L.D. and an Avenger.
It is expected to premiere in either May or November of next year.
Fagbenle stars in season 3 of The Handmaid’s Tale, which returns for season 3 on June 5. Deadline first reported the news of his casting.
The next Marvel film, Avengers: Endgame, which stars Johansson, is in theaters later this month.
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