Anthony and Joe Russo have confirmed that we will be seeing Scarlett Johansson in Captain America: Civil War.
Just about everyone's name has been banded around as a possibility of appearing in the third Captain America movie, except that of Johansson. However, the actress will be back as Black Widow as she is set to reunite with Chris Evans.
Johansson starred in Captain America: The Winter Solider, which saw her reunite with Evans and work with the Russo brothers for the first time.
Anthony and Joe Russo will be back in the director's chair and Anthony said this to CBM about the already highly anticipated movie: "We’ve been preparing for the movie since the last one debuted last year. So, we’ve been working on it for a long time now.
"We’re very happy how it’s coming along. Captain America 3 is gonna be called Captain America: Civil War and it’s going to star Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson will be back, Winter Soldier [Sebastian Stan] will be back, and Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man will also be joining us in the next film."
Captain America: Civil War is based on the comic book of the same name and will see Captain America and Iron Man go head to head over the registration act. Captain America believes that 'superhero' identities should remain secret if they so wish, while Stark is behind the introduction of the registration act.
Anthony Mackie is also set to reprise the role of Falcon, while the likes of Jeremy Renner and Hayley Atwell are just some of the other names that have been linked to the film in the last few months.
We are also expecting the introduction of Chadwick Boseman's character Black Panther - however, given some of the new footage in the latest Avenger: Age of Ultron fans believe we may be seeing that character for the first time slightly earlier than first thought.
Filming on Captain America: Civil War is set to start filming in April and will hit the big screen in 2016.
The Winter Solider was released last year to critical and commercial success, and we will be seeing Evans, Johansson, and Downey Jr later this year in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Captain America: Civil War is released 29th April 2016.
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