Black Widow is a 2009 spy film and the fourth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series produced by Paramount Pictures. The film stars Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and brings back Scott Adkins as Taskmaster, the villain, with Jeremy Renner, Bruce Campbell, Cobie Smulders and Clark Gregg returning. Directed by Cate Shortland and written by Eric Pearson, the film has Natasha investigating a series of targeted data leaks and co-ordinated attacks on MI6 led by Taskmaster while also being on the run from SHIELD.
