10 Marvel Cinematic Universe Theories Better Than What's In The Movies
5. The MCU Is Getting A New Black Widow
There are a lot of rumours doing the rounds about how the MCU will look following Avengers: Endgame, with one of the most popular being that there are plans in place for the Thunderbolts (a team of villains masquerading as heroes) to make their debut soon.
Time will tell on that front, but the prevailing theory is that Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova is going to inherit the mantle of "Black Widow" in the upcoming movie of the same name.
Set between the events of Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War, explaining where Yelena has been all this time will be a must... unless she's behind bars, of course.
Her betraying Natasha and winding up in the custody of General "Thunderbolt" Ross nicely sets the stage for him to later recruit her as Natasha's replacement, and this is a theory that stands a very strong change of coming true.
We know that Scarlett Johansson's time as Black Widow is at an end in the present day, so someone will have to fill the void, and Yelena seems like the perfect choice.