the next phase of Marvel movies is
gearing up to drop starting in 2020 and
we all know that it will be kicked off
with the long-awaited Black Widow solo
movie well details of the movie are
being kept under lock and key we do know
a few things about how it's going to go
down specifically we know that David
Harbor is taking on the role of Red
Guardian but who exactly is he
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David Harbour has ventured into the
world of comic book movies once before
and recently - in the 2019 reboot of
Hellboy well it was definitely not one
of the best reviewed movies of the year
Harper did get plenty of recognition for
his take on the character and also for
the insane shape he got into to play the
role luckily for him the stranger things
favorite has been given another shot
with the upcoming black widows
standalone movie harbor will be playing
red guardian
however the trailer leaves his villain
status pretty ambiguous as the plot of
the movie has been kept pretty tightly
under wraps he won't be the only foe in
the mix however as we also know that
taskmaster is going to be making an
appearance as well said to be taking
place in between the events of Captain
America Civil War and the Avengers
infinity war the black widow movie will
see Natasha Romanoff all alone and
coming up against some things from her
past that she would rather see buried
for good one of these things will
definitely be read Guardian we first met
read Guardian in the comic books all the
way back in 1967 where he was introduced
as a sort of Soviet counterpart to
Captain America but first a little
backstory before he was read Guardian he
was Alexei Shasta Cobb and he had
started out as a pilot for the KGB many
years earlier after being orphaned
during World War two he was taken in and
trained by Vasily Karpov you might
remember from his appearance as a Hydra
sleeper agent in Captain America Civil
War he was highly decorated for his work
as a pilot and became known as a hero of
the Soviet Union as most of us know
Natasha started out as a spy for the KGB
as well but the two of them had actually
met before either began their years of
service in fact they were even married
back when Natasha was a very famous
ballerina the pair were deeply in love
but Alexei was first and foremost
dedicated to serving his country
eventually both of them were selected by
the KGB as prime candidates for special
officer will away on a top-secret
mission he was told of the KGB's plan to
turn him into the Red Guardian an agent
of the highest order and an antidote to
the USA's captain
erricka but because of this new mission
he was never allowed to return home
again and Natasha was told that he
hadn't made it out of his mission alive
just as the KGB had planned Natasha was
stricken with grief over the news of his
passing and sought to find a way to
honor her husband's memory and his
heroism they immediately put her into a
training program to become the Black
Widow secret agent eventually she would
defect to the United States and join The
Avengers leaving her life with Alexei
and the KGB behind her
that is until years later when working
for her enemy Red Guardian kidnapped
Black Widow and used her as bait to lure
Captain America and the rest of the
Avengers to the rescue during his
training to become red Guardian alexei
had become cruel and ruthless and
nothing like the man that Natasha had
once known but he still loved her after
all of these years he kidnapped her in
order to challenge Captain America to
his showdown and even though he didn't
have the same superhuman abilities that
the cap did he did pretty well in
holding his own when their fight was
interrupted in the Avengers were able to
escape Alexei was consumed by the
building he was in collapsing on top of
him he would resurface years later as
another version of Ronan and he isn't
the only one to have worn the mantle of
red Guardian over the years but how
powerful is Alexei after all well his
powers were never made entirely clear in
the comic books aside from his
incredible strength in various combat
and weaponry skills he is also a
famously good pilot and can use the red
star on his chest as a shield much like
Captain America's but the main
difference between the two is that the
red Guardian was never injected with the
same super serum as cap was in order to
become his super self all of his power
comes from his training and already
immense stature similar to someone like
Bruce Wayne who was never given
superhuman abilities in order to become
Batman well this is Alec's a story in
the comic books were pretty sure that
the black would a movie we'll be taking
a few liberties with the backstory in
order to make everything line up with
Natasha story that has been established
in MCU first and foremost it seems as
though this version of red Guardians
backstory will begin with the cold war
instead of World War two David harbours
himself is referenced the cold war as
the possible beginning of his
a story which still does make him
considerably older than Scarlett
Johansson's Black Widow unless of course
he was given the same cryogenic
treatment as Captain America and was
preserved for a few years without aging
a day well we're still aching for any
specifics about what this movie is going
to be about
we know that the showdown between red
Guardian and Black Widow is bound to the
epic especially if it's the first time
that the former newlyweds will be seeing
each other since everything went down
years before the reunion will be one for
the books Plus what the fact that
Scarlett's Natasha isn't going to be the
only iteration of Black Widow appearing
in the movie but will also feature
Rachel Weisz and Florence Pugh as Molina
and Jelena Bulova in the mix who have
both carried the Black Widow mantle from
time to time with a rumored appearance
by Tony Stark we are getting seriously
excited for this Black Widow movie April
30th cannot come fast enough what about
you are you looking forward to the Black
Widow movie what do you hope goes down
between red Guardian and Black Widow how
do you think Tony Stark and the other
black widows will factor in let us know
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