Just moments after the announcement was made that Disney’s live-actionMulan remake will be premiering on Disney+, Marvel fans took to social media to discuss whetherBlack Widowshould get the same treatment. As revealed by Disney, the newMulanwill be available for people to watch for about $30 when it releases on Sept. 4, and the news has brought about a wide variety of mixed opinions online. While the $29.99 price tag seems a bit too steep for some fans forMulan, there seems to be a mixture of concern and support from Marvel fans that the same will happen withBlack Widowthis winter.
“I hope theMulanthing goes well and it convinces Marvel to releaseBlack Widowon Disney+,” reads one tweet, echoing many others with their opinions. “If it means new Marvel content I’d pay for it,” another says. Other reactions on Twitter share these sentiments, with some fans balking at paying $30 forMulanbut noting they’d have no trouble spending that much or more forBlack Widow, with one fan honestly tweeting: “I would watchBlack Widowfor 30 bucs (sic)… notMulan. Sorry I guess.”
However, it’s not hard to find many other Marvel fans not very happy about the prospect ofBlack Widowcoming straight to Disney+. The argument to be made here is that a blockbuster Marvel movie likeBlack Widowwould be best enjoyed on the big screen, so it would be worth pushing the release to 2021 to let Marvel fans watch the movie the way it was meant to be seen when it first premieres. “I’m skippingMulanuntil it’s reasonably priced. If they do the same withBlack Widow, I’m skipping that too,” reads one of the more unenthused tweets, with even more Marvel fans having trouble deciding what they would really want.
In any case, the plan as of now is forBlack Widowto release theatrically on Aug 06, 2025. This comes after previous delays due to the national shutdown of movie theaters, bumping the Marvel movie from its original May 2020 release date. Certainly, another delay is going to make a lot of people upset, especially with the weight of nearly every other major release this year getting pushed back to 2021. Still, it’s just as clear that releasing the movie on Disney+ instead of waiting for more theaters to safely open will also leave many fans feeling disappointed.Disneyis not going to be able to please everyone here, putting the House of Mouse in between rock and a hard place.
As forMulan, those willing to spend $30 to see the highly-anticipated Disney movie at home will be able to do so next month when it becomes available to watch onDisney+on Sept. 4. The movie will also reportedly be screening in select markets where movie theaters are actually open, but it’s not yet been revealed which theaters will be screening the movie. Presumably, howeverMulanperforms on Disney+ will affect how the company handles their other upcoming releases – such asBlack Widow.
