There is a bundle of box office blockbusters coming soon to a cinema near you.
After a delay of 14 months (the same length of time as cinemas themselves have been closed), 9 July 2021 will finally mark the unleashing of ‘Black Widow’, the 24th instalment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the first film in its fourth phase of projects.
Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story) portrays the eponymous superhero after the events of the 2016 film ‘Captain America: Civil War’ and must turn to family figures played by David Harbour (Stranger Things), Rachel Weisz (The Favourite) and Florence Pugh (Little Women), all master assassins in their own right to help her fight a new foe. Disney+ will also release ‘Black Widow’ on the same date for Premier Access customers of its streaming platform.
Directed by James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy), ‘The Suicide Squad’ will open on 30 July 2021. A standalone sequel to the 2016 film ‘Suicide Squad’, Margot Robbie (Birds of Prey) and Joel Kinnaman (The Informer) reprise their roles while Idris Elba (Molly’s Game) and Sylvester Stallone (Creed) joining an eclectic ensemble cast for Disney and Marvel Comics’ rival Warner Bros. and DC Comics’ superhero adventure, the 11th release of the DC Extended Universe.
Dwayne Johnson (Central Intelligence) and Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns) lead the fantasy adventure ‘Jungle Cruise’, also opening in cinemas on 30 July 2021 and on Disney+ Premier Access, signalling an end to the once protected 90 days theatrical release window, at least for tentpole features.
In Scotland I attended Dunfermline High School from 2010 to 2016 and Edinburgh Napier University from 2016 to 2020, emerging with two Advanced Higher and five Higher qualifications from the former and graduating with an undergraduate bachelor of arts honours degree in journalism from the latter. After two years away from further education due to the coronavirus pandemic, I'm going to be studying the MFA Photography course at York St John University in England from 2022 to 2024. I've achieved The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Bronze) Award and received grade five level certification for electronic keyboard from Trinity College London. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, writing, watching television series, listening to music and going to the cinema as well as catching up with friends, travelling by railway and hostelling overnight and overindulging in food and drinks in a pub or restaurant then having to go to the gym to burn it all off again.
By studying journalism and photography, my aim of practicing photojournalism professionally will hopefully be once step closer. Both are partial artforms requiring the rest of the work to be undertaken by the audience, the specialism of photojournalism, however, providing each of its two parts with greater context. Exploring photographic techniques (aerial, timelapse, editing) through a variety of journalistic styles (features, poetry, songwriting) will allow me to develop my portfolio, hone my camera skillset and narrow my focus further in anticipation of working life. Without a global pandemic to deal with this time. Fingers crossed.
