Marvel Studios has announced that their much-awaited Black Widow stand-alone movie, starring Scarlett Johansson, will hit the theatres on May 1 next year.

The film, which is currently under production, will be Marvel's first movie to release after the culmination of Infinity Saga, with Spider-Man: Far From Home.

"I'm looking forward to exploring her as a fully realised woman in all of her many facets," Johansson said on stage during Marvel's presentation at San Diego Comic-Con.

The studio also shared the first footage of the movie with the Comic-Con audience. The clip was of a fight sequence between Johansson and her on-screen sister Florence Pugh.

Black Widow, directed by Cate Shortland, also features Rachel Weisz, David Harbor and O T Fagbenle.