It’s been a long time coming for Black Widow (aka Natasha Romanoff) fans. The Marvel studio is finally moving forward with their plans for the standalone film, played by Scarlett Johansson.
According to Variety, Marvel has appointed a screenwriter to the project – Jac Schaeffer. Jac wrote the upcoming female-led film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, featuring Rebel Wilson.
A Black Widow film is still in the very early stages and hasn’t yet been officially greenlit.
In 2016, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige hinted at the film, saying: “Where we go beyond [our next nine films] are ongoing discussions.”
“I would say certainly the one, creatively and emotionally, that we are most committed to doing is Black Widow.”
That was a long time ago, so we hope things start moving fast.
2017 was the year where Hollywood finally started paying attention to how badly audiences want to see female-led movies.
DC’s Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot, was a HUGE success and started the ball rolling on the next era of women in film.
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With Brie Larson taking on Captain Marvel in a standalone film, a Harley Quinn movie on the horizon AND Gotham City Sirens (focusing on Harley Quinn, Catwoman and Poison Ivy), it’s about time we saw Black Widow get a shot at the limelight.
Scarlett’s character was first introduced in 2010 in Iron Man 2 and has been a prominent character in The Avengers films, as well as Captain America. Avengers: Infinity War (coming out in April) will be her sixth time in the role.
