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March 15, 2018

Scarlett Johansson Speaks Out On Possible Black Widow Film

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There’s a lot of things the Marvel Cinematic Universe has done right. It’s made B-list heroes into major stars, it’s brought cult classic characters new life, and has made the first truly successful shared universe in films. But, when it comes to the female characters in the universe, they’ve dragged their feet in giving them the spotlight. While it’s easy to see films like Black Panther and the upcoming Ant-Man and The Wasp film and thing “Marvel is really representing women well”, it hasn’t always been that way. With the biggest faux pa being Black Widow. Despite debuting in Iron Man 2, Black Widow has only be a side or supporting character, never getting a chance to star in her own film. Yet, that may be changing, and Scarlett Johansson does have ideas on how the film could portray her character. “I love playing this character,” Johansson told Entertainment Tonight, “and I think there is definitely an opportunity to explore the Widow as a woman who has come into her own and

January 10, 2018

The Black Widow Movie Could Actually Happen

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For years patrons of Marvel’s superhero movies have been wondering: where’s the solo outing for Black Widow? Late last year Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige confirmed that Avengers 4 would be the final film to focus on the original cast and that everything would change afterward….seemingly driving the final nail in the coffin for anyone’s hopes. But wait…what’s this? News from Variety that Marvel has hired someone to write a script for this movie? Better late than never! The writer who’s now tackling this task is Jac Schaeffer, described as a “Black List screenwriter” (I don’t know what that is, because it can’t mean “suspected of being a communist” anymore). This reveals something about Black Widow’s future — unless they’re talking about a prequel, it sort of spoils her fate in Avengers 4. That movie is being filmed as we speak, and if we’re just now talking about a Black Widow movie, it means Romanoff must live through that film. Of course Natasha is tough enough to take on Thanos