Weekly Ketchup: Is Scarlett Johansson Getting a Black Widow Movie?

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There is “comic book” popular, and there is “movie” popular. In the comics, the Russian super spy Black Widow is an important character (a member of a few super teams and a supporting character for Daredevil and Captain America) who’s never really achieved her own fame as an A-lister. Although Black Widow does date back to the 1960s, her membership in the Avengers was not immediate, as she was the 15th member of the team (after characters like Wasp, Swordsman, Hercules, Black Panther, and Black Knight). Black Widow’s also never really been able to stand on her own, with no solo comic book title lasting more than 8 issues. On the other hand, in the movies, Black Widow’s been portrayed by Scarlett Johansson in Iron Man 2, The Avengers, and this April, in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. This week, we learned that Marvel Studios doesn’t want to give up on the Black Widow business anytime soon, as the character will have a “very big” part in 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron. Marvel Studios production president Kevin Feige continued, “We learn more about her past and learn more about where she came from and how she became in that film. The notion of exploring that even further in her own film would be great, and we have some development work with that.” Those three little words, “some development work,” has pretty much inspired fans this week to decide that yes, we’re getting a Black Widow movie someday. And maybe we will. It’s also worth remembering that lots of other characters have also received “some development work,” including (that we know of) Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Ms/Captain Marvel, Cloak & Dagger, The Inhumans, Iron Fist, Nick Fury, Power Pack, and The Runaways. This also isn’t the first time that a Black Widow solo movie has been in development, as Lionsgate was developing one about ten years ago (the film rights reverted back to Marvel in 2004).


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