Last month, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige confirmed that there’s been “some development work” on a potential solo movie for Scarlett Johansson’s S.H.I.E.L.D. super spy Black Widow, and now the producer has offered a few more comments on the possibility during a press conference to promote the upcoming release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
“I think the idea [of a Black Widow] movie would be great. We’ve got various outlines and ideas of where to take that. As Scarlett already said, there’s a big element that explores her back story in an upcoming Marvel feature. The question really is, ‘When will we take her out of the ensemble and have her do her own thing?’ As you saw in [Captain America: The Winter Soldier], as you’ll see in The Avengers: Age of Ultron, she’s really the key to so much of the plot development.”
Between Ant-Man, Thor 3, Captain America 3 and the not-yet-confirmed-but-looking-highly-likely Doctor Strange, it would seem that Marvel is pretty much set for Phase Three of the Cinematic Universe, which would take us through to 2018 and The Avengers 3, but would you like to see them squeezing in a Black Widow movie too?
Originally published March 13, 2014. Updated April 11, 2018.
