It’s been a longtime coming, and it may finally arrive: a Black Widow movie! Even though it kinda feels like the zeitgeist on it has passed (as the MCU’s Phase 1 seems to be winding down), it’s still a fine idea. Marvel needed to be convinced, apparently, by movies likeAtomic Blonde,Red Sparrow, and evenMad Max: Fury Road(ok maybe that’s a stretch, but as far as action movies starring a badass women go) to know that audiences would be receptive to a Widow-focused movie.
And according toTHR, it may actually happy. The studio has evidently been meeting with a number of different female directions:
Marvel Studios has been looking for a director to break its glass ceiling withBlack Widowand has been meeting with filmmakers such asDeniz Gamze Erguven(the Turkish movieMustang),Chloe Zhao(The Rider)andAmma Asante(A United Kingdom),among several others. That search is still ongoing, according to sources.
Following up to that report and a tweet from THR’s Borys Kit was Variety’s Justin Kroll thattwo other namesare also in consideration:Maggie Betts(Novitiate) andAngela Robinson(Professor Marston and the Wonder Women), with what sounds like more to possible come.
This is all part of a larger THR report that “Paramount is deep in the hunt for a female director, a mandate that comes from the top, including producerJ.J. Abrams, to helmStar Trek 4[…] Hiring women directors has become an actionable priority for studios in recent months and results are starting to be seen as more female filmmakers are getting hired for franchise projects.” Apparently Hollywood is ready to get woke behind the camera (again, finally).
PresumablyScarlett Johanssonwould star in the potential Black Widow movie, although anything is possible with Marvel going into a new phase of films. What director would you like to see helm the project, and what kind of a storyline would you want it to cover?
