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Black Widow
Directed byAnthony and Joe Russo
Screenplay byJac Schaeffer
Produced byKevin Feige
StarringScarlett Johansson
Production
company
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release date
  • July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31) (United States)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Black Widow is a planned American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character of the same name, to be produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is intended to be 25th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film will be written by Jac Schaeffer and stars Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow.

Development of a Black Widow film began in April 2004 by Lions Gate Entertainment, with David Hayter attached to write and direct. However, by June 2006, the film rights to the character reverted to Marvel Studios, with no plans to continue actively developing the film. Scarlett Johansson was cast in the role in March 2009, to first appear in Iron Man 2, as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Various discussions where held thereafter regarding a potential solo film for the character, with head of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige and Johansson both expressing interest in creating one, before Jac Schaeffer was hired to write the script in January 2018.

Cast

Production

Development

"What I tried to do was use the backdrop of the splintered Soviet Empire—a lawless insane asylum with 400-some odd nuclear missile silos. It was all about loose nukes, and I felt it was very timely and very cool. Unfortunately, as I was coming up on the final draft, a number of female vigilante movies came out. We had Tomb Raider and Kill Bill, which were the ones that worked, but then we had BloodRayne and Ultraviolet and Æon Flux. Æon Flux didn’t open well, and three days after it opened, the studio said, 'We don't think it's time to do this movie.'"

—David Hayter, on the script for his film and why the project failed to move forward.[1]

In February 2004, Lions Gate Entertainment acquired the film rights for Black Widow,[2] and in April announced David Hayter as writer and director of the film, with Avi Arad producing.[3] By June 2006, Lions Gate had dropped the project and the rights reverted to Marvel Studios. Hayter and Marvel tried getting another financier to develop the project, but Hayter "never felt comfortable that we had found a place that was willing to take the movie, and the character, seriously." This left Hayter "heartbroken", but he hoped the film would be made "some day".[4]

In February 2009, Marvel entered early talks with Emily Blunt to play Black Widow in Iron Man 2,[5] though she was unable to take the role due to a previous commitment to star in Gulliver's Travels.[6] The next month, Scarlett Johansson signed on to play Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, with her deal including options for multiple films.[7] In September 2010, while promoting the home media release of Iron Man 2, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige stated that discussions with Johansson had already taken place regarding a Black Widow standalone film, but that Marvel's focus was on 2012's The Avengers.[8] Johansson appeared in that film as the character,[9] as well as 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier,[10] 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron,[11] 2016's Captain America: Civil War,[12] 2018's Avengers: Infinity War,[13] and 2019's untitled Avengers film.[14] After the release of Age of Ultron, Johansson revealed her original contracted films were adjusted from when she first signed to fit the "demand of the character", as the audience's "great reaction" to her was not anticipated by Marvel.[15]

In February 2014, Feige stated that, after exploring Black Widow's past in Age of Ultron, he would like to see it explored further in a solo film, which already had development work done for it,[16] including a "pretty in depth" treatment by Nicole Perlman.[17] The following April, Johansson expressed her interest in a Black Widow film, and noted that it would be driven by demand from the audience.[18] That July, Hayter expressed interest in reviving the project for Marvel,[19] and the following month, director Neil Marshall stated that he "would love to do a Black Widow film," adding he felt the character was "really interesting [given] she doesn’t have any superpowers, she just has extraordinary skills, and the world that she comes from, being this ex-K.G.B. assassin, I find that really fascinating."[20] In April 2015, Johansson spoke more on the possibility of a solo Black Widow film, seeing the potential to explore the different "layers" of her depicted in the different films so far, but also noting that "right now I think this character is used well in this part of the universe".[15] While promoting Captain America: Civil War the next April, Feige noted that due to the announced schedule of films, any potential Black Widow film would be four or five years away.[21] He added that Marvel was "creatively and emotionally" committed to making a Black Widow film eventually.[22]

In July 2016, Joss Whedon, the director of The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron, stated that he was open to directing a Black Widow film, feeling he could make "a spy thriller. Like really do a good, paranoid, 'John le Carré on crack’ sort of thing."[23] In October, Johansson discussed the potential film being a prequel, saying, "you can bring it back to Russia. You could explore the Widow program. There’s all kinds of stuff that you could do with it." She did caution she may not want to "wear a skin-tight catsuit" for much longer.[24] The next February, Johansson said that she would dedicate herself to making any potential Black Widow film "amazing. It would have to be the best version that movie could possibly be. Otherwise, I would never do it ... [it would] have to be its own standalone and its own style and its own story."[25] That October, Feige met with Johansson to discuss the direction of a potential solo film, before Marvel began meeting with writers for the project, including Jac Schaeffer.[26] Schaeffer met with Feige again in December, and was hired to write a script for the film before the end of 2017.[27][28] Schaeffer and Johansson were set to discuss the direction of the film at the beginning of February 2018.[29] Marvel began meeting with female directors to potentially take on the project, part of a priority push by major film studios to hire female directors for franchises.[30] By the end of April, the studio had met with over 65 directors for the project in an "extremely thorough" search,[31] including Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Chloé Zhao, and Amma Asante.[30] In the following months, this was reduced to a shortlist of 49 directors before the top choices of Cate Shortland, Asante, Maggie Betts, and Kimberly Peirce met with Feige and Johansson in June.[32][33] In July 2018, Feige annouced that Black Widow would be released on July 31, 2020.[34]

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