Black Widow’ Scarlett Johansson ‘fights’ for Marvel to make an all-female superhero movie

Black Widow’ Scarlett Johansson ‘fights’ for Marvel to make an all-female superhero movie


In an interview with Variety, Scarlett Johansson said she hopes to have her own movie gathering the female superheroes of the Marvel universe. The actress even expressed her wish to the studio’s leaders for the project to be born.
After the scene where female superheroes teamed up to save Spider-Man from Thanos’ attack in the final part of the movie Avengers: Endgame, many fans began to ask: when will Marvel be able to entertain audience with a work that only gathers a cast of beautiful heroes? Not only fans are looking forward to it, Scarlett Johansson also expressed her hope that this famous studio will “release” such a masterpiece.

According to an article published by Variety on October 14 (local time), the star who plays Black Widow in the Avengers movie series said she was one of the people who boldly proposed to the studio to produce an all-female work. superhero even though the actress’s “black widow” character died in Endgame.

“I don’t know what future role my character will play in the context of that film, but I still decided to fight so the work can be produced. It is a group of brave, strong heroes that once they come together and explode in power, nothing can stop them. This is also the reason I am trying to influence Marvel to make the movie. I think the audience wants to see such a work and I’m sure I’m one of them,” the 35-year-old star shared with Variety reporter.

Many loyal Marvel audiences hope these female heroes will gather in a separate work without the presence of male stars.


Scarlett Johansson is not the first actress to publicly express her views on a project like the above. Previously, in another interview with Variety, Brie Larson – the beauty who plays Captain Marvel, said she felt regretful because she and her female co-stars had so little time to work together while filming Avengers 4. The star of the movie Kong: Skull Island even revealed that she couldn’t help but feel sad that Hollywood has had many movies with all-female stars, but this hasn’t happened in Marvel’s blockbusters. Through her sharing, the female artist hopes that women who have acted in Marvel superhero movies will frankly propose to the head of this studio, Kevin Feige, so that he can consider the project.

“You know, I have no obligation to Marvel’s future, but there are things that I think should be said frankly. If people express their wishes together enough, their wishes may come true,” Brie Larson said.

To date, Marvel has only had two separate movies about female superheroes, Captain Marvel (released in 2019) and Black Widow (expected to be released in 2020), but has never mentioned the project of gathering a “strong female” cast. of this expensive cinematic universe

According to Variety, Kevin Feige has expressed interest in a work that brings together the entire “strong female cast” of the Marvel cinematic universe but has not yet officially “green-lighted” the project. After Captain Marvel (Captain Marvel) hit theaters in March 2019 and became the first “blockbuster” to hit the $1 billion mark this year, it can be seen that the story of female superheroes is still a “gold mine”. ” that Marvel has not been able to fully explore.

Following the success of Captain Marvel, this billion-dollar studio will release its own film about another MCU female superhero, Black Widow (played by Scarlett Johansson). After the emotional sacrifice in Avengers: Endgame, the content of the separate film about the “black widow” was revealed to focus on exploiting the prequel about this famous character. The film is expected to release in May 2020.

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