Thor: Ragnarok Director Wants to Make a Black Widow Movie

Taika Waititi would bonk to make aBlack Widowcomedy moving picture . The manager has successfully reinvigorated involvement in the character Thor ( Chris Hemsworth ) with his approaching film , Thor : Ragnarok , which is presently the highest - rated Marvel Cinematic Universe movie ever relinquish . And he ’s now interested in potentially providing his comedic chop to aBlack Widowmovie , star Scarlett Johansson as the eponymic graphic symbol .

Johansson made her debut as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Natasha Romanoff , aka Black Widow , in Jon Favreau’sIron Man 2 in 2010 . It did n’t take long for Marvel Studios to set about spill the beans about potentially giving the character her own solo film , and fan stake in the spinoff only increase as metre went on . However , Marvel was n’t concerned in a female superhero movieat the time . And the franchise ’s first female - lead superhero movie will be Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck ’s 2019 film , Captain Marvel , star Brie Larson as Carol Danvers . Of of course , Johansson conceive there ’s stilla theory for Black Widow to get her own movie . If it hap , Waititi could lead that output .

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In an consultation withio9discussing his latest film , Thor : Ragnarok , Waititi unwrap that he would be concerned in making aBlack Widowmovie for Marvel when asked if he would like to take on other MCU type .

“ In all honesty , I reckon I could probably institute something somewhat unique to any of the franchises . So , I ’d love to see Black Widow . [ I ’d like to see ] Black Widow as something gaga and a minute funnier than we expect it to be . Because we know her story and it ’s very dark and very dark and her account is very blue . But ! What ’s the funny version of that ? What ’s the more entertaining interlingual rendition of that ? ”

Black Widow ’s story has been in short hinted at throughout her appearances but audiences got their most in - depth look at her troubled past in a hallucination / flashback sequence in Joss Whedon’sAvengers : Age of Ultron . As for why Waititi prefer Black Widow over someone like her former S.H.I.E.L.D. pardner , Hawkeye ( Jeremy Renner ) , or the Hulk ( Mark Ruffalo ) , a fiber he already has experience directing , Waititi aver :

“ I really go for the underdog . [ And ] I think there ’s a way in with any of the characters . You just have to find it and get what honors what ’s already there with the source cloth but also brings it into a more entertaining form for the audience . ”

At the second , the MCU ’s first saga is scheduled to conclude with Anthony and Joe Russo’sAvengers 4 in 2019 , with the franchisebranching off in a new direction after that . Considering that Black Widow is one of the shared cosmos ’s oldest case , it ’s possible that she may not have a stead in that future tense , but we ’ll just have to wait and see what happens until at least afterAvengers : eternity Warreleases next year .