Simply if you thought Scarlett Johansson was carried out with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, she’s now displaying curiosity in returning. The one drawback is, it received’t be as Black Widow (sorry, guys, she’s useless!), however moderately to direct.
Scarlett Johansson — who hasn’t been in a Marvek film since 2021’s Black Widow —not too long ago spoke to Deadline about the potential for helming an MCU flick of her personal, mentioned that she is drawn to the enchantment of a blockbuster, particularly of that magnitude. “I feel the flicks that I like which are huge motion films even have the human connectivity piece. Even producing Black Widow and being part of the manufacturing of that, and the event of the story, and the story between Natasha and Yelena… [there is] I feel, a means of doing it, a means of sustaining the integrity of the concept of human connection, household, disappointment, the entire issues that had been themes in [Eleanor the Great], and doing it in an enormous means in an enormous universe — there’s methods of doing that…So, yeah, positively, it might be, it will be enjoyable.”
The aforementioned Eleanor the Nice — which had its world premiere at this yr’s Cannes Movie Pageant (the place’s its competing within the Un Sure Regard part) and marks the characteristic debut for Scarlett Johansson as director — is a far cry from Marvel by way of her directorial prospects. However it has no less than earned reward for lead June Squibb, which we’re completely right here for.
Outdoors of the Marvel Universe — which can stick with it with out Scarlett Johansson with Avengers: Doomsday (not too long ago pushed again to December 2026) — the actress shall be headed into the Jurassic World with this summer season’s Rebirth, which takes place a handful of years after the occasions of Dominion.
To this point, Scarlett Johansson has performed Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow 9 occasions for Marvel, starting with 2010’s Iron Man 2 and concluded together with her namesake film, which came about earlier than the occasions of 2019’s Endgame, which discovered her character sacrificing herself to acquire the Soul Stone.
How would you’re feeling if Scarlett Johansson returned to Marvel however solely to direct?