Exciting things await Marvel Cinematic Universe fans. With the imminent release of "Captain Marvel," president of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige promised that there would be more women-fronted superhero films in the future.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Kevin Feige revealed that female-led superhero movies are part of the big plan they have for phase four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The studio will apparently make an official announcement soon, although he did not go into specifics about which female characters will get their standalone film.
"With ('Ant-Man and The Wasp') and now with 'Captain Marvel' and many movies to be announced in the near future, I'm anxious for the time where it's not a novelty that there is a female-led superhero movie, but it is a norm," Kevin Feige said, adding that it would soon be "less a story of, 'Oh, look, a female hero', and it's more a story of, 'Oh, what's this about? Who's this character? I'm excited to see that.'"
Kevin Feige also explained why it took Marvel Studios nearly a decade to produce a superhero film with a bad-ass female protagonist, admitting that they were skeptical whether a female-led superhero film can do well at the box office. Fortunately, the immense success of 2017's "Wonder Woman," starring Israeli actress and model Gal Gadot, proved them wrong.
"Wonder Woman," which is based on the DC Comics character of the same name, received largely positive reviews upon its release in mid-June 2017. It even grossed more than $821 million worldwide, making it the 10th highest-grossing film of 2017.
"The success of 'Wonder Woman' made me very happy," Kevin Feige admitted. "I'd much rather the question be, 'Oh gosh, what did you think about that successful female-led hero that came out a few years ago?' Rather than the question I used to get, which was, 'Are you afraid that people don't want to see a female hero?'"
Aside from the highly-anticipated "Captain Marvel," a stand-alone movie featuring Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) is now in the works. Australian filmmaker Cate Shortland, best known for the historical drama "Lore," is on board to helm the project, as per the Hollywood Reporter.
Black Widow, one of the most talented spies and assassins in the world and a founding member of the Avengers, made her first appearance in 2010's "Iron Man." Since then, fans have been wanting to see a standalone film following the character's origins.
