With Luke Cage, Black Panther, and the upcoming Captain Marvel, Marvel movies, and Marvel TV shows are finally getting more diverse. So now is as great a time as ever for a Black Widow movie.
Marvel seems like they don't know how a female Avengers movie would play out in theaters, but it's time. Iron Man got a trilogy, Captain America got a trilogy, Thor got a trilogy, and even Hulk got a movie (that we don't talk about).
If Marvel is worried about how female superheroes do in theaters, they need to look no further then Patty Jenkin's "Wonder Woman." The movie did amazing at the box office. It did so well in fact that DC ended up adding extra scenes for Wonder Woman in "Justice League."
Now that the movie "Red Sparrow" is coming out, Marvel really needs to step up their game. "Red Sparrow" starring Jennifer Lawrence is about a Russian woman trained practically from birth to be an assassin. If you watch the trailer it's pretty much a Black Widow ripoff.
If there's one thing we've learned from movies in the last couple years, representation matters. Seeing Black Widow, a badass female superhero get her own movie would be really empowering for little girls to watch. Scarlett Johansson is an excellent actress and would really flourish in her own movie.
Even from a business standpoint, the Black Widow movie just makes sense for Marvel. She's a very popular character in the MCU. Also, movies starting female leads have been doing really well lately like "Wonder Woman" and "Hidden Figures."
Marvel has toyed with the idea of a "Black Widow" movie but has made no commitments. Come on Marvel, it's time.