Black Widow standalone movie gets a scriptwriter

Turns out, Marvel Studios is now serious about making a standalone Black Widow movie. 

The character was introduced in the second Iron Man movie in 2010 and has been played by Scarlett Johansson in six released and two unreleased Marvel movies since.

According to a report in the Hollywood Reporter, screenwriter Jac Schaeffer, known for Black List script The Shower, has been enlisted by the studio to pen the script for the project.

Jac Schaeffer as written the story for Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson's  Nasty Woman - a remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

For the longest time, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige and Scarlett Johansson have talked about making a stand-alone movie about the life of Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow. But in a different turn of events, another female superhero movie - Captain Marvel (2019) - got the green light.

The news follows the release of the trailer for Jennifer Lawrence's movie titled Red Sparrow which actually resembles what the Black Widow origin story would have been.

No other details about the project have emerged. But no harm in feeling happy for Black Widow fandom.