The Marvel Cinematic Universe has built an interesting foundation with its upcoming Thunderbolts* film. Its titular squad prominently features characters from 2021’s Black Widow, including Taskmaster and Red Guardian, alongside Yelena Belova’s debut with the Black Widow mantle. It’s exciting to see these characters find continued success and carve out a legacy in the MCU, considering the time it took for them to get any screentime at all. A Black Widow solo film focusing on Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff was in the works for years. The previously mentioned feature even sat on the shelf for an extended period of time while Marvel worked to find a sensible release window within its timeline. But the femme fatale’s first modern movie attempt actually dates back even further.
In 2004, Lionsgate Entertainment purchased the film rights to Black Widow and several other characters. The studio best known for the Saw and Hunger Games film franchises intended to branch out with teh Marvel superheroine. Their choice of writer and director was industry veteran and nerd culture legend David Hayter. Hayter was a fan of the character and was incredibly enthusiastic to take on the challenge of the film. Disappointingly, the project would never enter full production. In anticipation of Thunderbolts* and its expansive cast, CBR re-examining the history of a corner whose world and supporting cast are now helping buoy the next era of the MCU. These are the known facts and history of David Hayter’s ill-fated Black Widow film and why it was canceled.
Lionsgate tapped screenwriter David Hayter to lead the project. While Hayter is known best by most for his portrayal of Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid series, he’s also an accomplished screenwriter, having written the first two X-Men films. DC fans may also recognize Hayter for creating the first screenplay drafts of what eventually became Zack Snyder’s Watchmen. He certainly wasn’t lacking in talent or qualifications, and especially not passion. In fact, Hayter’s wife gave birth to a girl while he was writing the film, and he was so enamored by the character and work that his new daughter was named Natasha, after Black Widow herself. However, no actors would be cast for roles before work on the film was shuttered. Because of this, in the years since Black Widow’s cancellation, it is Hayter himself who has inadvertently become the star of its short life.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has built an interesting foundation with its upcoming Thunderbolts* film. Its titular squad prominently features characters from 2021’s Black Widow, including Taskmaster and Red Guardian, alongside Yelena Belova’s debut with the Black Widow mantle. It’s exciting to see these characters find continued success and carve out a legacy in the MCU, considering the time it took for them to get any screentime at all. A Black Widow solo film focusing on Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff was in the works for years. The previously mentioned feature even sat on the shelf for an extended period of time while Marvel worked to find a sensible release window within its timeline. But the femme fatale’s first modern movie attempt actually dates back even further.
In 2004, Lionsgate Entertainment purchased the film rights to Black Widow and several other characters. The studio best known for the Saw and Hunger Games film franchises intended to branch out with teh Marvel superheroine. Their choice of writer and director was industry veteran and nerd culture legend David Hayter. Hayter was a fan of the character and was incredibly enthusiastic to take on the challenge of the film. Disappointingly, the project would never enter full production. In anticipation of Thunderbolts* and its expansive cast, CBR re-examining the history of a corner whose world and supporting cast are now helping buoy the next era of the MCU. These are the known facts and history of David Hayter’s ill-fated Black Widow film and why it was canceled.
Lionsgate tapped screenwriter David Hayter to lead the project. While Hayter is known best by most for his portrayal of Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid series, he’s also an accomplished screenwriter, having written the first two X-Men films. DC fans may also recognize Hayter for creating the first screenplay drafts of what eventually became Zack Snyder’s Watchmen. He certainly wasn’t lacking in talent or qualifications, and especially not passion. In fact, Hayter’s wife gave birth to a girl while he was writing the film, and he was so enamored by the character and work that his new daughter was named Natasha, after Black Widow herself. However, no actors would be cast for roles before work on the film was shuttered. Because of this, in the years since Black Widow’s cancellation, it is Hayter himself who has inadvertently become the star of its short life.
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