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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jul 12, 2018 22:35:12 GMT
The search saw Marvel meet with over 70 potential directors.
Cate Shortland, the Australian director perhaps best known for the Nazi drama Lore, has signed on to direct Black Widow, Marvel’s action-adventure project that will star Scarlett Johansson.
The move caps off a search that lasted over half-year as the studio met with over 70 directors in order to find its ideal candidate. A female filmmaker was the priority even as the search stalled at one point and the studio looked at male directors.
The hunt narrowed in June with Amma Asante (Belle, A United Kingdom) and Maggie Betts (Novitiate) being the finalists alongside Shortland. Melanie Laurent (Galveston) and Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don't Cry) were also in the next-to-final mix.
Shortland, who does not have agency representation, had a fan in Johansson, who pushed for the helmer. The actress admired Shortland’s handling of the female lead in Lore, a critically acclaimed 2012 drama that tells of a young woman who leads her siblings through Germany as the Allied army rolls in. Her most recent film is Berlin Syndrome, a 2017 thriller that stars Teresa Palmer.
Jac Schaeffer wrote the most recent draft for Widow. She also wrote the upcoming femalecentric remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Nasty Women.
Johansson’s Widow is reportedly set before the events of the first Avengers movie and sees the actress reprise the Russian spy turned super heroine. The movie will be Marvel’s second female-focused film after Captain Marvel, which is due to open March 8.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jul 12, 2018 22:45:40 GMT
Honestly, it doesn't matter who's directing now-a-days. They all have the same producing team to make the stories as uniform they can to the others (hero introduction, villain intro, villain beats hero, hero has epiphany (or help from super pals) to defeat villain, world rejoices yay!... add in a cameo from an unrelated hero and a mid-credits scene for an upcoming movie and you have every Marvel movie to date) and the same people in post to make the movies look like the others.
Black Widow (and Hawkeye to a lesser extent) should feel more John le Carre than it should feel John Favreau, which no matter the helmer is exactly what it will be like because it's proven to work.
...I'm too cynical today, sorry.
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Post by mhynson27 on Jul 13, 2018 3:10:16 GMT
Honestly, it doesn't matter who's directing now-a-days. They all have the same producing team to make the stories as uniform they can to the others (hero introduction, villain intro, villain beats hero, hero has epiphany (or help from super pals) to defeat villain, world rejoices yay!... add in a cameo from an unrelated hero and a mid-credits scene for an upcoming movie and you have every Marvel movie to date) and the same people in post to make the movies look like the others. Black Widow (and Hawkeye to a lesser extent) should feel more John le Carre than it should feel John Favreau, which no matter the helmer is exactly what it will be like because it's proven to work. ...I'm too cynical today, sorry. I mean you're not that wrong but directors can break through and get their vision/voice across. Ragnarok felt like a Taika Waititi film, for example.
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Post by Sharbs on Jul 13, 2018 3:42:35 GMT
Honestly, it doesn't matter who's directing now-a-days. They all have the same producing team to make the stories as uniform they can to the others (hero introduction, villain intro, villain beats hero, hero has epiphany (or help from super pals) to defeat villain, world rejoices yay!... add in a cameo from an unrelated hero and a mid-credits scene for an upcoming movie and you have every Marvel movie to date) and the same people in post to make the movies look like the others. Black Widow (and Hawkeye to a lesser extent) should feel more John le Carre than it should feel John Favreau, which no matter the helmer is exactly what it will be like because it's proven to work. ...I'm too cynical today, sorry. I mean you're not that wrong but directors can break through and get their vision/voice across. Ragnarok felt like a Taika Waititi film, for example. because there are some added rainbow sparkles and that's the only reason it can possibly feel Taika, I used to fight for this cause to a degree but I can't anymore. The only inspired choice in the MCU were how the ceremonial fight scenes where created in Black Panther and even then big whoop they don't say anything added about our characters. Still find them enjoyable but they are all cash grabs with zero artistic value
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Jul 13, 2018 13:53:20 GMT
I mean you're not that wrong but directors can break through and get their vision/voice across. Ragnarok felt like a Taika Waititi film, for example. because there are some added rainbow sparkles and that's the only reason it can possibly feel Taika, I used to fight for this cause to a degree but I can't anymore. The only inspired choice in the MCU were how the ceremonial fight scenes where created in Black Panther and even then big whoop they don't say anything added about our characters. Still find them enjoyable but they are all cash grabs with zero artistic value Eh, what made Ragnarok feel like Taika was more the sheer sense of joy to the film. For as much bathos as the MCU films have, they generally try to play their threats and the climax seriously (which often leads to tonal whiplash, but that's another topic) while Ragnarok maintained its anarchic humor all throughout. And I'd say Black Panther certainly fits with Ryan Coogler's established voice. It's the only MCU film with legitimate political intrigue (not counting Winter Soldier where it only went so far as "Nazis never left"), the father-son which sure has been an MCU trope but was actually interwoven throughout the whole story in a way reminiscent of Creed instead of given a token scene or two to hint at unexplored depth like Iron Man 2, the women in the film were elevated in a way no other MCU film has remotely attempted, and the music was a unique change of pace that actually stood out unlike every other MCU film aside from Ragnarok.
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Post by IceTruckDexter on Jul 14, 2018 21:31:25 GMT
I hate this bullshit that since it's about a woman that it has to be directed by a woman or if it's about a black guy (Black Panther) then it has to be directed by a black guy.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jul 15, 2018 6:30:54 GMT
didn't care for Lore, but hell, at least another woman's getting a paycheck in Hollywood.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jul 15, 2018 6:33:43 GMT
I hate this bullshit that since it's about a woman that it has to be directed by a woman or if it's about a black guy (Black Panther) then it has to be directed by a black guy. Don't remember you complaining when Logan landed a male director. I suppose it's just women and people of color you don't like seeing get hired.
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Post by IceTruckDexter on Jul 15, 2018 19:00:30 GMT
I hate this bullshit that since it's about a woman that it has to be directed by a woman or if it's about a black guy (Black Panther) then it has to be directed by a black guy. Don't remember you complaining when Logan landed a male director. I suppose it's just women and people of color you don't like seeing get hired. Mangold did the previous Wolverine film. Also I really like Ryan Coogler and his films (except Black Panther that was shit). I just think it's patronizing to him that he can only do the supposed black film. Why can't he do a Doctor Strange or Captain America film? I think it's just you Sunshine that wants to ghettoize everyone into their group.
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Post by jakesully on Jul 16, 2018 0:28:57 GMT
hard pass on this shit.
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Post by bob-coppola on Mar 6, 2019 19:19:56 GMT
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Post by LaraQ on Mar 6, 2019 20:57:18 GMT
I know they are testing other actresses not named here and I really hope Lucy Boynton and Olivia Cooke are amongst them.
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Post by speeders on Mar 6, 2019 21:39:18 GMT
Please God, not Emma Watson. Not that I have much faith in the film (there could be a kick ass Black Widow film made with ScarJo, I just don't think there will be) but Watson would be a horrible choice, esp if it's a Russian character
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Mar 6, 2019 22:19:15 GMT
Oof. I feel like this thread should now move to the Scandals sub-board.
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Post by Pavan on Mar 7, 2019 7:40:15 GMT
Not Emma Watson, no. I'd love to see her in an action roles but not this. Also why is she playing second fiddles now a days? First Little Women and now this? this is not how one goes after a huge hit like 'Beauty and the Beast'. I mean leading actors do supporting roles all the time but I'm afraid Emma is not doing a good job in shaping her acting career. She is more interested in the social activist stuff than acting. If not she needs to fire her agent and get a new one.
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Post by bob-coppola on Mar 18, 2019 23:24:00 GMT
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Mar 19, 2019 1:32:51 GMT
Pugh is great. Very glad her career seems to be taking off.
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Post by stephen on Mar 19, 2019 1:36:10 GMT
FLORENCE!!!
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Post by LaraQ on Mar 19, 2019 2:07:01 GMT
Emma Watson passed on the role apparently,which really surprised me.Her career kinda needs the boost a Marvel movie would give it.
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Mar 19, 2019 2:23:56 GMT
Nice, Marvel continues to kill it with their supporting roles casting.
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Post by stabcaesar on Mar 19, 2019 3:49:59 GMT
Sounds like a total waste of talent.
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Post by Pavan on Mar 19, 2019 7:19:11 GMT
Florence Pugh? awesome. She could use the exposure that comes from a Marvel film.
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Apr 5, 2019 0:51:16 GMT
Don’t have a link but David Harbour signed on and Rachel Weisz is also in talks for a role.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Apr 6, 2019 4:42:07 GMT
Sounds like a total waste of talent. it's not like she's just appearing in blockbusters though. She has Midsommar coming out in August and Little Women in December, and she had Fighting with My Family in January. And Marvel isn't the worst way to earn a paycheck. It's not like she's headlining an Adam Sandler flick
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jun 22, 2019 3:00:15 GMT
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