As excited as fans are about seeing more female superheroes represented in Marvel’s recently-announced Captain Marvel film and DC’s Wonder Woman standalone movie, they’re still going to hanker for Black Widow to get her own adventure. Shortly after last week’s Marvel Event, #BlackWidowMovie was soon trending on Twitter, with industry folks like Nathan Edmondson—writer of the Black Widow series—voicing their support.
In fact, Edmondson took things a step further and dashed off six pages of a hypothetical Black Widow screenplay. And it’s just what we want to see for Natasha.
According to some recent tweets over the weekend, Edmondson seemed so inspired by the #BlackWidowMovie fans that he threw together a quick fake script to show everyone that it’s doable.
@thebeckyford My pleasure. Here. I whipped this up a minute ago, just to prove I support! http://t.co/xKB9U9FDQP #blackwidowmovie
— Nathan Edmondson (@nathanedmondson) November 3, 2014
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You can read the whole thing here. It’s everything we like about Marvel Cinematic Universe Natasha: spry, clever, grim but still ready with a comeback. And the last page touches upon a certain much-pondered moment from her history…