22 Jun – Back in January, talks of Black Widow getting her own standalone movie was intensified when news spread that there were already writers attached to the project, despite it not being fully greenlit by Marvel Studios yet. While back then Marvel was still hesitant about giving the superspy her own movie, it seems now that their wariness has dissipated because the project is definitely moving ahead as producer Kevin Feige and star Scarlett Johansson have been busy interviewing candidates to helm the movie. Deadline first reported that Cate Shortland ("Berlin Syndrome") was being eyed for the project but later updated that Amma Asante ("Where Hands Touch"), Kimberly Peirce ("Boys Don't Cry") and Maggie Betts ("Novitiate") are the three filmmakers who have been shortlisted out of 49 candidates.