10 Movies We Want In Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 4

4. Black Widow

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Fans have been clamouring for this one for years, and everyone from Kevin Feige to Scarlett Johansson herself has shown an eagerness to do it, so why hasn't it yet come together?

Maybe it's an issue of timing - after all, with the MCU gearing up for an epic two-movie story that pits the Avengers against a mighty cosmic baddie, there isn't really room for a small-scale story about a human assassin.

But when the dust settles and Thanos has been and gone, the MCU will, in a way, be starting from scratch, and will have a bit of breathing room to set up the next decade of stories while experimenting and trying new things.

This would be the perfect place to slot in a Black Widow solo movie. In the same way that Fox has their big, blockbuster X-Men movies and their smaller, riskier projects like Logan and Deadpool, this could be the MCU's first foray into lower-budget territory.

It could be a dark espionage thriller that details Romanoff's Budapest backstory, or it could feature the character in the present day, embarking on a covert mission to mop up the remnants of Hydra, or some other shadowy threat.

This would be a refreshing contrast to all the eye-popping destruction typically found in Marvel's movies, and would be a major win for diversity to boot.

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