Winter Soldier + Black Widow ?
Monday, April 8, 2013 at 7:20PM I keep tricking myself into believing that this is a superhero free year but that's only because Iron Man, Supes and Thor haven't hit yet. Captain America, on the other hand, won't be back until 2014. Production commenced today on Captain America: Winter Soldier and here's the first photo.
Chris Evans is feeling shy, I guess.
What I didn't know, presumably only because I don't follow these things closely, is that he's bringing the Black Widow with him. Scarlett Johansson is his co-star in the sequel which makes good business and universe sense since she's the only Avenger (thus far) that they're never going to give a solo movie, too. They might as well indulge in teamsploitation post the behemoth success of The Avengers.
I stopped reading comic books regularly in college so I still primarily associate The Black Widow with Daredevil (with whom she was sexually entwined) rather than The Avengers. But it turns out she also had a fling with the titular character here.
No, not the good Captain but The Winter Soldier (aka James "Bucky" Barnes aka New Captain... played by Sebastian Stan). So are they setting up Natasha as the woman who comes between the former best friends and now enemies? Marvel Superheroes are largely sexless on the big screen (if not in the comic books) but since Chris Evan's Captain America is still a virgin just out of 1940s deep-thaw can't Sebastian Stan Scarlett Johansson do something about that?
Reader Comments (9)
I wish ScarJo still had a movie career
This is going to be so hot.
I'm with Cal Roth
The Winter Soldier solidified me as a Captain America fan and Ed Brubaker fan. One of the most shocking successes was actually making him work appropriately within a new age context.
Cal: Scar Jo's finally getting it back, by all accounts. After getting a key role in a successful franchise stable, she's appearing in JGL's Don Jon and the long time coming third Jonathan Glazer film. This will be a respectable year for her.
I was sort of ... Fine with The Avengers and I haven't really seen a lot of the Marvel movies, but I weirdly really enjoyed the first Captain America, and everything I hear about this one has me interested. They've been describing it as sort of an action political thriller.
I don't know anything about Comics, but I was under the impression Emily VanCamp would be Captain American's new love interest.
I'm not sure I can see Hawkeye getting his own movie either, despite Jeremy Renner being woefully underused so far.
The less Jeremy Renner we see the better. I'd much rather see more of Jeremie Renier.