Avengers director Joss Whedon is not enthused about directing any more Marvel films except if it is a Jessica Jones-y, female-led superhero film.
Speaking at San Diego Comic-Con 2016, the director stated that he would be up for making a film centred on the character of Black Widow, reports the Independent.
“Well, if somebody pointed at me and said, ‘Do you want to make a Black Widow movie,’ the answer would be ‘duh’ for two reasons,” he began before explaining he would go down the spy movie route.
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“[I’d like to] really do a good, paranoid sort of John le Carre on crack kind of thing. That would be really fun,” continued the director.
{{/usCountry}}“[I’d like to] really do a good, paranoid sort of John le Carre on crack kind of thing. That would be really fun,” continued the director.
{{/usCountry}}His second reason was attributed to “delightful” Black Widow actor Scarlett Johansson.
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“She works really hard, but she just spends most of her time cracking me up,” he added.
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