After months of no updates and its status unknown, Scarlett Johansson has finally confirmed that her secret MCU project is still good to go. Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson has confirmed that her secret MCU project is still in the works at the studio, giving the project one of its first updates in months. After Johansson’s MCU debut as Natasha Romanoff in Iron Man 2, she went on to become an original Avenger and a key player in the Infinity Saga.

The project was first mentioned by Feige at Johansson’s American Cinematheque tribute in 2021, just a few months after the premiere of Black Widow. However, the legal disputes between Johansson and Disney combined with the lack of information about the unannounced project put its fate up in the air.

Not much has been confirmed about Johansson and Feige’s upcoming MCU project besides that it will not be Black Widow related. The top-secret project has not made an appearance in the Phase 5 and 6 slates and considering how Johansson mentioned that it is still in development, the project will likely have no relation to the Multiverse Saga.  Though Natasha Romanoff wouldn’t be able to make an appearance, having Johansson as a producer would be a deserving tribute to her considering how she pioneered female heroes in the MCU.

Even if it’s not a full female hero team-up, Johansson’s project could still be in that vein. There are a plethora of female heroes who have yet to be introduced in the MCU, including the Blonde Phantom that Johansson initially wanted to play.This theory would also explain the project’s vagueness, as announcing a Yelena project may spoil part of her character’s fate in the upcoming Thunderbolts movie.

With such little confirmed at the moment, Johansson’s secret MCU project could be anything from a solo movie to a docuseries. Considering Johansson’s legacy in the MCU as Natasha Romanoff, it would be fitting for her project to be related to a female hero that would carry on to the next generation with what Black Widow set up.