Comic book film fans should know Jennifer Garner. After several successful seasons of the hit TV series,
Alias, she made her breakout film debut as Elektra Natchios, the love interest to Ben Affleck's Matt Murdock in the 2003 Fox film
Daredevil. Two years later, she reprized the role in the
Elektra spin-off film; which received poor reviews from both movie critics and comic fans.
AvengersNews.com, who broke the scoop of actor Kevin Pennington's Marvel Studios contract, is now relaying another tidbit of insider information regarding Marvel movies. According to their source, Marvel Studios is
"looking at actress Jennifer Garner for an upcoming, undisclosed role."
A few months ago this rumor may have been shot down fairly quickly considering Garner's past portrayal of a Marvel Comics character on screen. Since then, though, actor Chris Evans, who previously played the role of Johnny Storm/Human Torch, has been cast as Steve Rogers/Captain America for Marvel Studios. Both Evans and Garner have portrayed Marvel Comics characters in two Fox Studios films;
The Fantastic Four and
Darecevil/
Elektra, respectively. Both franchises are currently being rebooted by Fox with new casts and story lines.
The only two Marvel produced movies currently in production are
Captain America: The First Avenger and
The Avengers; with Edgar Wright's
Ant-Man still in the distant future. Could Marvel Studios be thinking about adding another comic movie veteran to their current film slate?
MPP - First Evans and now Garner? If this turns out to be true, it looks like Marvel Studios is giving the finger to Fox by reusing some of their favorite superhero actors. You know, I wouldn't mind that one bit.