Fox Plans Movie for 'Daredevil's' Elektra
Thu February 27, 2003 04:25 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - She's alive! Elektra, the beautiful but deadly comic book heroine at the center of hit action movie "Daredevil," will make a comeback to the movies even after being left for dead in the first film.
Film studio Twentieth Century Fox let the secret out of the bag late on Wednesday, saying Jennifer Garner of TV's "Alias" will reprise her role as the high-kicking and knife-wielding Elektra in a new film still being developed by the studio.
The movie has yet to be named, but Fox did say it will be set in time after the events that led to Elektra's apparent demise in "Daredevil."
In a statement, Fox said the script is being developed, and other details were undisclosed.
A spokeswoman for Fox declined to comment further.
"Daredevil" stars Ben Affleck as the New York City superhero who was blinded as a child and developed heightened senses of sound, touch and smell. He uses his powers to fight crime boss Kingpin and maniacal hitman Bullseye.
The film has raked in $70 million at U.S. and Canadian box offices and topped the charts in two weeks in release.
Elektra is the daughter of a wealthy industrialist who falls in love with Daredevil's daytime alter ego, Matt Murdock. But when her father is killed, she blames Daredevil, setting up a duel between the pair.
Elektra first appeared in Marvel Enterprises Inc.'s "Daredevil" comics in 1980. She possesses no superhuman abilities, but is a master of martial arts and uses a pair of three-pronged daggers, or sai, with all the skill of a deadly assassin.
