
Twentieth Century Fox announced today that the long-rumored Elektra spin-off from the popular Daredevil film was indeed happening. Jennifer Garner, who starred as Elektra in the recently released Daredevil film, will portray the sexy martial arts maven in the new Elektra film. She may also reprise her role as the Frank Miller-created sexy assassin in the Daredevil sequel, which Fox has recently greenlit in response to the powerful box office performance of the first Daredevil movie. Work on the screenplay for the new Elektra film is already underway, but the studio declined to say whether Daredevil 2 or Elektra would be released first. Whichever comes first there are now two more Marvel-based movies in the pipe -- and both of them stand an excellent chance of actually being produced.