NEWS
RELEASE
February
26, 2003
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N E W S R E L E A S E
TWENTIETH CENTURY
FOX
A UNIT OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ELEKTRA LIVES!
Fox/Regency
Announce New Film Based On Character
Introduced to Movie Audiences in Daredevil
Jennifer Garner
to Reprise 'DD' Role
LOS
ANGELES
The hidden clues to the biggest mystery in the blockbuster
film DAREDEVIL have been revealed: Elektra lives!
With
audiences clamoring for more of the female warrior, Twentieth Century
Fox and Regency Enterprises today announced that, in addition to a DAREDEVIL
sequel, they are moving forward with a new event film based on the Elektra
character.
The
new ELEKTRA story will be set after the events depicted in DAREDEVIL.
Jennifer Garner will reprise the role she brought to life in that
film, and script development will begin immediately.
Elektra first appeared in "Daredevil" comics in 1980 with
words and art by comics legend Frank Miller.
The
character is the daughter of powerful and rich Greek business tycoon
Nikolas Natchios and the girlfriend of Matt Murdock / Daredevil. Although
she possesses no superhuman abilities, Elektra is a consummate practitioner
of the martial arts, and wields a pair of three-pronged daggers, or
sai.
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