My mom's friend just gave me a book she picked up (literally someone left it behind) at a screenwriting conference in 2006, which is when the book was published:
HOLLYWOOD CREATIVE DIRECTORY -- Contact information for -studios and networks, -film and tv executives, -production companies, -independent producers, -tv shows and staff, -projects in development, -production tracking, -selected credits
Here's what was under MARVEL in 2006
If it's too hard to read, here's the important part:
DEVELOPMENT: Ant Man, Captain America, Nick Fury, Thor, Punisher 2, Wolverine, Magneto, Deathlok, Gargoyle, Namor: the Submariner
(Highlights are my own)
I'm torn between going 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH ARE YOU FUCKING TELLING ME WE ALMOST HAD A NICK FURY MOVIE I WAAAANT IT'
and 'Wow still nowhere on this list is Black Widow.'