Scarlett Johansson is going streaming.
The starlet will star in the upcoming Prime Video series Just Cause, according to Deadline
Based on the 1992 John Katzenbach book of the very same name, the tv adjustment will discover the book’s male lead character, Miami paper editorial author Matt Cowart, “undergoing a gender swap,” according to the outlet, “with Johansson playing the series’ female lead Madison ‘Madi’ Cowart, a struggling reporter for a Florida newspaper sent to cover the final days of an inmate on death row.”
Other casting news has actually not yet been revealed.
The job marks the first-ever significant tv function for the two-time Academy Award candidate. But as it ends up, Johansson and Just Cause go way back.
At the age of 10, Johansson appeared in a 1995 movie adjustment of the unique starring Sean Connery, Ruby Dee, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw, Ed Harris and Blair Underwood
In simply her 2nd movie function ever, Johansson played Katie Armstrong, the child of Paul (Connery) and Laurie Armstrong (Capshaw). In the movie, Paul Armstrong, a teacher at Harvard, goes to Florida to examine the murder conviction of Bobby Earl Ferguson (Underwood).