Now that her Marvel days are seemingly behind her, especially after a messy lawsuit with Disney that may have gotten Bob Chapek ousted, Scarlett Johansson has decided to set her sights on making her television debut and will be executive producing a limited TV adaptation of Just Cause, from the novel by John Katzenbach. Ironically, the novel had already been adapted into a film starring Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, and even featured Johansson in her second acting role as Sean Connery’s daughter.
Deadline reports that Johansson will be starring as a struggling reporter named Madison “Madi” Cowart, a worker for a Florida newspaper sent to cover the last days of a prison inmate who is on death row. Christy Hall, writer of I’m Not OK with This and Daddio, teams up with Johansson’s banner, These Pictures, in association with Warner Bros. TV to strike a competitive deal with Amazon for a straight-to-series order on Prime Video.
Hall is set to executive produce with Johansson in addition to writing. As well as Jonathan Lia and Keenan Flynn of These Pictures. Zara Duffy, Head of Television for These Pictures, is overseeing the project for the company. While Warner Bros. TV is the studio. The 1995 film adaptation was directed by Arne Glimcher, and in addition to Connery and Fishburne, co-starred Kate Capshaw, Ruby Dee, and Ed Harris.
Johansson can be seen in Wes Anderson’s new film, the upcoming Astroid City. Meanwhile, Christy Hall is also set to make her directorial debut with Daddio, which is an adaptation of her own play, and will be starring Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson. Production on that film will begin this week.
