Scarlett Johansson in her first series! The actress said yes to Prime Video – News Series
After years spent in cinema, Scarlett Johansson landed her first lead role on the small screen in a series planned for Prime Video.
In a career spanning thirty years, Scarlett Johansson has tried all genres in cinema and established herself as one of Hollywood’s essential figures. But the one who filmed alongside Sofia Coppola, Wes Anderson, Christopher Nolan and who donned the Black Widow costume at Marvel for ten years had never filmed a television series before.
The actress distinguished herself on the Saturday Night Live show and lent her voice to several characters in the animated series Robot Chicken, but now she has been revealed at the head of fictional television for the first time.
A journalist on death row
According to Diversity, Scarlett Johansson has been cast as the lead actress in the Just Cause series for Prime Video. This dramatic thriller is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by John Katzenbach published in 1992.
Director Cord Jefferson was named series writer and executive producer. He later won an Emmy Award for writing an episode of Watchmen and is currently competing at the Oscars in the “Best Adapted Screenplay” and “Best Film” categories for his feature film American Fiction.
The adaptation of Just Cause tells the story of Miami journalist Madison Covert (Scarlett Johansson), who receives a letter from a death row inmate claiming his innocence. The ensuing investigation not only casts doubt on the prisoner’s guilt, but also reveals other hidden horrors.
Scarlett Johansson, producer
Before this mini-series, which will also be co-written by John Wells (ER, Shameless, Maid), John Katzenbach’s novel was already adapted for cinema in 1995 in the film Just Cause, directed by Arne Glimcher. Among the cast, we find Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne and of course Scarlett Johansson!
This time, the actress, who is also the producer of the series, will not just make an appearance, she will play the heroine of this adaptation, marking her first major role in television fiction. For the moment, no other information about the filming has been released, nor a possible air date.
