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Scarlett Johansson to star in The Psychopath Test

February 18, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

Deadline is today reporting that Scarlett Johansson is in talks with Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment to star in The Psychopath Test, an adaptation of the novel by Jon Ronson.

Austin Powers director Jay Roach is set to direct the adaptation, which is being written by Kristen Gore (Accidental Love) and produced by Oscar winner Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind).

Johansson is set for a busy couple of years, with Avengers: Age of Ultron almost ready for its release in April, while she is also set to squeeze in reprising her role as Black Widow / Natasha Romanoff in next year’s Captain America: Civil War, opposite Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr., before taking the lead in the long-awaited live-action version of Ghost in the Shell,

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Originally published February 18, 2015. Updated April 15, 2018.

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis Tagged With: Jay Roach, Scarlett Johansson, the psychopath test

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