Upcoming Movie Roles
The Nanny Diaries [completed, out 2007]
Scarlett plays Annie Braddock, a nanny hired to a rich New York family where she battles their dysfunction while juggling a new romance and a bratty child. Paul Giamatti stars alongside Laura Linney [The Life of David Gale].
I’m assuming Chris Evans [Fantastic Four] is Scarlett’s love interest. Alicia Keys also appears. I’m glad to see Johansson in something funny again alongside some great actors.
The Other Boleyn Girl [post-production, out 2007]
The story of Anne and Mary Boleyn, two sisters who fought for the affection of King Henry VIII. Scarlett plays the eldest sister, Mary, who had an affair with King Henry, played by Australia’s Eric Bana, but was dumped for Anne.
Anne Boleyn, played by Natalie Portman, was later executed for adultery, so expect this movie to be an historical account with some juicy love triangles throughout.
Mary Queen of Scots [pre-production, out 2008]
Scarlett plays Queen Mary I of Scotland. The movie revolves around her tense relationship with her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England. No news on co-stars or who’s directing it.
Napoleon and Betsy [announced, probably out 2008]
The story of French Emperor Napoleon who, during his exile in Saint Helena from 1815 to 1821, falls in love with a young British girl. Whilst imprisoned on the island, Napoleon spent much of his time writing his memoirs and dying from stomach cancer.
A disproved historical rumor was that Napoleon was fatally poisoned with arsenic. Will the movie include that, and will Scarlett be his killer? Who’s going to play Napoleon? Danny DeVito?
Amazon [announced, probably out 2008]
Apparently this movie was Scarlett’s idea, who should receive an Oscar for just thinking it up. Johansson suggested it to screenwriters, Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci, while working on The Island. The pair, who will produce Amazon, hired Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain to write the movie.
Set in 200 BC, Scarlett seeks vengeance against an army that destroyed her Amazonian village. If we get to see Scarlett tough-talking and leather-laced battling the big dogs, all good.
“This will be a movie that falls between The Wild Bunch and The Seventh Samurai, “Blackman said.
Brilliant [in production, out 2009]
A heist movie starring Scarlett as a jewel thief who teams up with a conman to pull of ‘The Heist of the Century’.
April 18th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
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