Scarlett Johansson to Star in Live Action Ghost in the Shell Film

Movie news website Variety have revealed that Scarlett Johansson, the star of Lucy and Black Widow in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, will be starring in DreamWorks’ upcoming live action Ghost in the Shell film. Additional members of the movie’s staff were also revealed.

The site has also revealed that Avi Arad (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Ghost Rider) and Steven Paul (Ghost Rider, Baby Geniuses) will be producing the film. Rupert Sanders, known for directing the 2012 Universal Pictures film Snow White and the Huntsman, will direct the film with William Wheeler (The Reluctant Fundamentalist) who will write the film’s script.

Here is a synopsis of the original film from Haruhichan:

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as ‘The Puppetmaster’ begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster. The pursuit will call into question what makes a human and what is the Puppetmaster in a world where the distinction between human and machine is increasingly blurry.

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