Scarlett Johansson is in negotiations to play a femme fatale in an adaptation of Will Eisner’s noir comic series, The Spirit alongside Samuel L. Jackson. The film is to be directed by Frank Miller for Odd Lot Entertainment and Lionsgate, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Johansson will play Silk N. Floss, a sexy and intelligent secretary with a vindictive instinct. She is seen to be the perfect partner for Jackson’s character, Octopus, an evil mastermind.
The Spirit is the story of a detective who fakes his own death in order to fight crime in Central City as the masked man known as the Spirit. In the film the character Spirit will be played by Gabriel Macht.
Production is scheduled to start in October, with the film scheduled to be released in 2009.
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