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EXCLUSIVE: After taking his clip successful figuring retired what his adjacent original characteristic would be, Ari Aster looks to person not only zeroed successful connected that task but recovered different A-list prima to prima successful it. Sources show Deadline that Aster is directing nan pic Scapegoat from a book he penned that has Scarlett Johansson group to star. Insiders spell connected to adhd that Aster will reunite pinch A24, who has released his past 4 films, arsenic nan films distributor.
Aster and his partner Lars Knudsen will nutrient done their Square Peg banner. As is nan lawsuit pinch each Aster films, crippled specifications are being kept nether wraps.
Since nan merchandise of his deed scary pic Hereditary, Aster’s scripts person ever drawn nan town’s attraction fixed really unsocial and original they thin to be.
After spending nan extremity of past twelvemonth writing, Scapegoat became his original book and his apical prime to prima successful nan movie was Johansson. This would beryllium nary easy task arsenic nan Oscar-nominee had already lined up a very engaged shooting schedule successful 2026 that included starring successful nan adjacent Exorcist film astatine Universal arsenic good arsenic shooting nan adjacent Batman sequel other Robert Pattinson later this summer. Sources opportunity aft reference nan script, Johansson was each successful connected starring successful nan movie and producers were connected committee for a sprout later this twelvemonth to accommodate her engaged schedule.
Johansson is coming disconnected an arsenic engaged 2025 that included helping relaunched the Jurassic World franchise with Jurassic World: Rebirth. That film, which deed theaters successful July, went connected to gross $868M worldwide and has a sequel successful nan works.
Johansson recently made her directorial debut with nan Sony Pictures Classics drama Eleanor nan Great, which world premiered astatine nan Cannes Film Festival. Next up she tin beryllium seen successful nan James Gray pic Paper Tiger opposite Miles Teller and Adam Driver. That movie besides precocious announced that it will make its premiere astatine this years Cannes Film Festival.
Aster is repped by WME and Johnson Shapiro Slewett and Kole and Johansson is repped by CAA and Yorn Levine LLC.
