CATDOLL: Scarlett Johansson to play Kusanagi Motoko in DreamWorks' live-action Ghost in the Shell

The live-action version of Ghost in the Shell created by DreamWorks has recently signed a female lead - Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson will play the role of Major Kusanagi Motoko. After playing the roles of Black Widow in the Avengers and Lucy in Lucy, Johansson seems to have become the leading choice for female heroes in Hollywood science fiction action movies.

In 2008, DreamWorks Pictures intended to film the Japanese classic anime "Ghost in the Shell" into a live-action 3D movie, but for various reasons, the plan was shelved. Six years later, DreamWorks restarted the plan, and Rupert Sanders, who had directed "Snow White and the Huntsman", was the director of this movie. Previously, Margot Robbie, a post-90s actress in "The Wolf of Wall Street", was confirmed as the heroine of the film, but for various reasons, the role fell to Scarlett. In the original comics, Kusanagi Motoko, the captain of Ghost in the Shell, is a calm and agile female cyborg.

Ghost in the Shell was originally a manga written by Shirow Masamune and serialized in Weekly Young Magazine on April 22, 1989. Although the work was not favored by some senior readers, including editors, due to its dark tone and incompatible with the popular atmosphere at the time, as the plot unfolded, Ghost in the Shell shocked the readers with its supplementary text and profound plot under Shirow Masamune's writing ability and painting skills, and soon became the hottest topic in the comics industry at the time. In 1995, Mamoru Oshii brought the anime to the screen. It was the first Japanese animation film wholly invested by a foreign company and achieved great success in word of mouth and box office. Scarlett Johansson's star luck has been prosperous for many years. This year, Avengers 2 will be released, and starring in Ghost in the Shell will make her career even better.

The live-action version of "Ghost in the Shell" is produced by "The Amazing Spider-Man" producer Avi Arad, "Ghost Rider 2: Vengeance" producer Stephen Paul, and "Need for Speed" producer Mark Sullivan. The latest draft of the script was written by William Wheeler.