Scarlett Johansson heads to television to star in and executive produce Just Cause for Amazon
dailymail.co.ukScarlett Johansson will make her first major foray into television with a new TV adaptation of the 1992 John Katzenbach novel Just Cause.The 38-year-old actress will both star in the new series and serve as executive producer, with Amazon handing out a straight-to-series order, via Deadline.The project has a special connection to Johansson, who, at just 10 years of age, starred in the 1995 movie adaptation as the daughter of Sean Connery's character.
TV first: Scarlett Johansson will make her first major foray into television with a new TV adaptation of the 1992 John Katzenbach novel Just Cause Straight-to-series: The 38-year-old actress will both star in the new series and serve as executive producer, with Amazon handing out a straight-to-series order, via Deadline Connection: The project has a special connection to Johansson, who, at just 10 years of age, starred in the 1995 movie adaptation as the daughter of Sean Connery's characterThe original book followed a struggling Miami newspaper editorial writer named Matt Cowart, who receives a letter from a death row inmate, insisting his innocent of a heinous crime, as the journalist tries to set him free.The movie adaptation changed the main character to Sean Connery's Paul Armstrong, a Harvard law professor who is brought back into the courtroom to help a young Black man (Blair Underwood) who is accused of brutally murdering a young white girl.
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