Scarlett Johansson is Brilliant

By M&C News May 20, 2006, 4:13 GMT

Scarlett Johansson has signed on to star in Oscar (c) winner Barry Levinson’s ‘Brilliant’ written by Gillian Gorfil and Elizabeth Shorten, based on a story by Gillian Gorfil and Nicholas Lorentz.

‘Brilliant’ is a fast-moving battle of wits in which a female jewel thief (Johansson) teams up with a daring conman to pull off the biggest heist in history; but nothing is quite as it seems and there is more than one twist in this sexy tale.

Emmett/Furla Films, in conjunction with Millennium Films and Melanie Johansson are producing. Executive producing are Boaz Davidson, Danny Dimbort, John Thompson and Emmett/Furla's George Furla.
Emmett/Furla Films will provide producing services in connection with the pic.

Scarlett Johansson is currently shooting the lead role in ‘The Nanny Diaries’ for The Weinstein Company. Upcoming this year she will be seen on the big screen in the Woody Allen directed comedy ‘Scoop’ for Focus Features, ‘The Black Dahlia’ directed by Brian De Palma for Universal Pictures and ‘The Prestige’ directed by Christopher Nolan for Disney Pictures.

The award winning Johansson has been  seen in some of the most critically acclaimed films over the past few years such as ‘The Horse Whisperer,’ ‘Lost in Translation,’ ‘A Girl with a Pearl Earring,’ and ‘Match Point,’ to name a few.

A little known fact about Johansson, she is involved with numerous charitable organizations such as OXFAM, USA Harvest, Community Emergencies and The Red Project.