Scarlett Johansson tries her hand at directing ‘Eleanor the Great’
HOLLYWOOD, California (NV) – The project “Eleanor the Great” is the debut film of star Scarlett Johansson as a director after a period of illustrious film career.
According to Collider website, the film is written by screenwriter Tory Kaman, who is famous for his script for the TV series “The Mick,” about the life of a female character who has to take care of her sister’s children after her death. when the older sister was wanted. The film will be jointly produced and distributed by TriStar Pictures and Sony Pictures Classics.
Scarlett Johansson has 30 years of career in Hollywood.
Previously, “Eleanor the Great” was called “Eleanor, Invisible,” about the character Eleanor Morgenstein, played by actress June Squibb, a woman in her 90s trying to rebuild her life after the death of her friend. my closest friend. At the age of 90, Eleanor did not see age as an obstacle and dared to move to New York after many years in Florida.
This is also the third main role of star June Squibb after the comedy for older people called “Thelma” and the TV series called “Nebraska.” She even had an Oscar nomination in the category “Best Supporting Actress” in 2013.
In addition to June Squibb, the film also brings together a cast of promising young actors, including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jessica Hecht and Erin Kellyman.
Veteran actress June Squibb was born in 1929 and is 94 years old this year.
Scarlett Johansson is not a strange name to the public. Having fallen in love with cinema at the age of 10, up to now, the star born in 1984 has more than 30 years of career with many different large and small roles.
She participated in many “blockbuster” projects such as “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” “Lost in Translation,” “Scoop,” “Black Widow,” “Under the Skin” or the recent “Jojo Rabbit.”
She is also one of the 100 most influential people globally voted by Time magazine in 2021 and is also a face that brings a lot of revenue to film studios when the total works she plays include: worth more than $14.3 billion.
