Scarlett Johansson to star in new film by Chilean director Sebastián Lelio

Scarlett Johansson will be the protagonist and one of the producers of “Bride”, the new film by Chilean director Sebastián Lelio and inspired by the Bride of Frankenstein.

The filmmaker, responsible for films such as “Gloria” and the Oscar winner “A Fantastic Woman”, will direct the film, which will be produced by the A24 studio and distributed by Apple.

“The plot follows a woman created to be the ideal wife, the singular obsession of a brilliant businessman. When she rejects her creator, she is forced to flee her confined existence and face a world that sees her as a monster. It is in the race she finds her true identity, her amazing power and the strength to remake herself as her own creation “, reports the US portal Deadline.

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The film is written by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, writers of the series “Orange Is the New Black.”

It should be remembered that Lelio directed in the United States an American remake of “Gloria” (“Gloria Bell”) starring Julianne Moore and “Disobedience”, with Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz.