Scarlett Johansson Will Executive Produce & Star in TV Debut For Amazon

Scarlett Johansson is about to take on her first major TV role in her career. Deadline reports that Johansson will star and executive produce the thriller Just Cause, based on John Katzenbach’s 1992 novel, in a limited series. Amazon Prime Video landed Just Cause, which comes from writer Christy Hall in a collaboration with Johansson’s These Pictures studio and Warner Bros. TV, in a straight-to-series order.

The adaptation will find the main character in Katzenach’s novel,