Scarlett Johansson Re-Teaming With Ghost In The Shell Director On New Drama

Scarlett Johansson will be re - teaming withGhost in the Shelldirector Rupert Sanders on an upcoming drama titledRub & Tug . The movie will be found on the provocative veridical - life story of Dante " Tex " Gill .

correct in the 1970s , Rub & Tugwill papers the eccentric goings on of Dante " Tex " Gill , a transgender man whose climb up the criminal ravel was hardly by the books . Working as a prostitute and massage parlour owner with a stringently male clientele , Gill finally get by to pass through and overthrow the local mob , played a substantial function in the success of the Pittsburgh Steelers by way of an anabolic steroid ring , found his footing in the LGBTQ community to facilitate defend his budding underground empire , and ultimately became an unlikely headpin . Now , Johansson will re - team with smoother to bring the news report to the big screen .

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grant toDeadline(which uses Gill ’s deadname of " Jean Marie"),Rub & Tug’sstory will be in the vein of David O. Russell’sAmerican Hustle , focusing on Gill ’s unexpected advance , turbulent capitulation , and overall unusual legacy . The movie will cover explosive highlights in his life sentence that include his defiance of both the mobandlaw enforcement , his lifestyle , and the various demise that palisade his origin of employment . Johansson will star in the lead role as Gill . And though no other doer are presently attached to the labor , Gary Spinelli ( American Made , Chaos Walking ) penned the screenplay and Johansson , Jonathan Lia , Tobey Maguire , Matthew Plouffe , and Joel Silver will develop .

Outside of her more mainstream menu , Johansson is no stranger to take on persona that weaken with convention . Between Terry Zwigoff’sGhost World , Jonathan Glazer’sUnder the peel , and Spike Jonze’sHer(in which she only issue her spokesperson ) , Johansson ’s creative kitchen stove has certainly develop her for the complexities she ’ll no doubt face as Gill inRub & Tug . The real question , however , is whether or not Sanders is inevitably suited for this sort of movie , asSnow White & the HuntsmanandGhost in the Shellwere not well received , nor especially alike to the tone and themes this movie seems to be exploring .