Scarlett Johansson to direct ‘Summer Crossing’

by Rickey
November 18, 2011 at 10:30 am

My favorite actress this year Scarlett Johansson is directing a film! Variety reports that she’ll be directing “Summer Crossing” – an adaptation of Truman Capote’s novella. It will be produced by Barry Spikings who won an Oscar for “The Deer Hunter”.

More details from Variety:

“Summer Crossing,” an adaptation of Truman Capote’s lost novella, is headed for the bigscreen as the directorial debut of Scarlett Johansson.

Project’s being produced by Barry Spikings, who won an Oscar for “The Deer Hunter,” and executive produced by Peter D. Graves in conjunction with the Truman Capote Literary Trust and its trustee Alan Schwartz.

“Summer Crossing” novella is set in New York when Gotham was emerging from the trauma of World War II and centers on an 18-year-old girl breaking free of her rich, smothering, family to discover her own identity and sexuality.

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