The movie is based on the award-winning, six-partDallas Morning Newsarticle by Pulitzer Prize finalist Scott Farwell.
Cannes Palme dOr contenderAmerican Honeywas BAFTA nominated and the filmmaker is currently in post onBirdstarring Barry Keoghan.
Johansson will produce with Jonathan Lia and Keenan Flynn under their These Pictures banner.
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This is the latest in what is turning into a veritable bonanza in terms of EFM pre-sale titles.
And there are interesting reasons for why that may be the case.
More on that next week.
Johansson is in post on ParamountsTransformers Oneand Sony and Greg Berlantis untitled rom-com with Channing Tatum.
