Scarlett Johansson to produce, star in ‘Bride’ for Apple TV+

Scarlett Johansson will produce and and is set to star in Bride, a “genre-bending” film from Apple and A24 for the Apple TV+ streaming service, reports Deadline.

Here’s the plot summary: The plot follows a woman created to be an ideal wife — the singular obsession of a brilliant entrepreneur. When she rejects her creator, she’s forced to flee her confined existence, confronting a world that sees her as a monster. It is on the run that she finds her true identity, her surprising power, and the strength to remake herself as her own creation.

Johansson is producing the pic with Jonathan Lia of These Pictures. Sebastián Lelio, who has helmed female-fronted films like the Oscar-winning A Fantastic Woman, Disobedience and Gloria, has been tapped to direct the feature, which he’s writing with Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo.

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