After the split reaction to Eddington last year, Ari Aster has finally figured out what his next feature will be. And not only has he decided, but an A-list star is already aboard. Deadline reports Scarlett Johansson will star in Scapegoat, which Aster will write and direct.
Scapegoat is set up with A24, the studio behind his last four movies. It’s an interesting partnership, to say the least, and I sorta wonder how it’s lasted this long. Aster struck gold with his first two movies, Hereditary and Midsommar. But the last two, Beau is Afraid and Eddington, were expensive flops.
Perhaps things will turn around with Scapegoat, though. Plot details are under wraps, per Aster’s usual modus operandi. He’s teased doing a sci-fi project and a horror as his next feature, so perhaps that’s what this will turn out to be.
Filming will take place in the fall to work around Johansson’s busy schedule, which includes Mike Flanagan’s The Exorcist, and a little something called The Batman Part II.
