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Scarlett Johansson Provides Update On ‘Just Cause’ Amazon Series


Scarlett Johansson says work is progressing on Just Cause, Amazon's upcoming thriller limited series in which she stars and executive produces.

Scarlett Johansson says work is progressing on Just Cause, Amazon’s upcoming thriller limited series, based on John Katzenbach’s 1992 novel, in which she stars and executive produces. In the TV adaptation, the book’s male protagonist, Miami newspaper editorial writer Matt Cowart, is undergoing a gender swap, with Johansson playing the series’ female lead Madison “Madi” Cowart, a struggling reporter for a Florida newspaper sent to cover the final days of an inmate on death row. American Fiction filmmaker Cord Jefferson and writer John Wells are co-writing the first episode and also executive producing the series.

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