ScarJo to star in “Move That Body”

Sony Pictures is negotiating with Scarlett Johansson to star in the R-rated comedy “Move That Body”. Producers are Lucia Aniello and Paul W Downs through their Paulilu banner with Matt Tolmach and Dave Becky.

Sony acquired the script by Aniello and Downs in a bidding war this past summer. Aniello (“Broad City”) is set to direct, while Downs is attached to co-star.

The script, which landed on the Black List on Monday, centers on five friends renting a beach house in Miami for a bachelorette weekend and accidentally killing a male stripper.

Johansson will next be seen in the Coen brothers' comedy “Hail, Caesar!” followed by Marvel's “Captain America: Civil War” and Disney's “The Jungle Book”.

Tolmach's background as a producer and Sony exec includes R-rated comedies such as “The Other Guys”, “Step Brothers”, “Pineapple Express” and “Superbad”.