Scarlett Johansson has some screaming to do. The blond beauty is stepping into the shoes of Janet Leigh in the new movie "Making of Psycho.”
The film, directed by Sacha Gervasi, centers on director Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his ups and downs behind the camera of the 1960 horror flick about a woman on the run after stealing thousands from a client.
The iconic movie is best known for the shower scene in which Leigh, playing Marion Crane, is stabbed to death at the Bates Motel. James D’Arcy will play Leigh’s co-star, Anthony Perkins, and Helen Mirren is set to portray Hitchcock’s wife Alma, according to Variety.
Sources at the trade paper are already drawing parallels between Scarlett’s role as Leigh and Michelle Williams’ Oscar-nominated turn as Marilyn Monroe in “My Week With Marilyn.”
Before "Making of Psycho" hits theaters in 2013, look for Johansson in the new "Avengers" movie opening in May. See the actress reprise her "Iron Man 2" role as Black Widow in the new trailer, released earlier this week.

导演萨沙·吉瓦希（Sacha Gervasi）近日向女星斯嘉丽·约翰逊（Scarlett Johansson）发去邀请，希望让她在自己的新片《惊魂劫》（Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho）中饰演《精神病患者》这部经典悬念恐怖片的女主角珍妮特·利（Janet Leigh）。
1960年的《精神病患者》是希区柯克经典代表作之一，女演员珍妮特·李在其中扮演一名女秘书，在卷走了老板的钱之后逃到一家偏僻的汽车旅馆，结果被有精神分裂症的旅店老板残忍杀死。她在片中惊恐尖叫的场景已经成为电影史上最让人难以忘记的画面之一，她也因此获得了当年金球奖和奥斯卡最佳女配角奖的提名。另外，珍妮特·李的女儿杰米·李·柯蒂斯（Jamie Lee Curtis）也是好莱坞著名女演员。
《惊魂劫》根据史蒂芬·雷贝洛（Stephen Rebello）出版于1998年的同名纪实文学改编，影片讲述上世纪60年代，希区柯克在一开始没有电影公司愿意投资的情况下是如何拍成《精神病患者》这部低成本恐怖片经典的，同时还将展现他和妻子的关系。
影片中的希区柯克将由安东尼·霍普金斯（Anthony Hopkins）饰演，他妻子阿尔玛·拉维尔（Alma Reville）由海伦·米伦（Helen Mirren）饰演，青年演员詹姆斯·达西（James D’Arcy）则将饰演《精神病患者》男主角安东尼·博金斯（Anthony Perkins）。
据说，这部《惊魂劫》与《我与梦露的一周》（My Week With Marilyn）很类似，如果演好，斯佳丽·约翰森不难获得奥斯卡提名。福克斯探照灯公司将担任该片的发行商。