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Scarlett Johansson Is Set to Star in A Movie About Making The Movie Psycho

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All right, who else went through a phase during those haunting preteen years where you were obsessed with the Psycho movies? Anyone? Oh, no one else did that? No one else had a weird, uncomfortable crush on Anthony Perkins that you really couldn’t explain? Oh well, let’s move on then.

Yeah, apparently a movie called Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho is being made. Catchy title, right? I bet you’re curious as to what it’s about, huh? Well, it’s about Alfred Hitchcock and the making of the movie Psyscho. It’s based on a book, and it actually sounds like it’ll be pretty good, despite the involvement of Scarlett Johansson.

From Us Weekly:

Scarlett Johansson is ready to play the most iconic naked murder victim ever.

The actress, 27, has signed on to play actress Janet Leigh in Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, about master director Hitchcock’s horror classic, in which Leigh is memorably butchered in the buff while taking a shower at the Bates Motel.

Based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Stephen Rebello, the prestige pic will also star Anthony Hopkins as the auteur himself, and Helen Mirren as Alma Reville, Hitchcock’s wife; British actor James D’Arcy will play Anthony Perkins, who portrayed serial killer Norman Bates.

As suggested by the title, the film centers on Hitchcock’s then-risky decision to make (and finance himself) a seemingly lowbrow horror flick at the height of his legendary career.

The screenplay will be written by John J. McLaughlin, who penned Natalie Portman’s psychological thriller Black Swan, with director Sacha Gervasi at the helm.

I’ll always give Anthony Hopkins a chance, and the same goes for Helen Mirren. And since the movie is about one of my favorite horror movies, of course I’ll see it. But Scarlett Johansson ruins everything she touches, and I don’t want her to ruin this so badly. I don’t want her to be busy mouthing M words or whatever it is she does while she’s supposed to play Janet Leigh getting mindf*cked. I don’t want it at all.

What do you guys think? Are you going to go see this movie? If so, are you as excited about it as I am?