Scarlett Johansson
21 years after the original, Scarlett Johansson tries her hand at one the most legendary fights in Japanese animation history.
Here’s our first real preview of the Scarlett Johansson film based on the critically acclaimed anime and manga franchise.
Check out Hatsune Miku showing off her shiny tresses without her signature twin tail hairstyle.
What do Japanese people think of Caucasian—not Asian—actors being cast in Hollywood adaptations of Japanese anime?
We’ve seen Twitter celebrity Zawachin work her makeup magic before to transform into pretty much any ethnicity or gender. She’s turned into AKB48 members, all the members of Japanese boy band Arashi, and love-them-or-love-to-hate-them British boy band One Direction.
And for Halloween, Zawachin has been blowing netizens’ minds with her pitch-perfect Avengers Black Widow costume. Some are claiming it’s the actual Scarlett Johansson in disguise, but we have the pictures to prove otherwise.
Actress Scarlett Johansson gave an update on Dreamworks‘ live-action Ghost in the Shell film during the press event for next month’s Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Entertainment news source Variety reported on Monday that Scarlett Johansson has signed on to star in Dreamworks‘ adaptation of Ghost in the Shell. Deadline reported in October that the actress was offered the role, but she was still undecided at the time.
The film has not yet been greenlit for production, but Variety notes that Johansson’s involvement should make production more likely.
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