Scarlett Johansson in Talks to Star In REFLECTIVE LIGHT Drama

Scarlett Johansson is easily one of the busiest actors these days so it comes as no surprise that she is now in early talks to star in the Focus Features drama Reflective Light.

Variety reports that Gregory Crewdson, an art photographer, is making his directing debut on the adaptation of the 2014 Carla Buckley novel The Deepest Secret.

The story is about a teenage boy who suffers from an ailment that makes him gravely allergic to sunlight. If Johansson’s deal goes through, she would play the boy's mother, so devoted to her son’s care that she alienates the rest of their family, creating a nocturnal lifestyle for him at the expense of her own well-being. When a neighborhood girl goes missing, everything begins to unravel.

Focus got the rights to the movie right before this year’s Cannes Film Festival and hopes to start production next year.

Johansson, can be seen next in Avengers: Infinity War and is also lending her voice to Wes Anderson’s animated Isle of Dogs.