Scarlett Johansson Joins 'The Prestige'


Scarlett JohanssonScarlett Johansson is set to play the lead female role in Christopher Nolan's The Prestige, says Variety.

She joins Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine and David Bowie in the project, which sees Bale and Jackman play rival magicians in turn-of-the-century London who battle each other for trade secrets. The rivalry is so intense that it turns them into murderers. The title refers to the residue left after a magician's successful trick.

Shooting is slated to begin in January and continues through March in Los Angeles.

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