Scarlett Johansson To Star In True Crime Thriller ‘Featherwood’ About Prized FBI Informant Who Infiltrated Neo-Nazi Gang The Aryan Brotherhood; Andrea Arnold Directing & FilmNation Launching Hot EFM Project
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: I’m hearing that Oscar nominee and Avengers star Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story) is set to lead true-crime thriller Featherwood, which is one of the hottest new scripts ahead of next week’s EFM market in Berlin.
In a role that has some buyers already speculating awards potential, Johansson will portray Carol Blevins, a heroin addict and “Aryan Princess featherwood” (property of a gang member) who became one of the FBI’s most important informants during an epic, six-year investigation into the murderous, neo-Nazi crime and drug syndicate known as the Aryan Brotherhood Of Texas.
Blevins, who lived with the gang, memorized details, pre-empted murders and interrupted robberies, helped convict 13 members of the group.
However, her harrowing journey left her with significant physical and mental scars and she lives under constant threat of reprisal by the ABT.
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