Scarlet Johansson‘s next movie is a perfect choice for the post-Avengers: Endgame era of the actor’s career, and underlines an underappreciated aspect of Johansson’s filmography thus far. As the person who is currently reported to be the second highest-grossing lead actor in history as a result of the more than $15 billion she’s made over the course of almost 40 movies, Scarlet Johansson is naturally something of a big deal in the world of movies.
With Avengers: Endgame‘s cinema-defining box office results playing a major role in Johansson’s earnings, seeing the road the actor paves following the end of her major role in the MCU timeline is a decidedly fascinating matter, especially since more eyes than ever have been on the actor and her trajectory as a result of her playing a key role in one of the biggest movies of all time.
Promisingly, Scarlet Johansson’s next upcoming movie role is one that seems to help underscore a part of her career that has often been overlooked, particularly in the wake of Avengers: Endgame itself, and is in a film that looks as though it will be a solid movie in its own right aside from this also, setting the stage for an exciting next few years film wise for Johansson going forward.
Ray Gunn Is A New Addition To A Majorly Underappreciated Part Of Scarlett Johansson’s Career
When it comes to Scarlett Johansson’s filmography, her most famous movies are by far her live-action roles. Releases like the Avengers series and Jurassic World Rebirth have ensured that, for many, Johansson is most directly associated with some of the biggest live-action franchises of all time, and even those who don’t think of those first are likely to think of other live-action films she’s appeared in like Jojo Rabbit.
Comparatively, Scarlett Johansson’s animated roles are often overlooked, even though Johansson has worked as a voice actor in roles throughout much of the course of her career, and has appeared in prominent movies like 2024’s Transformers One, 2018’s Isle of Dogs, and 2004’s A SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
As such, the animated sci-fi Ray Gunn – which is the next movie Scarlett Johansson will play a role in, having been cast as Venus Star – should serve as a fresh reminder of Johansson’s voice acting talents, and in a way that doesn’t rely on any wider pre-established franchises, making it all the more useful to demonstrate the actor’s capacity outside of interconnected universes like the MCU.
Ray Gunn Is The First Of Scarlett Johansson’s Next Three Exciting Upcoming Movies
As it stands, Ray Gunn is not the only interesting movie Scarlett Johansson is set to appear in within the next few years. Indeed, Ray Gunn is the first of three promising upcoming releases featuring the actor, as the animated sci-fi will be followed up in Johansson’s filmography by the 2027 remake of The Exorcist, and then American crime drama Paper Tiger.
Naturally, the remake of The Exorcist is one that’s already received considerable media attention, given the original 1973 film is still regarded as one of the best and most well-known horror movies of all time to this day. The cast of the 2027 The Exorcist certainly suggests it should be able to hold up compared to the original, with talented actors like Lawrence Fishburne, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Hamish Linklater due to appear alongside Johansson in the film’s story.
While less is known about Paper Tiger currently, it also holds plenty of hallmarks that suggest it has similar potential. This is firstly clear given the film’s own cast, as the currently announced actors signed on for the project – those being Johansson, Adam Driver, and Miles Teller – are all major stars in their own right.
Thankfully, the movie’s writer and director – James Gray – is no stranger to handling this kind of talent, having worked with Joaquin Phoenix throughout their careers, and having also co-written and directed 2019’s Ad Astra, further underlining Paper Tiger‘s prospective promise. Altogether, it appears Ray Gunn is very much just the start for Scarlet Johansson and her film future in more ways than one.
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November 22, 1984
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New York City, NY, U.S.A.