Scarlett Johansson has some screaming to do. The blond beauty is stepping into the shoes of Janet Leigh in the new movie "Making of Psycho.”

The film, directed by Sacha Gervasi, centers on director Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his ups and downs behind the camera of the 1960 horror flick about a woman on the run after stealing thousands from a client.

The iconic movie is best known for the shower scene in which Leigh, playing Marion Crane, is stabbed to death at the Bates Motel. James D’Arcy will play Leigh’s co-star, Anthony Perkins, and Helen Mirren is set to portray Hitchcock’s wife Alma, according to Variety.

Sources at the trade paper are already drawing parallels between Scarlett’s role as Leigh and Michelle Williams’ Oscar-nominated turn as Marilyn Monroe in “My Week With Marilyn.”

Before "Making of Psycho" hits theaters in 2013, look for Johansson in the new "Avengers" movie opening in May. See the actress reprise her "Iron Man 2" role as Black Widow in the new trailer, released earlier this week.

導(dǎo)演薩沙·吉瓦希（Sacha Gervasi）近日向女星斯嘉麗·約翰遜（Scarlett Johansson）發(fā)去邀請，希望讓她在自己的新片《驚魂劫》（Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho）中飾演《精神病患者》這部經(jīng)典懸念恐怖片的女主角珍妮特·利（Janet Leigh）。

1960年的《精神病患者》是希區(qū)柯克經(jīng)典代表作之一，女演員珍妮特·李在其中扮演一名女秘書，在卷走了老板的錢之后逃到一家偏僻的汽車旅館，結(jié)果被有精神分裂癥的旅店老板殘忍殺死。她在片中驚恐尖叫的場景已經(jīng)成為電影史上最讓人難以忘記的畫面之一，她也因此獲得了當(dāng)年金球獎(jiǎng)和奧斯卡最佳女配角獎(jiǎng)的提名。另外，珍妮特·李的女兒杰米·李·柯蒂斯（Jamie Lee Curtis）也是好萊塢著名女演員。

《驚魂劫》根據(jù)史蒂芬·雷貝洛（Stephen Rebello）出版于1998年的同名紀(jì)實(shí)文學(xué)改編，影片講述上世紀(jì)60年代，希區(qū)柯克在一開始沒有電影公司愿意投資的情況下是如何拍成《精神病患者》這部低成本恐怖片經(jīng)典的，同時(shí)還將展現(xiàn)他和妻子的關(guān)系。

影片中的希區(qū)柯克將由安東尼·霍普金斯（Anthony Hopkins）飾演，他妻子阿爾瑪·拉維爾（Alma Reville）由海倫·米倫（Helen Mirren）飾演，青年演員詹姆斯·達(dá)西（James D’Arcy）則將飾演《精神病患者》男主角安東尼·博金斯（Anthony Perkins）。

據(jù)說，這部《驚魂劫》與《我與夢露的一周》（My Week With Marilyn）很類似，如果演好，斯佳麗·約翰森不難獲得奧斯卡提名。?？怂固秸諢艄緦?dān)任該片的發(fā)行商。