Scarlett Johansson Is Going Truman Capote's SUMMER CROSSING

The "lost" Truman Capote's first novel, SUMMER CROSSING, was originally written during the 1940s. The particular novel was unseen for over 50 years, until it was eventually published in 2005. Now the lost novel will soon becomes a big screen treatment for actress Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut.

SUMMER CROSSING will be adapted by screenwriter and New York playwright Tristine Skyler. The novel is set in New York when Gotham was emerging from the trauma of World War II and centers on an 18-year-old girl breaking free of her rich family to discover her own identity and sexuality.