'Avengers' Scarlett Johansson to 'Move That Body' in New Comedy Film

The Avengers' Scarlett Johansson will get a rare opportunity to get in touch with her silly side. The Lost in Translation actress will reportedly star in the new raucous comedy Move That Body. The R-rated plot follows the exploits of five girls as they rent a beach house in Miami for a bachelorette party, accidentally murder a male stripper, then deal with the dilemma of what to do with his corpse. With obvious comparisons to films like The Hangover and Weekend at Bernie's, the predominantly female cast will finally get to enter the boy's club of raunchy slapstick.

The story was penned by Lucia Aniello, who will also direct and produce, as well as Paul W. Downs, who will co-star and produce. Not surprisingly, the twosome has experience writing for funny women having done it for Comedy Central's Broad City, which they also executive produce. Their screenplay was optioned by Sony Pictures over the summer after being on the notorious Black List of the best scripts never produced. The film's other producers include Dave Becky, also from Broad City, and Matt Tolmach, whose credits include the R-rated comedic hits The Other Guys, Superbad and Pineapple Express.

As for Johansson, the four-time Golden Globe nominee has previously dabbled in subtle comedy, via Woody Allen's Scoop and Vicky Cristina Barcelona, as well as romantic comedy with a straight role in Don Jon. However, she is more recently defined by her action/adventure roles including the title character in Lucy and Black Widow in the Marvel franchises The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Iron Man 2. In any event, Move That Body will give the 31-year-old a chance to not only do comedy, but comedy on a broad level, something actresses rarely get to do.