According to The Hollywood Reporter starlet Scarlett Johansson (Ghost World) is in final negotiations to portray the femme fatale Silk N. Floss in Frank Miller's adaptation of Will Eisner's The Spirit.  Johansson's character is a sharp and savvy secretary, who functions as an accomplice to the criminal mastermind known as the Octopus.  Miller plans to begin shooting in October and Johansson will wrap up her appearance in the New Line comedy, He's Just Not That Into You, before reporting to work on The Spirit.

Johansson will be joining a cast that so far includes Gabriel Macht as the eponymous Spirit and Samuel L. Jackson as the Octopus.