Scarlett lined up to play kidnap girl Natascha in movie

**Bill5461** · 09-13-2006, 04:39 PM

From The Daily Mail
Last updated at 10:24am on 13th September 2006

Scarlett Johansson is being lined up to play kidnap girl Natascha Kampusch in a Hollywood movie of her harrowing eight-year imprisonment in a concrete dungeon.
The Austrian victim is believed to be at the centre of a bidding war between Hollywood studios who are keen to acquire the sensational story rights for a £50 million film.
The 18-year-old's nightmare ordeal made headlines around the world, and according to her agent, Dietmar Ecker, 30 'internationally-known' film companies have made offers for her story.
Having already received £800,000 for an exclusive TV interview, a £1 million deal for film rights will ensure Natascha is financially secure for life.
Scarlett, 21, is rumoured to be film executives first choice to play Natascha as they are both strawberry blondes with piercing blue eyes. Although, the film is only at the ideas stage there is already a buzz around Hollywood that the traumatic tale could be an Oscar winner.
A film insider told the Daily Express: "This has been huge across the world. What happened to this girl is unbelievable and would make the most amazing movie plot. It's one of those real life stories you can only dream about."
The ordeal which shares similarities with Oscar winning film Silence Of The Lambs, came to the media's attention last month when Natascha managed to escape from captor Wolfgang Priklopil after eight-years held in isolation in a cellar and was reunited with her parents.
The 44-year-old abducted the now teenager on her way to school in Vienna in 1998. He later committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a train after she escaped. Natascha later attended his funeral and is believed to have developed an understanding with her kidnapper.

yanjonm · 09-13-2006, 04:55 PM

Already? News of this broke out a week ago, and they have a movie planned? I'm speechless.

**MSFixR** · 09-13-2006, 05:30 PM

Personally I don't think this would be a good vehicle for Scarlett. She's done very well in romance and period type films but not very good in comedy (reference The Scoop and Eight-Legged Freaks). Unless they make this film to be a romance story (weird sense of propriety) it would be a horror story in more ways than one.

**Bill5461** · 09-13-2006, 05:39 PM

My question is: Can she play someone this young....10? I'm sure they would have another actress to play the 10 year old.. I don't think she would committ to anything like this without seeing a script first..which might be quite a ways down the road.

**Jocasta** · 09-13-2006, 05:55 PM

And here I was waiting for Dakota Fanning to get this gig. (I said that days ago in a Whatever thread).

**MissyO** · 09-14-2006, 01:48 AM

Hmmm....... I smell free publicity for the movie by linking it with her name. At best I'm thinking she'll play the girls older sister for all of 5 minutes in the film.

**Bill5461** · 09-14-2006, 08:00 AM

Her publicist has said this story is not true.

**MSFixR** · 09-14-2006, 08:06 AM

That's good, I think it would have been a mistake.

09-13-2006, 04:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bill5461 Scarlett Mod Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 13,338 My Profile	Scarlett lined up to play kidnap girl Natascha in movie From The Daily Mail Last updated at 10:24am on 13th September 2006 Scarlett Johansson is being lined up to play kidnap girl Natascha Kampusch in a Hollywood movie of her harrowing eight-year imprisonment in a concrete dungeon. The Austrian victim is believed to be at the centre of a bidding war between Hollywood studios who are keen to acquire the sensational story rights for a £50 million film. The 18-year-old's nightmare ordeal made headlines around the world, and according to her agent, Dietmar Ecker, 30 'internationally-known' film companies have made offers for her story. Having already received £800,000 for an exclusive TV interview, a £1 million deal for film rights will ensure Natascha is financially secure for life. Scarlett, 21, is rumoured to be film executives first choice to play Natascha as they are both strawberry blondes with piercing blue eyes. Although, the film is only at the ideas stage there is already a buzz around Hollywood that the traumatic tale could be an Oscar winner. A film insider told the Daily Express: "This has been huge across the world. What happened to this girl is unbelievable and would make the most amazing movie plot. It's one of those real life stories you can only dream about." The ordeal which shares similarities with Oscar winning film Silence Of The Lambs, came to the media's attention last month when Natascha managed to escape from captor Wolfgang Priklopil after eight-years held in isolation in a cellar and was reunited with her parents. The 44-year-old abducted the now teenager on her way to school in Vienna in 1998. He later committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a train after she escaped. Natascha later attended his funeral and is believed to have developed an understanding with her kidnapper. Last edited by Bill5461; 09-13-2006 at 04:39 PM..

09-14-2006, 01:48 AM	#6 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,213 My Profile	Hmmm....... I smell free publicity for the movie by linking it with her name. At best I'm thinking she'll play the girls older sister for all of 5 minutes in the film. Last edited by MissyO; 09-14-2006 at 01:49 AM..

09-13-2006, 04:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
yanjonm Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: New York City Posts: 1,448 My Profile	Already? News of this broke out a week ago, and they have a movie planned? I'm speechless.

09-13-2006, 05:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 10,218 My Profile	Personally I don't think this would be a good vehicle for Scarlett. She's done very well in romance and period type films but not very good in comedy (reference The Scoop and Eight-Legged Freaks). Unless they make this film to be a romance story (weird sense of propriety) it would be a horror story in more ways than one.

09-13-2006, 05:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bill5461 Scarlett Mod Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 13,338 My Profile	My question is: Can she play someone this young....10? I'm sure they would have another actress to play the 10 year old.. I don't think she would committ to anything like this without seeing a script first..which might be quite a ways down the road.

09-13-2006, 05:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jocasta Love Charlie Babbitt Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 19,173 My Profile	And here I was waiting for Dakota Fanning to get this gig. (I said that days ago in a Whatever thread).

09-14-2006, 08:00 AM	#7 (permalink)
Bill5461 Scarlett Mod Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 13,338 My Profile	Her publicist has said this story is not true.

09-14-2006, 08:06 AM	#8 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 10,218 My Profile	That's good, I think it would have been a mistake.

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