Overview

• 'Just Cause' series adaptation to feature Scarlett Johansson in a gender-swapped lead role, her first major television project.
• Cord Jefferson, acclaimed for 'American Fiction', to write and executive produce alongside John Wells.
• The series, based on a 1992 novel, follows a reporter investigating a potentially innocent inmate on death row.
• Amazon Prime Video secures the project with a straight-to-series order, produced by Johansson's These Pictures and Warner Bros. TV.
• Jefferson and Wells bring significant accolades to the project, including Emmy wins and Oscar nominations.