Producers back Johansson's directorial debut

Johansson"Summer season Crossing," an adaptation of Truman Capote's lost novella, is headed for your bigscreen since the directorial debut of Scarlett Johansson.Project's being produced by Craig Spikings, who won an Oscar for "The Deer Hunter," and executive produced by Peter D. Graves using the Truman Capote Literary Trust which is trustee Alan Schwartz.Film author and NY playwright Tristine Skyler is adapting the Capote novella."Summer season Crossing" novella is occur NY when Gotham was emerging within the trauma of World War Ii and concentrates on an 18-year-old girl breaking free of her wealthy, impeding, family to discover her own identity and sexuality."Summer season Crossing" was put together by Capote through the 19 forties after which it lost for half a century just before being retrieved and launched.Johannson told Women's Placed on Daily in September they planned to direct the film. She'll be seen next in "We Bought a Zoo," "Beneath the Skin" and "The Avengers." Johannson's repped by CAA. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com