Scarlett Johansson's New Film Trailer Caught Our Attention. You're Going To Want To See This

The actress plays a drug mule who takes matters into her own hands in her dark sci-fi thriller, Lucy

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The actress plays a drug mule who takes matters into her own hands in her dark sci-fi thriller, Lucy

Scarlett Johansson is having a major moment right now.

She seems to be pumping out one interesting, edgy film after another. Plus, she's also engaged and pregnant with her first child. Let's just say she's got a lot going on.

In February, she lent her voice to the eery, futuristic love story Her. Then last month month she played an alien seductress in the indie drama Under Her Skin. And now the trailer has been released for her dark sci-fi thriller Lucy. (Of course, the more mainstream Captain America movie was in there, too - but she does play a total badass in the series.)

In Lucy, Scarlett plays a woman who's forced into being a drug mule. But when the drugs leak into her system, she unlocks a new level of mental capacity.

Scarlett Johansson Lucy trailer

Scarlett Johansson Lucy trailer

The premise seems similar to Bradley Cooper's 2011 film Limitless - but with much more female butt-kicking. Plus, Morgan Freeman costars as a professor doing brain research in Lucy, so it has

Lucy hits UK cinemas on 22 August 2014.

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Ali Gray
Ali Gray is an award-winning content director and digital strategist. Most recently she was the Director of Branded Content at Hearst, and helped to bridge the gap between the editorial and commercial worlds working across all Hearst brands, including ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Esquire and Harper's Bazaar. Prior to that she worked as an editor contributing to several brands such as The Telegraph, iVillage UK. 
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