Scarlett Johansson directs Erin Kellyman and June Squibb on the Coney Island set of her first film Eleanor the Great

Scarlett Johansson stepped behind the camera to helm her directorial debut Eleanor the Great in Brooklyn’s Coney Island neighborhood on Monday.

It was the first time the 39-year-old former child star was seen on set directing the cast and crew of the film, which has already landed a distribution deal with TriStar Pictures and Sony Pictures Classics, according to Variety.

Scarlett was working with two of her cast members, Erin Kellyman and June Squibb, for the outdoor car scene.

The 94-year-old actress, best known for her Oscar-nominated role in Alexander Payne’s 2013 film Nebraska, plays the lead role of 90-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein, who returns to New York City from Florida following the death of his best friend of 70 years.

First-time screenwriter Tory Kamen based the character on her late grandmother Elinore, who passed away, at age 99, in 2020.

“This goes far beyond what I expected from this script over the last eight years of writing it, rewriting it, rewriting it,” Kamen said last Friday. instagram.

“I wish my grandmother Elinore was here to see this, but she famously didn’t read the services.”

The 25-year-old biracial Brit, best known for starring in the 2022 Disney+ series Willow, took on the role of Eleanor’s 19-year-old new friend.

And while June wore a lavender coat, Erin wore a beige leather jacket over a white blouse, a beige sweater vest, baggy brown pants, and boots selected by costume designer Tom Broecker.

Also joining Johansson on set was her cinematographer Hélène Louvart, who previously worked as cinematographer on Alice Rohrwacher’s 2023 film La Chimera and Eliza Hittman’s 2020 film Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

In 2022, the two-time Oscar nominee revealed in the Table for two podcast that his future in film would involve directing and more producing, saying: ‘My dream job is a corner office on the Disney lot. eat a little [bungalow]. That is what I want’

Scarlett cast her former co-star Jessica Hecht, with whom she starred in the Broadway play A View From The Bridge at the Cort Theater in 2010, which earned her a Tony Award.

Johansson also cast fellow Marvel action star Chiwetel Ejiofor, who starred in both Doctor Strange films, in a mystery role in Eleanor the Great, which Sting’s wife Trudie Styler is producing.

It was the first time the 39-year-old former child star was seen on set directing the cast and crew of the film, which has already landed a distribution deal with TriStar Pictures and Sony Pictures Classics.

Scarlett was working with two members of her cast, Erin Kellyman (left) and June Squibb (right), for the outdoor car scene.

The Oscar nominee, 94, plays the lead role of 90-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein, who returns to New York City from Florida following the death of her best friend of 70 years (pictured Jan. 18) .

First-time screenwriter Tory Kamen (right) based the character on her late grandmother Elinore (left), who passed away at age 99 in 2020.

Kamen gushed last Friday on Instagram: “This is beyond what I had hoped for for this script over the last eight years of writing it, rewriting it, rewriting it.” I wish my grandmother Elinore were here to see this, but she famously did not read the services.

The 25-year-old biracial Brit (right), best known for starring in the 2022 Disney+ series Willow, took on the role of Eleanor’s 19-year-old new friend.

And while June wore a lavender coat, Erin wore a beige leather jacket over a white blouse, a beige sweater vest, baggy brown pants, and boots selected by costume designer Tom Broecker.

Also joining Johansson on set was her cinematographer Hélène Louvart (left), who previously worked as cinematographer on Alice Rohrwacher’s 2023 film La Chimera and Eliza Hittman’s 2020 film Never Rarely , Sometimes always.

In 2022, the two-time Oscar nominee revealed on the Table for Two podcast that her future in film would involve directing and more producing, saying: ‘My dream job is a corner office on the Disney lot. eat a little [bungalow]. That is what I want’

Scarlett cast her former co-star Jessica Hecht (right), with whom she starred in the Broadway play A View From The Bridge at the Cort Theater in 2010, which earned her a Tony Award.

Johansson also cast fellow Marvel action star Chiwetel Ejiofor (pictured Jan. 22), who starred in both Doctor Strange films, in a mystery role in Eleanor the Great, which Sting’s wife is producing. Trudie Styler.

The Asteroid City star previously wrote and directed the 2009 short film These Vagabond Shoes starring Kevin Bacon (pictured), as well as Ellie Goulding’s 2015 concert American Express Unstaged.

The Asteroid City star previously wrote and directed the 2009 short film These Vagabond Shoes starring Kevin Bacon, as well as Ellie Goulding’s 2015 concert American Express Unstaged.

On February 9 Deadline reported that Scarlett will produce and star as heroin-addicted FBI informant Carol Blevins in Andrea Arnold’s upcoming true crime thriller, Featherwood.

But first, audiences can see Johansson and Channing Tatum in Jason Bateman’s 1960s-set space race drama Project Artemis, premiering July 12 on Apple TV+.

The native New Yorker voiced Elita in Josh Cooley’s animated prequel Transformers One, which hits US theaters on September 13.

Scarlett also played Royal Navy Captain Katherine in Kristin Scott Thomas’s directorial debut, North Star, which failed to secure a distribution deal after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival on September 7.

On a personal level, Johansson has two children: her daughter Rose, 9 years old; and her 2-year-old son Cosmo from her marriage to her ex-husband No. 2, Romain Dauriac, and her third husband, Colin Jost.