{"id":141564,"date":"2025-05-09T19:37:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T19:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/scarlett-johansson-directed-eleanor-the-great-first-look-clip\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T19:37:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T19:37:24","slug":"scarlett-johansson-directed-eleanor-the-great-first-look-clip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/scarlett-johansson-directed-eleanor-the-great-first-look-clip\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarlett Johansson-Directed ‘Eleanor The Great’: First-Look Clip"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <\/strong>Deadline can reveal the primary clip of Scarlett Johansson<\/a>\u2018s directorial debut Eleanor the Great<\/a><\/em>, which can premiere within the Un Certain Regard lineup<\/a> on the Cannes<\/a> Film Festival, which begins subsequent week.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe end result of Johansson\u2019s long-held dream to direct a function, Eleanor the Great<\/em> stars nonagenarian June Squibb<\/a> as Eleanor, a girl grieving the lack of Bessie, her finest good friend and roommate. When she strikes to Manhattan to stay along with her daughter and grandson, Eleanor finds herself occurring one thing of an odyssey in the hunt for connection \u2014 with generally stunning outcomes. When she inadvertently joins a Holocaust survivors\u2019 group, Eleanor is reminded of her late good friend Bessie\u2019s harrowing expertise rising up in Nazi-occupied Poland. But, when Nina, a journalism scholar, takes a vested curiosity in Eleanor, the reality out of the blue turns into a slippery topic.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe above first-look clip reveals Squibb as Eleanor in feisty type. As she readies to pack up and depart Florida for New York, she shuts down her passive aggressive neighbor\u2019s feedback with a comeback concerning the girl\u2019s husband. \u201cSay goodbye to Melvin for me,\u201d Eleanor says, with a twinkle in her eye. \u201cWe had such a wonderful time the other night. He\u2019s very strong<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tJohansson has been behind the digital camera earlier than, directing a 12-minute quick referred to as These Vagabond Shoes <\/em>for the 2008 portmanteau movie New York, I Love You<\/em>. But that is the primary function she\u2019s ever directed.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tJune Squibb as Eleanor with Erin Kellyman as Nina in \u2018Eleanor the Great\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnne Joyce<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tThe movie additionally stars Erin Kellyman as Nina, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Nina\u2019s father, Breaking Bad<\/em>\u2018s Jessica Hecht as Eleanor\u2019s daughter and Holocaust survivor Rita Zohar as Bessie. Kellyman, who will subsequent seem in Danny Boyle\u2019s 28 Years Later<\/em>, was most not too long ago seen alongside Saoirse Ronan in Blitz<\/em>. <\/p>\n

\n\tEleanor the Great <\/em>is from a screenplay by first-time function author Tory Kamen, and sees Sony Pictures Classics<\/a> and TriStar Pictures partnering for the primary time. The movie is produced by Johansson\u2019s These Pictures with Jonathan Lia and Keenan Flynn, Pinky Promise\u2019s Jessamine Burgum and Kara Durrett, and Maven Screen Media\u2019s Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray.<\/p>\n

\n\tCheck out the clip above.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tJohansson on the set of \u2018Eleanor the Great\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnne Joyce<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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