They say in order to make it to the top, you need to be a psychopath. This is explored in Jon Ronson’s book “The Psychopath Test”, which is being adapted for the screen by Kristin Gore for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment.
The Avengers and Lucy‘s Scarlett Johansson is attached to star with Jay Roach directing, says Deadline.
Ronson tackles how the medical community tries to diagnose and classify an elusive group: remorseless, deadly psychopaths. They say one out of every hundred people is a psychopath, devoid of empathy, manipulative, deceitful, charming, seductive, and delusional. The book explores their world and the madness industry.
Brian Grazer will produce along with Roach and his Everyman Pictures banner, and Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey. Erica Huggins and Jennifer Perini will be exec producers.