ScarJo joins 'The Spirit'

Actress Scarlett Johansson is in talks to join the cast of "The Spirit," the adaptation of Will Eisner's classic comic as written and directed by Frank Miller.

Johansson is reportedly set to play a characted named Silk N. Floss, a sexy and vindictive secretary who joins up with Samuel L. Jackson's The Octopus against the titular hero, played by Gabriel Macht.

Film is set for a fall start and 2009 release.