First Look at Scarlett Johansson in ‘Ghost in the Shell: Whitewash Edition’

Paramount revealed a first-look today at Scarlett Johansson in the live-action adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s iconic manga Ghost in the Shell.

Directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White And The Huntsman) and written by Jonathan Herman (Straight Outta Compton), Ghost in the Shell will be released in the U.S. on March 31, 2017.

The fan reaction online has been almost unanimously negative since Johannson was announced in the film’s lead role. Film fans on Twitter have been sharing their own ideas about who should’ve been cast in the film’s lead, and none of them are Hollywood actresses:

Scarlett is phenomenal, but @rinko_kikuchi would have seriously been a better fit for the role. Ghost in the Shell. pic.twitter.com/XgLAPzNyFY

— Clara Buchanan (@clara_buchanan) April 14, 2016

For Ghost In The Shell, they could have picked someone tall & fierce like Kavka Shishido instead of Scarlett LOL BYE pic.twitter.com/nwoQgiooPS

— Satan didn't mean it (@seunglawd) April 14, 2016

.@kaede_aono as Motoko Kusanagi in live-action GHOST IN THE SHELL ARISE play. ?https://t.co/tMjMW0z2v8 pic.twitter.com/z0No3jwsng

— Brenden Fletcher (@brendenfletcher) April 14, 2016

I'm guess neither Rila Fukushima nor Tao Okamoto were available for Ghost in the Shell? pic.twitter.com/WAx2uK4wQt

— Mark Sweeney (@MarkSweeney) April 14, 2016

Yukie Nakama would have been a better fit for Ghost in the Shell. Piss off, Hollywood. Scarlett Johanssen, my arse. pic.twitter.com/eW6kSPbPCp

— Lisa (@biscuitahoy) April 14, 2016

Everyone freaking out about scarjo being casted as motoko in ghost in the shell… to me, one girl comes to mind: pic.twitter.com/fAV2T1RKdP

— Darryl O. (@Konfyoozed) April 14, 2016