Scarlett Johansson to star Universal's thriller 'The Psychopath Test'

Scarlett Johansson is set to take the lead in the Kristin Gore-scripted film based on the Jon Ronson book The Psychopath Test.

Ronson's book tackles the medical community, who tries to diagnose and classify an elusive group: remorseless, deadly psychopaths, say one out of every hundred people is a psychopath, devoid of empathy, manipulative, deceitful, charming, seductive, and delusional.

The book, which explores their world and the madness industry, is published by Picador and Riverhead Books and was a bestseller in the US and the UK.

The thriller, which will be directed by Jay Roach and produced by Brian Grazer along with Roach and his Everyman Pictures banner, aswell as, Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Deadline.com reported.