DreamWorks has reached out to the star about a role in its adaptation of the famous Japanese manga, Deadline reports. The American actress is said to have inherited the role from Margot Robbie, who had been attached since September.

After "Lucy," Scarlett Johansson could be headed for another sci-fi blockbuster. The actress, who recently became a mother, was reportedly offered the role of the beautiful cyborg Motoko Kusanagi, the star of "Ghost in the Shell."

The offer comes after negotiations reportedly fell through between DreamWorks and Margot Robbie. The Australian actress who broke through in "The Wolf of Wall Street" is likely to have opted instead for a role in "Suicide Squad," a feature on the DC Comics supervillains.

In its upcoming Hollywood adaptation, "Ghost in the Shell" is due to be a thriller filmed in 3D and with live actors, marking a break with the animated features released by filmmaker Mamoru Oshii in 1995 and 2004.

The plot is expected to be based on Masamune Shirow's original manga in two volumes, which was published between 1989 and 1991. "Ghost in the Shell" follows Motoko Kusanagi, a cyborg and member of the counter-cyberterrorist organization Public Security Section 9, as she investigates a cyber-criminal known as the Puppeteer.

Rupert Sanders, the British director of "Snow White and the Huntsman," will helm the adaptation.