Pilou Asbæk, who starred alongside Scarlett Johansson in Lucy, is set to co-star with the actress once again in Dreamworks' live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell

Pilou Asbæk

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According to Variety , Asbæk will play Batou, the film's primary male character who stands as one of Section 9's best fighters, as well as Major Motoko Kusanagi's second in command.Section 9 is an elite task force, headed up by female cyborg Kusanagi (Johansson), and dedicated to taking down criminals and preserving the goals of cyber tech company Hanka Robotics.Asbæk is also set to appear as Euron in the next season of HBO's Game of Thrones.Ghost in the Shell opens on March 31, 2017. Rupert Sanders is directing the live-action adaptation, with Avi Arad and Steven Paul attached as producers. Jonathan Herman is writing the script.

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