Scarlett Johansson to Play Sex-Crazed Alien in Under the Skin

There were only two movies featuring Scarlett Johansson released in 2009, and only one--Iron Man 2--this year. That's unacceptable.

So it's a relief to learn that she's just signed on to star in an upcoming film called Under the Skin, directed by Birth's Jonathan Glazer. The movie's official summary:

“Johansson plays an alien on earth, disguised as the perfect aesthetic form of a mesmerizing woman. She scours remote highways and desolate scenery looking to use her greatest weapon to snare human prey — her voracious sexuality. She is deadly efficient, but over time becomes drawn to and changed by the complexity of life on earth.”

Sound familiar? It should--it's the same basic plot of the movies Species (1995) and Lifeforce (1985), two features that have hall of fame nudity.

Species stars former model Natasha Henstridge as a human/alien hybrid who attempts to mate with as many men as she can. She's deadly, sure, but she's also delicious, and Natasha became a skinstant, breakout star thanks to her six astounding nude scenes.

In Lifeforce, French creampie Mathilda May is an alien vampire who's brought back to Earth, where she sucks the life force out of men's bodies. We should all meet such a lucky fate. Mathilda sucks beautifully, especially since she spends the bulk of the movie wearing absolutely nil.

So Scarjo, if you want your movie to stand up to sci-fi classics like these, you know what you have to do. After all, the word "skin" is right there in your movie's title.