Margot Robbie to star in Ghost in the Shell

Margot Robbie is in early negotiations to star in Ghost in the Shell, an adaptation of the Japanese manga that Rupert Sanders is set to direct for DreamWorks.

The script has been written by Bill Wheeler and is based on the original story that follows a member of a covert ops unit of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission that specializes in fighting technology-related crime.

Created by Masamune Shirow, Ghost in the Shell was first published in 1989 by Kodansha. It went on to generate two additional manga editions, three anime film adaptations, an anime TV series and three videogames.