Emma Watson Replaces Scarlett Johansson

Emma Watson has replaced Scarlett Johansson as the star of Napoleon and Betsy, a period drama being written and directed by Benjamin Ross, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Emma will play Betsy Balcombe, a young, impetuous noblewoman trapped on the isolated British Isle of St. Helena who falls in love with Napoleon, who is in exile.

Filming on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is scheduled to start in early 2009, Watson hopes to shoot Napoleon and Betsy in the fall.