Scarlett Johansson To Produce ‘Assassins’ Reality Show Ordered At Peacock
Scarlett Johansson is set to executive produce *Assassins*, a new reality competition series ordered by Peacock. The show adapts a real-life strategy game in which players are assigned targets and must eliminate them while avoiding being caught themselves.
Produced by Sony’s B17 Entertainment, the series will test strategy, deception and shifting alliances, with the last surviving player winning. The game is popular on college campuses, and the show joins other competitions inspired by real-life games, including *The Traitors*, which draws on Mafia. Johansson’s fellow executive producers include B17 founders Brien Meagher and Rhett Bachner; no premiere date or explanation of her involvement was given.
- Peacock has ordered *Assassins*, a reality competition series.
- Scarlett Johansson will executive produce.
- Players hunt assigned targets while trying to stay safe.
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In an “assassins” game, each player is secretly assigned another player as a target. They try to tag or otherwise eliminate that person while avoiding their own assigned hunter; rules vary, and the game is usually played among friends or on campuses.
The format turns this social game into a competition built around planning, bluffing and alliances. It has similarities to The Traitors, a television contest that uses deception and secret roles inspired by the party game Mafia.