Breakout independent studio A24, which also collaborated with Aster on his previous projects, is set to distribute the film, with Square Peg producing. Little is currently known about the plot, only that the film will focus on a woman (Johansson) wrongly accused of a past misdeed, hence its title. Johansson, born in Manhattan, comes from a Jewish family which traces its lineage to Poland and Russia. Back in 2017, on an episode of PBS’s Finding Your Roots, Johansson discovered that her maternal great-great-uncle and other members of her extended family perished in the Warsaw Ghetto. As of now, Scapegoat has no official release date, though a premiere before mid-2027 is reported to be unlikely.