( CNN ) -- After a blockbuster summer with the action thriller `` Lucy , '' Scarlett Johansson is eyeing TV . The 29-year-old actress and new mom has signed up for a limited TV series based on Edith Wharton 's `` The Custom of the Country , '' Variety reports . Wharton 's 1913 novel followed the intensely ambitious heroine Undine Spragg as she climbed the ranks of New York society . Johansson will portray the lead in the eight-episode series , and will also serve as an executive producer . It 's a change of pace for the actress , who has been working mainly in movies since she was a kid , although she did appear in the pilot episode of the short-lived 1995 TV series `` The Client , '' and has done voice work for Adult Swim 's `` Robot Chicken . '' More recently , she 's been finding success as an action star , playing the Black Widow in Marvel 's blockbuster movies . In July , she starred as the titular ruthless heroine in Luc Besson 's `` Lucy , '' which earned $ 125 million domestically . Colin Farrell , Vince Vaughn lead 'True Detective ' Season 2 cast .
Scarlett Johansson has signed up to star in a limited TV series . It will be based on the Edith Wharton novel `` The Custom of the Country '' She 'll reportedly also executive produce .