Scarlett Johansson is in negotiations to star in "The Nanny Diaries," an adaptation of the best-selling novel that Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini are in talks to direct from their script. Richard Gladstein is producing for the Weinstein Co.

Written by former nannies Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin, the book told the story of a college student, the aptly named Nan, who goes to work for a Park Avenue family that turns out to be the family from hell. Johansson will play Nan, who juggles the household's marital woes, her classes, a romance and a spoiled kid.

The Weinsteins are eyeing a February start date in Toronto and New York.

Johansson, repped by WMA and Melanie Johansson, stars in Woody Allen's "Match Point," which is set for release Dec. 28, as well as in the upcoming thriller "The Black Dahlia." She shot "Scoop" in the summer and also is attached to star in "Borgia."

Berman and Pulcini, repped by CAA, wrote and directed 2003's "American Splendor."

Gladstein, via his FilmColony shingle, has among his credits "Finding Neverland," "The Cider House Rules" and "The Bourne Identity."