Yep, she's most likely going to be Major Motoko Kusanagi if she's going to be taking the lead role. Personally, I hope she does a good job, along side with the director, to make this live-action adaption good! And I know there's going to be people who's going to say "It's going to be another DB Evolution, Last Airbender" and yatta, yatta, yatta. Guys, there's not enough info or news to actually judge it. We don't have any footage, no trailers, no character photos. Nothing. Before we say "It sucks" or "It's going to be out of this world", let's just wait for some more information. All we can do is hope that it'll be good.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/05/scarlett-johansson-to-star-in-ghost-in-the-shell

http://haruhichan.com/wpblog/35520/scarlett-johansson-star-live-action-ghost-shell-film/

Miss Johansson is hot, but why not use an actual Japanese woman?

Miss Johansson is hot, but why not use an actual Japanese woman?

not everything has to be 1 for 1 for an adaptation.personally, to me, she fits the role. with her action scenes in Avengers, Iron Man, & Captain America, she fits to me.

not everything has to be 1 for 1 for an adaptation.personally, to me, she fits the role. with her action scenes in Avengers, Iron Man, & Captain America, she fits to me.

 

I'm not saying everything has to be, I was just wondering why they didn't is all.

 

Hopefully, they don't change other things too much...