WOODY ALLEN - ALLEN DISMISSES JOHANSSON COLLABORATION REPORTS

Legendary filmmaker WOODY ALLEN has denied reports he is teaming up with SCARLETT JOHANSSON for a new New York-based movie. Johansson, who has starred in recent Allen films Match Point and Scoop, was said to be making her directorial debut on New York, I Love You - a collection of 12 short films, each with a different director. However, Allen insists he has never heard of the project. He tells MTV.com, "(It's) a complete and total fabrication. Made up like a poem by Coleridge. Completely untrue. It wasn't even grounded in any conversations or anything."