Two major Hollywood talents are set to team up today as Deadline reports that Jennifer Lawrence is set to headline a planned adaptation of war photographer Lynsey Addario’s memoir “It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War” that has Steven Spielberg attached to direct. Warner Bros. Pictures secured the big screen rights to the original book, released just last month with the following official description:
Lynsey Addario was just finding her way as a photographer when September 11th changed the world. One of the few photojournalists with experience in Afghanistan, she gets the call to return and cover the American invasion. She makes a decision she would often find herself making—not to stay home, not to lead a quiet or predictable life, but to risk her life, to set out across the world, and to make a name for herself. It’s What I Do follows a course unavoidable for Addario—from her first camera and the pictures it inspired, to early years as a street photographer and the inspiration she found in the work of Sebastião Salgado. Photography becomes a way for her to travel with a purpose—a singular ambition that shapes and drives her.
As a woman photojournalist determined to be taken as seriously as her male peers, Addario fights her way into a boy’s club of a profession, eventually earning widespread recognition, a MacArthur Genius Grant, and a Pulitzer Prize. Refusing to turn down career-defining assignments, she puts romance and family on hold. Yet the sadness and injustice she encounters as as a conflict reporter give her a new vision for her own life, and the more she sees of the world, the greater her desires for love and family grow. It’s What I Do is also the story of how Addario met her husband and father to their child, and how as a war correspondent and a mother, she learned to live her life in two different—though hardly separate—worlds.
Watching uprisings unfold and people fight to the death for their freedom, Addario understands she is documenting not only news but also the fate of society. It’s What I Do is more than just a snapshot of life on the front lines; it is witness to the human cost of war.
Andrew Lazar is attached to produce the big screen version.
Category: Movies
Joy gets a release date!
Joy, Jennifer’s upcoming movie gets a release date: December 25th, 2015.
The movie also stars Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro and is directed by David O. Russell.
Here’s the short synopsis:
The life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country’s most successful entrepreneurs.
Jennifer is currently in New York filming the movie.
Jennifer Lawrence is, according to a story today at TheWrap, looking to reteam with director Francis Lawrence for The Dive, the long-in-development true story of Fracisco “Pipin” Ferreras and his wife, Audrey Mestre. Together, the pair broke records as freedivers (diving without the use of breathing equipment) until Mestre tragically lost her life during a 2002 dive.
James Cameron, who is attached to produce the feature, was, at one time, planning to direct the film himself. Over the years, a number of other directors have nearly taken the reins on the true story with Casino Royale and Green Lantern helmer Martin Campbell being the most recent. The screenplay was initially written by Laeta Kalogridis with J. Michael Straczynski having stepped in to rewrite back in 2012.
Despite matching last names, the Lawrences are not related. They did, however, work together on the latter three films in The Hunger Games franchise, including the upcoming grand finale, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. In The Dive, she’ll play Mestre with the Ferreras role yet to be cast.
In addition to Cameron, Barry Josephson and Rae Sanchini will produce with Mark Roybal overseeing the production for 20th Century Fox.
“The Hanging Tree,” taken from the ‘Mockingjay – Part 1’ soundtrack, is currently at the 29th spot after midweek sales
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 may be dominating the U.K. box office, scoring the year’s biggest opening weekend with $19.9 million, but Jennifer Lawrence looks to have landed a more unlikely chart positioning elsewhere.
The actress sings on “The Hanging Tree,” which is included on the film’s soundtrack. According to the U.K.’s Official Charts Company, the song is now positioned at number 29 on the charts after calculating midweek sales.
And photos from the The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 1 – Press Conference:
Gallery Link:
- Events & Appearances > 2014 > The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 1 – Press Conference – Nov 10th 2014
Here are photos from the Los Angeles Premeire of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1:
- Events & Appearances > 2014 > The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 1 – Los Angeles Premiere – Nov 17th 2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 TV Spots
TV Spots for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 which opens next week!
Here are 2 videos, one interview from BBC and the other is from the World Premiere:
The world premiere for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 was held in London earlier, here are photos:
Gallery Link:
- Events & Appearances > 2014 > The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 1 – London Premiere – Nov 10 2014
Next Monday there’ll be a Twitter chat with Jennifer via Francis Lawrence’s twitter @hibbits, here’s the full schedule for November 17th:
New clip for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 introducing Katniss’ crew:
And The Hunger Games Mockingjay promotion trains begins! It’s starts in London with the Photocall today and Premiere tomorrow. Here are pictures from today:
Gallery Link:
- Events & Appearances > 2014 > The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 1 – London Photocall – Nov 9 2014
The first clip from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
New Trailer for Serena
A brand new trailer for Serena has been released. The movie will be released iTunes/VOD on February 26, 2015 and in theaters March 27, 2015.
Marking the third time Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence have teamed up (following David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle), Serena is set in the North Carolina mountains at the end of the 1920s. George and Serena Pemberton, love-struck newly-weds, begin to build a timber empire. Serena soon proves herself to be equal to any man: overseeing loggers, hunting rattlesnakes, even saving a man’s life in the wilderness. With power and influence now in their hands, the Pembertons refuse to let anyone stand in the way of their inflated love and ambitions. However, once Serena discovers George’s hidden past and faces an unchangeable fate of her own, the Pembertons’ passionate marriage begins to unravel leading toward a dramatic reckoning.
Via ComingSoon
Here’s the final trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and it’s called “Burn”. We see important moments from the Book such as Peeta’s warning and Katniss message for President Snow “If we burn, you burn with us“.
