What’s next for the girl who’s already conquered the box office and the Oscars by age 22? Getting behind the camera, naturally. Jennifer Lawrence will produce and star in the big screen adaptation of Claire Bidwell Smith’s memoir “The Rules of Inheritance”, according to Variety, with a little help from her friends: “Serena” director Susanne Bier is jumping on board to direct her for the second time and “Silver Linings Playbook” producer Bruce Cohen will be guiding the young movie star in her first producing gig.
Smith’s 2012 memoir is a coming of age tale and chronicled her own journey as a young woman who lost both of her parents to cancer over the course of seven years: “As Claire hurtles towards loss she throws herself at anything she thinks might help her cope with the weight of this harsh reality: boys, alcohol, traveling, and the anonymity of cities like New York and Los Angeles. By the time she is twenty-five years old they are both gone and Claire is very much alone in the world.” Abi Morgan is adapting the screenplay.
Lawrence is seeking more creative control over her projects after a major breakout year that has afforded her such luxuries. She helped propel “The Hunger Games” to a massive worldwide box office, then followed it up by winning the Best Actress Oscar for “Silver Linings Playbook.” Of course, it was already her second nomination in the category, having dropped onto the scene when the unknown star of “Winter’s Bone” was nominated alongside the likes of Annette Bening and Natalie Portman in 2011. This year she has “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” and another potential Oscar juggernaut, David O. Russell’s “American Hustle”, as well as Bier’s “Serena”, awaiting release. Currently she’s reprising her role as Mystique in sequel “X-Men: Days of Future Past.”






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