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As grieving mechanic James Aucoin in Causeway, Lila Neugebauer's film about a soldier (Jennifer Lawrence) trying to assimilate into life in New Orleans after a brain injury sends her home, Brian Tyree Henry found not just the biggest role of his career but catharsis from his own pain. "Some of us hold…

For Jennifer Lawrence, preparing to play a wounded veteran in Causeway took time and intense preparation. Part of that preparation included meeting with real veterans to form her character. “It was immensely helpful to meet incredible heroes who are in similar circumstances," the Oscar-winning…

Deadline over the weekend kicked off movie awards season with Contenders Film: New York, a showcase for Big Apple audiences and voters highlighting some of the year’s buzziest movies so far. The event at Manhattan’s The Times Center featured eight films, with casts and creatives joining in for panel…

Jennifer Lawrence's Excellent Cadaver producing partner Justine Ciarrocchi said the Oscar-winning actress was "itching to do something small and intimate" after years of doing bigger studio movies when she signed on to make Lila Neugebauer's Causeway. "We were submitted the original draft of the [Caus…

It's that time again, when Deadline decamps to New York City to bring you the latest installment of our Contenders Film series, with the lowdown on some of our favorite Oscar-season possibilities. Today’s installment, live and in-person at The Times Center in Manhattan, offers some show-stopping…

"Franchises are so fun," said Jennifer Lawrence today at the BFI London Film Festival. The 32-year-old X-Men and Hunger Games alum then drew a big laugh, interjecting, "I could never do one now cause I'm just too old and brittle."  Lawrence is in fact making a return to her indie origins with Causeway…

Apple Original Films and A24 have dropped the trailer for Causeway, the movie from first-time filmmaker Lila Neugebauer that stars Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry and just had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. The streamer, coming off its Oscar Best Picture winner CODA, is…

Jennifer Lawrence returns to awards season with the character-driven A24 and Apple Original Films feature, Causeway, in which she plays, Lynsey, an Afghanistan war vet who is suffering from body and brain injuries. Deadline critic Pete Hammond beamed out of TIFF, “It is a pleasure to see this immensely talented star…

Jennifer Lawrence, who won the Best Actress Oscar for Silver Linings Playbook in 2012 and followed that with a number of hig- profile movies like The Hunger Games series, American Hustle, Passengers, and mother!, hasn’t been seen on screen in a pure leading role since 2018’s Red Sparrow. Last year, she returned as…

A few years ago, Jennifer Lawrence made a movie called Mother! in which she played a character known only as “Mother.” This week, the Oscar winner spoke at length about mothers — having one and now being one — in an interview with Vogue tied to her new film Causeway. It’s the first project from Lawrence’s production…

Apple Original Films continues to expand on its diverse film slate as it has landed the rights to Causeway, a new film starring and produced by Academy Award-winner Jennifer Lawrence, and directed by Lila Neugebauer. A24 produced and developed the project. The film will make its global debut in-theaters and on Apple…