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Makeready has set a feature adaptation of Pulitzer Prize reporter Teresa Carpenter’s non fiction crime story Mob Girl, with Jennifer Lawrence to star as the mob wife turned police informant Arlyne Brickman, and Paolo Sorrentino to direct the film. Angelina Burnett (Halt and Catch Fire, The Americans) has written the…

Jennifer Lawrence and David O. Russell took a walk down memory lane with Tribeca Film Festival attendees to discuss their trio of pics together —Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle and Joy, with the five-time Oscar nominated filmmaker telling the actress at the end of tonight’s talk, “I’m writing something for…

In her first screen-starring role since announcing a year-long sabbatical, Jennifer Lawrence will star in an untitled film that will mark the feature directorial debut of acclaimed theater helmer Lila Neugebauer. Plot is under wraps, and the film is backed by IAC Films and A24. Script was written by first-time…

UPDATE, 9:25 PM: Hours after the latest lawsuit to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault was made public both the disgraced producer and Jennifer Lawrence have responded to complaint – in very different manners. "My heart breaks for all the women who were victimized by Harvey Weinstein," the Oscar winner and X-Men…

EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Lawrence has launched a new production company, Excellent Cadaver, and she has made a first-look film deal with Makeready where she and producing partner Justine Polsky will develop movie projects and star vehicles for the Oscar-winning actress. Makeready and Excellent Cadaver will produce them…

The Dark Phoenix saga is one of the most memorable and pivotal stories in the X-Men comics and after waiting with bated breath, we finally got a look at the latest installment of the highly anticipated sequel to the mutant franchise tonight in the new trailer. In the video above, we see Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey as…

Jennifer Lawrence is no longer with CAA, Deadline has confirmed. Lawrence had been with the agency for more than 10 years. During her time there she received her first Oscar-nominated role in 2010’s Winter’s Bone, along with back-to-back Oscar nominations for Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle. She later…

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary Entertainment has set Oscar-nominated The Shape of Water co-writer Vanessa Taylor to write Bad Blood, the eagerly awaited Silicon Valley scandal movie that Adam McKay will direct with Jennifer Lawrence starring as Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the controversial blood testing company Theranos…

EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Lawrence has signed with management firm LBI Entertainment, where she will be repped by Rick Yorn. Yorn has been the longtime rep of Leonardo DiCaprio, meaning that two of the world’s most bankable stars are in the same place. Lawrence, who is repped by CAA and lawyered by Hanson Jacobson’s…

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this occasional column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. FLEMING: Why were the Oscar ratings down 19% to the smallest viewership level of all time? I found it a most satisfying show. Jimm…

Jennifer Lawrence heats up the Cold War again in an exploitative, sleazy but righteously entertaining thriller that, after mother!, continues her descent into riskier roles. Reuniting in Red Sparrow with her Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence (no relation), JLaw, complete with trippy Russian accent, is the best…

Jennifer Lawrence appeared in an interview on 60 Minutes Sunday, addressing issues about Harvey Weinstein and pay inequity in Hollywood, among other things. When asked by correspondent Bill Whitaker if Weinstein had ever been inappropriate with her she replied he hadn’t, but added “what he was did was criminal and…