'X Men: Days of Future Past' Star Jennifer Lawrence to Produce & Star in 'Rules of Inheritance' Film Adaptation
Jennifer Lawrence may be busy filming X-Men: Days of Future Past, but she's still planning her future projects.
The actress will reportedly star in The Rules of Inheritance, a film adaptation of Claire Bidwell Smith's 2012 memoir.
The film will follow the life of acclaimed author, whose parents were both diagnosed with cancer when she was 14 years old. It will document her transition into adulthood as she tries to deal with the loss of her family. The movie will be directed by Susanne Bier (Things We Lost in the Fire).
"I couldn't be more thrilled, or more humbled, to announce that my book is being turned into a film starring Jennifer Lawrence," Smith wrote on her website on Wednesday.
"There is so much yet to come, but for now I will just say again that I am incredibly grateful and humbled by all of this. All I ever wanted when I wrote The Rules of Inheritance was the chance to help a person or two, to make someone out there feel a little less alone in their grief process. And now all of this...I couldn't dream of a better group of people to help me take my message to a wider audience," she added.
Lawrence will also be a producer on the flm, adding a new title to her name.
Producing alongside Lawrence will be Bruce Cohen. The two previously worked together on SIlver Linings Playbook, the movie that earned Lawrence her 2013 Oscar for Best Actress.
Lawrence is filming her role as Mystique for the follow-up to 2011's X Men: First Class. Unlike the prequel, she won't be covered in blue paint. Instead, she's filming in a body suit.
"I'm so excited because I'm going to wear a body suit," she told E! Online in a February interview. "It will be from neck down so it will cut out time and the blisters."
