Steven Spielberg to direct Jennifer Lawrence in "It's What I Do"March 3, 2015 - 10:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Winning the rights for "It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War" after a whirlwind auction, Warner Bros has recruited Jennifer Lawrence to star in. The media company has also signed Steven Spielberg to direct the upcoming movie, AceShowbiz reports. Based on a memoir by Lynsey Addario, "It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War" tells the story of war photographer Lynsey Addario as she "goes into the most dangerous places in the world in search of truth." Lawrence is tapped to play the leading character, Deadline reports. While there haven't been other cast members announced, it's been reported that a number of actresses have been eyeing the feature, including Reese Witherspoon, Natalie Portman, and Margot Robbie. Meanwhile, Andrew Lazar has been booked to produce the movie, with Warner Bros. executives Racheline Benveniste and Julia Spiro set to oversee the project for the studio. Lawrence is currently filming her new flick titled "Joy". Spielberg, in the meantime, is on board directing a Cold War thriller, "St. James Place", starring Tom Hanks, which will debut October 16. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |