Brie Larson to replace Jennifer Lawrence in “The Glass Castle”October 10, 2015 - 11:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Brie Larson is in early talks to replace Jennifer Lawrence as the star of Lionsgate’s “The Glass Castle”, TheWrap said citing an individual with knowledge of the project. Lawrence, who will be back in theaters next month in the studio’s final “Hunger Games” sequel, had been previously attached to the project, which is an adaptation of Jeannette Walls’ best-selling memoir. Should the deal happen, Larson would work with director Destin Daniel Cretton, who directed her in 2013’s critically acclaimed indie drama “Short Term 12.” Marti Noxon wrote the first draft of the script, and Gil Netter and Erik Feig are producing. Lawrence had signed on to the project in late 2013 to both star in it and produce it. However, she eventually dropped out, and now has the sci-fi film “Passengers” in the works, as well as a screenplay with friend Amy Schumer. “The Glass Castle” is about a young girl who comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads led by a mother and father who attempt to distract the children from their poverty. Larson recently starred in “Room,” a drama about a mother who is held in captivity with her 5-year-old child. The adaptation of Emma Donoghue‘s novel debuted to rave reviews at the Telluride Film Festival, as well as the Toronto International Film Festival. She also starred as Schumer’s sister in Judd Apatow‘s summer comedy hit “Trainwreck.” Her upcoming projects include “Battle of the Sexes,” “Wiener-Dog,” “Free Fire” and “Kong: Skull Island.” Lionsgate declined to comment to TheWrap. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |