Jennifer Lawrence And Gary Ross Re-Team For ‘East Of Eden’ And ‘Burial Rights’
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.
BeforeThe Hunger Games, the namesJennifer LawrenceandGary Rosscarried weight in Hollywood. But after the film made $400 million domestic, each got significantly bigger. So big in fact each can now pick and choose projects at will. Ross decided not to continue with the franchise, while Lawrence took that popularity to the Oscars. Soon they’ll find their way back together in not one, but two adaptations, including one of an American classic.
First up, the Oscar-winning actress and Oscar-nominated director are set to reteam onEast of Eden, based on theJohn Steinbecknovel. (Which was previously adapted into a film starring James Dean.) Universal will distribute andBrian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment will produce. After that, a pitch is soon to be sold for Lawrence and Ross to team up forBurial Rites, based on a novel byHannah Kent. Read more about each below.
Deadlinebroke the news of both these projects. Before either can happen though, Lawrence has to finishThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 and 2while Ross has to makePeter and the Starcatcher. Once those films are completed, Lawrence and Ross will likely move onto some combination of these films, depending on script completion.East of Edenis famous both because of Steinbeck’s novel and the Eliza Kazan film starring James Dean. It follows two brothers fighting over the attention of their father; Lawrence would play the matriarch of the story. There’s no word on who will write the script, but there’s already a draft by Paul Attanasio which is likely to be rewritten.
Less is known aboutBurial Rites as it has yet to land at a studio, but it tells the story of an Irish woman in the 1800s wrongfully accused of murder. Read more on itsAmazon page.
Lots of Lawrence and Ross coming up in the next few years. Are you for it?
