Tag: Jennifer Lawrence

  • Jennifer Lawrence to play Hollywood talent agent Sue Mengers in biopic

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Actor Jennifer Lawrence is set to play famous Hollywood talent agent Sue Mengers in a biopic that has “The Great Beauty” helmer Paolo Sorrentino attached as a director. The biopic has sparked a bidding war between streamers Apple and Netflix, Collider reported quoting Puck’s Matt Belloni, who first broke the story.

    The film’s script has been written by Lauren Schuker Blum, Rebecca Angelo and John Logan, the latter of whom previously turned Mengers’ colourful life into a stage play starring the great Bette Midler. Mengers, who died in 2011 at the age of 79, worked for ICM, MCA, and the famed William Morris Agency over the course of her distinguished career.

    Her impressive list of clients included big stars such as Barbra Streisand, Cher, Steve McQueen, Burt Reynolds, Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, Michael Caine, Cybill Shepherd, Brian De Palma, Sidney Lumet, Mike Nichols, Peter Bogdanovich, Bob Fosse, Joan Collins, Ali McGraw, Anthony Perkins, Tatum O’Neal, Ryan O’Neal, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, Richard Benjamin, and Gore Vidal.

    The talent agent was famous for helping her clients land some of the record-breaking deals in the ’60s and early ’70s. Mengers’ biopic is being produced by Erik Feig under his Picturestart baner alongside Lawrence and her producing partner Justine Polsky.

  • Jennifer Lawrence in talks for a biopic on Sue Mengers 

    By Express News Service

    Academy Award-winning actor Jennifer Lawrence is reportedly in talks to star as Sue Mengers in a film based on the life of the popular talent agent. According to reports, filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, best known for directing This Must Be The Place, The Great Beauty, Rio, I Love You, and The Consequences of Love, is in talks to helm the project.

    Mengers is considered a disrupter in the field of talent management, which was once predominantly populated with male agents. Reports also suggest that Lauren Schuker Blum, Rebecca Angelo, and John Logan have scripted the film, while Apple is likely to back the project.

    Lawrence, on the other hand, also has the science fiction black comedy, Don’t Look Up, directed by Adam McKay and co-starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Rob Morgan, and Jonah Hill. She is also set to star in an untitled film directed by Lila Neugebauer.

  • Jennifer Lawrence gets injured on set of movie ‘Don’t Look Up’

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Jennifer Lawrence was injured during the shooting of her upcoming movie “Don’t Look Up” in Boston and is recovering now.

    According to Deadline, the incident happened when a planned explosion in the early-morning hours of Friday went awry, sending glass flying and cutting Lawrence near her eye.

    The extent of Lawrence’s injury is not yet known but the Oscar winner is currently recuperating.

    Production was halted for the day after the accident.

    Being directed by Adam McKay, “Don’t Look Up” will also feature Leonardo DiCaprio alongside a host of actors including Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Timothee Chalamet, Jonah Hill, Himesh Patel, Matthew Perry, singer Ariana Grande, Melanie Lynskey and Ron Perlman.

    Lawrence and DiCaprio are playing two astronomers, who, upon discovering that a meteor will strike the Earth in six months, go on a media tour to try to warn the world but find an unreceptive and unbelieving populace.

    McKay, known for critically-acclaimed movies such as “Vice” and “The Big Short”, is directing from his own script.

    The filmmaker is also producing the project through his Hyperobject Industries banner with Kevin Messick.