Jennifer Lawrence Teams With Ron Howard on Zelda Fitzgerald Biopic
Project also reunites actress with former Lionsgate exec Allison Shearmur who worked with Lawrence on “The Hunger Games”
Nancy Milford’s bestselling biography “Zelda,” which was optioned by the filmmakers, will serve as the inspiration for the script.
Brian Oliver‘s Cross Creek Pictures, whose recent films include “Black Mass” and the upcoming Tom Cruise starrer “Mena,” is in talks to finance and produce “Zelda.”
Shearmur produced Disney’s live-action “Cinderella” and the upcoming “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”
Shearmur is also an executive producer on “Power Rangers” and executive producer of the upcoming ABC musical event “Dirty Dancing.”
Lawrence has Sony’s “Passengers” up next, which opens Dec. 21, and most recently starred in David O. Russell‘s “Joy,” for which she received her fourth Oscar nomination.