Jennifer Lawrence roped in for untitled drama
Actor Jennifer Lawrence is all set to re-explore her Indie roots with an untitled drama under the banner of IAC films and A24. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Scott Rudin and Eli Bush are producing the film, while Lawrence and Justine Polsky will be on board to produce the drama through their newly found company Excellent Cadaver.
The untitled project, written by first-time screenwriter Elizabeth Sanders, will mark the feature debut of Lila Neugebauer, who has quickly ascended in the past few years to become one of the most exciting young New York stage directors.
Principal photography of the film kicks off mid-June in New Orleans."It's an intimate film that wants to be close to the bone and wants to be quite personal," said Neugebauer, who has gained reputation for the subtlety of her productions with their ultra-naturalistic flow and seamless ensemble work.
Sharing her views on this project, Neugebauer told The Hollywood Reporter: "It's something that I always wanted to do and has been in the back of my mind for some time now. I directed my first episode of television last spring, on the Duplass Brothers' HBO show Room 104.
That was a really lovely opportunity to get behind the camera because the throughline of that anthology show is that they're all set in the same hotel room, so in a way, they're sort of all one-act plays. It was a very natural fit."
