Jennifer Lawrence To Team With Filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino On Crime Film ‘Mob Girl’

When Jennifer Lawrence isn’t starring in huge franchise films like “Hunger Games” or the various ‘X-Men’ projects, she’s seemingly always attached to a film with an acclaimed filmmaker. Whether it’s with David O. Russell, Darren Aronofsky, or someone else, Lawrence peppers in interesting, smaller films amongst her big-budget spectacle. And according to a new report, she’s set to do that again with filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino.

According to The Wrap, Lawrence has signed on to star in the new film “Mob Girl,” which will be directed by Sorrentino. The film is based on the true-crime novel “Mob Girl: A Woman’s Life in the Underworld” from author Teresa Carpenter about Arlyne Brickman, a mob wife that ended up becoming a police informant. “Mob Girl” will be adapted by Angelina Burnett, who is probably best known for her work on “Halt and Catch Fire,” as well as “The Americans.”

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In addition to starring, Lawrence will produce alongside Justine Polsky, representing Excellent Cadaver, Sorrentino and Wildside’s Lorenzo Mieli, as well as the studio Makeready.

Makeready founder and CEO Brad Weston said, “Seeing this story from a woman’s point of view is a fresh and exciting approach to telling a classic mob story. We could not imagine a more perfect team of stellar filmmakers, with Jennifer starring in a tour de force role and Paolo at the helm, to bring Arlyne’s strength and unique perspective to life on screen.”

Lawrence is currently in production on an untitled film from filmmaker Lila Neugebauer. She’s also attached to play Elizabeth Holmes in the upcoming Adam McKay film “Bad Blood.” Most recently, she was briefly seen in the film “Dark Phoenix.”

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Sorrentino is best known, recently, for his HBO series “The Young Pope.” He’s also set to release “Loro” later this year.

There’s no release date set for “Mob Girl.”

Here’s the synopsis:

Growing up among racketeers on the Lower East Side of New York City, Arlyne Brickman associated with mobsters. Drawn to the glamorous and flashy lifestyle, she was soon dating “wiseguys” and running errands for them; but after years as a mob girlfriend, Arlyne began to get in on the action herself–eventually becoming a police informant and major witness in the government’s case against the Colombo crime family.