Jennifer Lawrence to star in crime film 'Mob Girl'

Jennifer Lawrence to star in crime film 'Mob Girl'

Jennifer Lawrence

Academy Award-winner Jennifer Lawrence is set to play a mob wife-turned-police informant in 'Mob Girl'to be helmed by Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino.

The upcoming crime drama is learned to be an adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Teresa Carpenter`s non-fiction crime story under the same name.

The script penned by Angelina Burnett will be produced by Lawrence along with Justine Polsky, Sorrentino and Lorenzo Mieli.

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film revolves around Arlyne Brickman, a woman who grew up among mobsters in New York City. Over the course of time, she becomes a "mob girlfriend" who wanted a piece of the action herself. Later, Brickman becomes a police informant and a major witness in the government`s case against the Colombo crime family.

"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," Deadline quoted Brad Weston, Makeready studio`s executive, as saying.

The film comes as the first collaborative project between Lawrence`s Excellent Cadaver and Weston`s Makeready.

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