Casting Net: Jennifer Lawrence to star in 'East of Eden'

Casting Net: Jennifer Lawrence to star in 'East of Eden' | Inside Movies | EW.com

Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence is set to star in Universal’s adaptation of John Steinbeck‘s classic novel East of Eden. Lawrence will re-team with her Hunger Games director Gary Ross for the project, which Brian Grazer is producing through Imagine Entertainment. The novel was previously adapted for the big screen in 1955 by Elia Kazan, and starred James Dean. Ross and Lawrence are also looking to work together on an adaptation ofHannah Kent’s Burial Rites.