Jennifer Lawrence Cast In East Of Eden Remake
Star to reunite with The Hunger Games director Gary Ross for project...
Jennifer Lawrence is to reunite with the director of The Hunger Games on a remake of classic movie East Of Eden.
J-Law and Gary Ross will work together on Universal Pictures' adaptation of the John Steinbeck story - the original version of which starred James Dean and was directed by Elia Kazan.
It follows two brothers who compete for the attention of their father - a farmer in California. It is a re-telling of the biblical story of Cain and Abel.
And J-Law will be playing Cathy Ames, the mother of the boys and their father's estranged wife.
Deadline reports that Ross plans to tell the story across two films.
[uuid=577aa6ba-80f5-4e74-af35-5ab2d21a870d]More casting details[/uuid] have this week been announced for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay.