Jennifer Lawrence Cast In ‘Burial Rites’

Oscar winning actress Jennifer Lawrence has been tapped in to star in a true-crime drama ‘Burial Rites’. The film will be directed by Luca Guadagnino, who is a front-runner in the Oscar race with his romance-drama ‘Call Me by Your Name’. Apart from acting, Jennifer will also produce the movie.

The flick has been adapted from Hannah Kent’s 2013 novel of the same name. It revolves around a woman named Agnes Magnusdottir, which will be played by Lawrence, the last woman to be publicly executed in Iceland in 1830. Magnusdottir was given death sentence for killing two men and setting their house on fire. The story takes place during the last winter of Agnes’ life whilst she awaits the confirmation of her death sentence by the high court. While she waits to die, she starts building up emotional and romantic bonds.

Lawrence will co-produce the flick along with Allison Shearmur and Justine Ciarrocchi. Gary Ross and Jerry Kalajian will serve as the executive producers. Jennifer will next be seen in the spy thriller ‘Red Sparrow’ and ‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’. 

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