Jennifer Lawrenceis teaming up withRon Howardto star in a new biopic focusing on the life ofZelda Fitzgerald.Jennifer Lawrenceis in talks to star as the title character in this project, currently entitledZelda, whichRon Howardhas been developing, with an eye to direct. This biopic will also reuniteJennifer Lawrencewith producerAllison Shearmur, who she worked with onThe Hunger Gamesfranchise.
The Hollywood Reporterbroke the news earlier today, revealing thatAllison Shearmurwill produce alongside Cross Creek Pictures’Brian Oliver, whose upcoming biopicHacksaw Ridgeis getting awards season buzz.Allison Shearmurwas an executive at Lionsgate whenThe Hunger Gamesfranchise first hit theaters.Jennifer Lawrencewill also serve as a producer alongside her producing partnerJustine Ciarrocchi.
Emma Frost(The White Queen) wrote the screenplay, which was inspired byNancy Milford’s best-selling biographyZelda. The story will center onZelda Fitzgerald, aJazz Ageicon and the wife of iconic authorF. Scott Fitzgerald. She was her husband’s biggest muse, although she became desperate to define herself through her own art, with the movie said to question whether love can “exist between creative equals.”
F. Scott Fitzgeraldonce called his wife “America’s first flapper,” as they both became icons for their partying ways in the Jazz Age. She eventually was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was confined to specialist clinics. The couple had not been living together whenF. Scott Fitzgeraldsuddenly died in 1940.Zelda Fitzgeralddied in 1948 at the age of 47, when her hospital in Asheville, North Carolina caught on fire.
No production schedule was given for thisbiopic, and it doesn’t seem thatZeldahas a studio home at this time.Jennifer Lawrencemost recently starred inJoy, portraying Miracle Mop ownerJoy Mangano, and this summer’sX-Men: Apocalypse. She will next be seen in the sci-fi thrillerPassengers, alongsideChris Pratt, which hits theaters nationwide December 21.
