Jennifer Lawrence is Mob girl.
The Oscar winner has been tapped to star as the lead in the adaptation Teresa Carpenter 1992 true-crime novel.
The book spans across the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s following Arlyne Brickman, mob wife turned police informant. According to Variety, which was first to report the news, “the film follows Brickman who grows up among racketeers on the Lower East Side of New York City where she’s drawn to the glamorous and flashy lifestyle of New York mobsters. Soon after, she begins dating ‘wiseguys’ and running errands for them, before getting in on the action herself — eventually becoming 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,” says Makeready Founder and CEO, Brad Weston. “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.”
Sorrentino will direct from a script adapted by Angelina Burnett. Lawrence is also set to produce the film.
