David O. Russell, Jennifer Lawrence to Team Up Again for ‘The Ends of the Earth’
Just days away from the Academy Awards ceremony in which they are both up for Oscars for their work on Silver Linings Playbook, it has been announced that director David O. Russell and actress Jennifer Lawrence will team up again. Russell has signed on to direct Lawrence in The Ends of the Earth, a “fact-based love story about a powerful oil tycoon who has everything stripped from him after he is caught in an affair.” The script for The Ends of the Earth is from Argo screenwriter Chris Terrio.
This will mark Russell’s third collaboration with Lawrence, as she is slated to have a cameo appearance in his next film, an as-yet-untitled drama starring Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale and Amy Adams, which is due to begin filming in March. Russell will likely take on The Ends of the Earth after this next project is completed.
Silver Linings Playbook is up for 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Russell, Best Actress for Lawrence, and Best Actor for Cooper. It is currently ranked #10 among 2012 films on Flickchart.