J-Law to play war photographer in Steven Spielberg's war memoir project

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ANI Washington
Last Updated : Mar 03 2015 | 10:07 AM IST

Warner Bros. have roped in Jennifer Lawrence to star in a war photographic memorial project that will be directed by Steven Spielberg.

The project titled 'It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life Of Love And War', a memoir by Lynsey Addario will be produced by Andrew Lazar, Deadline.com reported.

Addario is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists who went to Afghanistan during the post-9/11 invasion of Afghanistan and carved out a niche giving an identity to the victims of conflict that includes how Afghans suffered during the Taliban regime, the Iraqi War, victims of genocide in Darfur, the rape of women in the Congo.

Natalie Portman, George Clooney and Grant Heslov were earlier considered for the roles.

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First Published: Mar 03 2015 | 9:55 AM IST

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