Jennifer Lawrence is set to star as Cathy Ames in a fresh film adaptation of East of Eden, John Steinbeck’s epic saga of blood ties and betrayal in 1900s California. Variety reports that the picture will be backed by Universal and directed by Gary Ross, who collaborated with Lawrence on The Hunger Games.
Published in 1952, East of Eden relocated the Book of Genesis to the Salinas valley and implicitly installed Cathy, an abused young woman who later changes her name and becomes a brothel madam, as the serpent in paradise. The character is described by Steinbeck as a “psychotic monster” with a “malformed soul”. The novel was previously adapted by Elia Kazan in 1955, with Jo Van Fleet in the Cathy role and James Dean as her troubled son, Cal.
Lawrence, 23, won the best actress Oscar earlier this year for her role as a brittle young widow in David O Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook. She will next be seen in Russell’s FBI drama American Hustle as well as the Hunger Games sequel,Catching Fire.
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