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Jennifer Lawrence is once again teaming up with A24 for a film adaptation of “Why Don’t You Love Me?”, the darkly comedic 2023 graphic novel by Paul B. Rainey.
Robert Funke (“On Becoming a God in Central Florida”) is writing the screenplay, while a director search is underway. Lawrence also serves as a producer alongside Excellent Cadaver’s Justine Ciarrocchi; Square Peg’s Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen and Emily Hildner are also on board. Rainey is an executive producer.
“Why Don’t You Love Me?” follows an unhappy couple, Claire and Mark, who struggle to survive their marriage while “feeling like something is wrong with their reality,” A24 explains. The graphic novel has been described as a “dark comedy about marriage, alcoholism, depression, and grieving lost opportunities,” with surprising twists along the way.
Lawrence launched the production company Excellent Cadaver in 2018 and partnered with A24 to release her directorial debut, “Causeway,” in 2022, which earned Brian Tyree Henry an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor. Since then, Excellent Cadaver has worked on Sahra Mani’s documentary “Bread & Roses,” about women in Afghanistan and the role of the Taliban since 2021, and produced “No Hard Feelings,” an R-rated sex comedy that earned Lawrence a Golden Globe nomination.
As recently announced, Lawrence will also star in “The Wives,” a “Real Housewives”-inspired crime drama for Apple Original Films and A24. Lawrence and Ciarrocchi are producing with Excellent Cadaver, and Jeremy O. Harris and Josh Godfrey are on board via their bb2 banner.
Funke is represented by CAA, Mosaic and Lichter Grossman. Rainey is represented by Gersh, who handled the book transaction. Excellent Cadaver is represented by LBI.
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News Source : variety.com
