LOS ANGELES The actress Jennifer Lawrence will star in the upcoming film from director Steven Spielberg, based on the life of American war photographer Lynsey Addario, according to local media reported Monday.
The study Warner Bros. managed to secure rights of autobiography “It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War”, in which the reporter recounts his experiences covering the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Darfur and Congo, among many others.
The project received many offers after The New York Times published an extract memories Addario, 41, according to Variety.
The producer Andrew Lazar, whom Spielberg was about to do the “Sniper” before leaving the film for budgetary reasons, will be the third for this adaptation, Deadline.com said.
Addario, he began his career publishing pictures in the newspaper Buenos Aires Herald and then worked in Cuba for the Associated Press, has covered conflicts from the Middle East, Asia and Africa for various media, AFP reported.
His images captured in Afghanistan, which were exhibited in Oslo during one of the editions of the Nobel Peace Prize, had particular impact.
In 2009 won by a team from The New York Times Pulitzer Prize for his work in Waziristan, a violent border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Along with three newspaper reporters New York remained nearly a week kidnapped in Libya before the former dictator Muammar Gaddafi died.
This is the second film in which Lawrence, 24, who won an Oscar in 2013 for “Silver Lining Playbook” , acting in a film based on real events.
In January joined “The Dive” which tells the story of love between the Cuban divers Francisco “Pipin” Ferreras and Audrey Mestre French, according to The Hollywood . Reporter
Spielberg, 68, won three Oscars with stories set in wars, “Schindler’s List” (1994, Best Picture and Director) and “Saving Private Ryan” (also known as “Saving Private Ryan” 1999 Best Director).
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