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| Jennifer Lawrence and David O Russell reunite for 'Abscam' conman movie | Jennifer Lawrence and David O Russell reunite for 'Abscam' conman movie |
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| Jennifer Lawrence will reunite with her Silver Linings Playbook director David O Russell on the latter's forthcoming conman drama about the Abscam sting operation run by the FBI in the late 1970s. | Jennifer Lawrence will reunite with her Silver Linings Playbook director David O Russell on the latter's forthcoming conman drama about the Abscam sting operation run by the FBI in the late 1970s. |
| Lawrence, who is Oscar-nominated for her role in Silver Linings Playbook, joins a stellar cast for Russell's movie, including Playbook co-star Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale and Amy Adams (both of whom worked with Russell on The Fighter), and Jeremy Renner. | Lawrence, who is Oscar-nominated for her role in Silver Linings Playbook, joins a stellar cast for Russell's movie, including Playbook co-star Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale and Amy Adams (both of whom worked with Russell on The Fighter), and Jeremy Renner. |
| Originally titled American Bullshit, the film is based on real-life events that saw the FBI use a known con artist called Melvin Weinberg to pose as an Arab businessman, Kambir Abdul Rahman, and expose corruption of public officials. Russell's movie is not a direct replication of events, but will see Bale play a conman working with an "out-of-control federal agent" (played by Cooper). Adams is to play Bale's girlfriend, while Lawrence will play his wife. | Originally titled American Bullshit, the film is based on real-life events that saw the FBI use a known con artist called Melvin Weinberg to pose as an Arab businessman, Kambir Abdul Rahman, and expose corruption of public officials. Russell's movie is not a direct replication of events, but will see Bale play a conman working with an "out-of-control federal agent" (played by Cooper). Adams is to play Bale's girlfriend, while Lawrence will play his wife. |
| The film is shortly to commence shooting, but will not mark Lawrence's first acting reunion with Cooper – they both starred in Susanne Bier's Serena, based on Ron Rash's novel about the depression-era timber wars in North Carolina, due for release in autumn 2013. | The film is shortly to commence shooting, but will not mark Lawrence's first acting reunion with Cooper – they both starred in Susanne Bier's Serena, based on Ron Rash's novel about the depression-era timber wars in North Carolina, due for release in autumn 2013. |
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