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WEEK IN WOMEN: Jennifer Lawrence Takes On MOB GIRL – Brandy McDonnell reports

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Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence will star in and produce the upcoming adaptation of the Teresa Carpenter’s Pulitzer Prize-winning true-crime book Mob Girl. The story is that of Arlyne Brickman, a woman who grew up among racketeers and mobsters on the Lower East Side of New York City. She became a “mob girlfriend” who then wanted a piece of the action herself, eventually becoming a police informant and a major witness in the government’s case against the Colombo crime family.

Angelina Burnett, a writer-producer who has worked on acclaimed TV shows, has been tapped to write the script.

Director Paolo Sorrentino is helming the project for Makeready, the content studio founded by Brad Westson. Lawrence will produce along with Justine Polsky via their banner, Excellent Cadaver. Sorrentino and Lorenzo Mieli also will produce. Continue reading on THE WEEK IN WOMEN

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Brandy McDonnell

Brandy McDonnell writes features and reviews movies, music, events and the arts for The Oklahoman, Oklahoma's statewide newspaper, and NewsOK.com, the state's largest news Web site. Raised on a farm near Lindsay, Okla., she started her journalism career in seventh grade, when she was elected reporter for her school's 4-H Club. Taking her duties seriously, she began submitting stories to The Lindsay News, and worked for the local weekly through high school. She attended Oklahoma State University, where she worked for The Daily O'Collegian and earned her journalism degree with honors. She worked for three years at small Oklahoma dailies The Edmond Sun and Shawnee News-Star. In 2002, she joined The Oklahoman as a features reporter, writing about movies, the arts, events, families and nonprofits. She moved to The Oklahoman's entertainment desk in 2007. In 2004, she won a prestigious Journalism Fellowship in Child & Family Policy from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Along with her membership in AWFJ, she also is a founding member of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle. Brandy writes The Week In Women blog for AWFJ.org.