The star will reprise both of her franchise roles over the next year, as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 in November and as Mystique in next year’s X-Men: Apocalypse. The story follows Dominika Egorova, a spy forced into becoming a “sparrow’, who is trained to seduce rival agents”.
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In today’s Russian Federation , intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to survive in the post-Soviet bureaucracy. During her first assignment, Dominika strikes up a relationship with her mark, a Central Intelligence Agency officer named Nathaniel Nash, and in a charged atmosphere of trade craft, deception, and inevitably, a sexual attraction threatens their careers and the security of America’s most valuable mole in Moscow.
Before the announcement of Francis’s name as the helmer for this project, David Fincher and Darren Aronofsky were in the news for directing the movie as it has been in progress for some time.
It was previously reported during the San Diego Comic-Con that director Lawrence was eying involvement in the action thriller.
Jennifer Lawrence is reportedly considering making another movie with one of her “Hunger Games” directors. It will be produced by Chernin Entertainment, Steve Zaillian and Garrett Basch.
Justin Haythe (Snitch, The Lone Ranger) has come aboard to rewrite the adapted script, which was originally written by Eric Warren Singer (American Hustle, The International). based on the novel by Jason Matthews. It was announced in January that the two will be joining James Cameron’s deep underwater film “The Dive“.
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Deadline reports that, while there is no official deal in place at the moment, the Academy Award-winning actress is interested in joining Red Sparrow at Fox. At least it likely will, as he hasn’t officially signed on the dotted line either, though according to sources, he is very close to coming to terms with the studio.
