The Oscar-winning actor Jennifer Lawrence will reportedly star in and produce the upcoming film adaptation of the Australian author Hannah Kent’s award-winning 2013 novel, Burial Rites.
Lawrence will play Magnúsdóttir in the film adaptation, Variety reports, which will be produced by TriStar Pictures.
Kent’s novel is based on the story of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, the last woman to be executed in Iceland in 1830.
Kent expressed her enthusiasm for the casting choice on social media, saying on Twitter that Lawrence was “a tremendous talent”.