Jennifer Lawrence to play super-Agent Sue Mengers in biopic

Actor Jennifer Lawrence will be playing famous Hollywood talent agent Sue Mengers in a biopic that has got streaming giants Apple and Netflix interested. 

Paolo Sorrentino of The Young Pope fame is attached to direct the film from a script by Lauren Schuker Blum, Rebecca Angelo and John Logan, the latter of whom previously turned Mengers'  life into a stage play starring Bette Midler.

Mengers worked for ICM, MCA, and William Morris Agency over the course of her career. She died in 2011 at the age of 81.

Erik Feig is producing the Mengers biopic under his Picturestart banner alongside Lawrence and her producing partner Justine Polsky.

Apart from this film, Lawrence also stars in A24's PTSD drama Red, White and Water. But the film is being held until 2022.