Jennifer Lawrence could star as Patty Hearst in an upcoming Hollywood film based on Jeffrey Toobin’s book about the publishing heiress, who was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974.
Fox 2000 is developing the project with “Big Eyes” screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. Former Disney big Nina Jacobson is one of the producers.
Hollywood blog Deadline reported the lead role could be for Lawrence, although it’s just been a “cursory conversation.”
Toobin’s book will be published by Doubleday next year.
Hearst later served nearly two years in jail after being brainwashed by her captors, then going on an infamous bank-robbing crime spree with them.