Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games, Winter's Bone) is "in talks" to star in a film adaptation of The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. Deadline.com reported that Lionsgate has acquired the rights to the memoir, which Gil Netter (The Blind Side, Life of Pi) will produce, with Marti Noxon (Fright Night, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) writing the screenplay.
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Sean Penn may be returning to comedy, joining the cast of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, the Ben Stiller movie based on James Thurber's story, Indiewire reported. The film will also star Kristen Wiig, Adam Scott, Patton Oswalt, Shirley MacLaine and Kathryn Hahn. Filming begins in New York City later this month.
