Jennifer Lawrence Bails on THE ROSIE PROJECT, Joins Mystery Movie For Darren Aronofsky

Jennifer Lawrence sure is keeping busy these days. When she's not starring in or promoting a new movie, she's hanging out with her best bud and writing pal Amy Schumer and tackling the issue of Hollywood's gender-based wage gap. But the Oscar-winning actress can't do it all, and THR reports that she's dropped out of Richard Linklater's The Rosie Project, a movie that was written specifically with her voice in mind. But at the same time, Variety says she's looking to star in a mysterious indie film for Darren Aronofsky.

I didn't even know that Linklater had boarded The Rosie Project, which tells the story of a professor with Asperger's who designs a "wife project," a questionnaire meant to help him find the kind of no-nonsense woman he's been looking for. But the free-spirited Rosie may prove that love can come from the most unsuspecting places. (500) Days of Summer writers Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber wrote the screenplay, and at one point, Phil Lord and Chris Miller were in talks to direct. The studio is looking to recast the role immediately since this is considered something of a priority for them.

As for the Aronofsky movie, Lawrence seems to be getting back to her roots in the indie film world, where she broke out with Winter's Bone back in 2010. She's mixed the occasional small movie in with her blockbuster fare, but depending on the scope of this film — which we don't know a damn thing about at this point, other than the director is hoping to shoot it in spring of 2016 — this could be a nice return to true small scale filmmaking following the FX-heavy X-Men and Hunger Games movies. We'll let you know more about that one as soon as we hear any concrete details.

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