Jennifer Lawrence will star in a movie about Silicon Valley startup Theranos
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Jennifer Lawrence will don the black turtleneck in a newly announced movie about medical company Theranos and its 32-year-old founder Elizabeth Holmes, the one-time darling of Silicon Valley.
Deadline learned in an exclusive that the drama (oh, there will be drama) will star Lawrence and be directed by Adam McKay, who won an Oscar for "The Big Short."
Theranos is a Silicon Valley startup that hoped to revolutionize the medical industry with a less invasive, finger-prick-only blood test and easier access to your results. The company came under fire in 2015 when a Wall Street Journal investigation called the company's much-touted secret blood-testing technologies into question.
Holmes, the very public face of the company, went from a net worth of $4.5 billion to zero, Forbes reports.
It's the kind of stuff you just can't make up. Lawrence and McKay seem like the perfect pair to bring the story to life.
Lawrence can't help but charm the pants off of audiences. Her cool girl-next-door demeanor will bring some much-needed likeability to Holmes' character.
McKay's credits include "Anchorman," "Step Brothers," "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," and most movies starring Will Ferrell. Last year's "The Big Short" marked a departure from his typical slapstick. The movie followed four denizens admidst the 2007 and 2008 financial crisis.
If McKay could turn the housing bubble into a digestible and hilarious movie, we have no doubt he will perform the same magic on the meltdown of Theranos.
Deadline did not report a potential release date for the movie.