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Could this be the greatest movie collaboration ever? Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer writing a comedy together

ACTRESS Jennifer Lawrence and her comedienne pal Amy Schumer have confirmed they are writing a screenplay together.

Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer

ACTRESS Jennifer Lawrence and her comedienne pal Amy Schumer are writing a screenplay together.

The stars jetted off on vacation together in July and The Hunger Games star has since revealed they are hoping to play sisters in an untitled comedy.

“We’re almost done writing. It just flowed out of us. We’ve got about 100 pages right now,” Lawrence told the New York Times.

Amy Schumer and Jennifer Lawrence are now close friends.
Amy Schumer and Jennifer Lawrence are now close friends.

“Amy and I were creatively made for each other. We have different flavours. It’s been the most fun experience of my life. We start the day off on the phone, laughing. And then we send each other pages and we crack up. I’m flying out tomorrow to see her in Chicago. We’ll write a little bit with her sister, Kim, who worked with Amy when she was writing Trainwreck.”

Lawrence and Schumer formed a friendship earlier this year after the 25-year-old emailed the comedienne to praise her for her hit comedy Trainwreck.

“(I said), ‘I don’t know where to get started. I guess I should just say it: I’m in love with you.’ We started emailing, and then emailing turned to texting. We really hit it off, to say the least...”

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