Jennifer Lawrence to star in The Rosie Project

JENNIFER Lawrence has signed on to star in The Rosie Project, an adaptation of the 2013 best-selling Australian novel by Graeme Simsion.

Jennifer Lawrence walks onstage at the "X-Men: Apocalypse" panel on day 3 of Comic-Con International on Saturday, July 11, 2015, in San Diego, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

JENNIFER Lawrence has signed on to star in The Rosie Project, an adaptation of the 2013 best-selling Australian novel by Graeme Simsion.

The romantic dramedy centres on a socially inept genetics professor who devises a scientifically sound survey to find the perfect mate.

His plans go awry when he meets Rosie, who doesn’t fit his criteria but who will become a big part of his life.

Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project

Book cover. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

The Rosie Project is yet to secure a director, according to The Hollywood Reporter although Lego movie filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were originally set to direct, but bowed out when they took on the young Han Solo Star Wars movie.

Simsion’s The Rosie Project has sold more than a million copies worldwide. Its sequel, The Rosie Effect, was published in 2014.

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