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Actress Jennifer Lawrence has signed up to play the late Jazz Age icon Zelda Fitzgerald in her upcoming biopic.

The drama, currently titled Zelda, is being developed by Ron Howard, who is eyeing it as a potential directing vehicle.

Lawrence will also serve as one of the producers for the upcoming film.

Fitzgerald was married to author F. Scott Fitzgerald, who saw her as his indispensable muse and fiercest competitor.

Lawrence was last seen in the superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse earlier this year. She will next share screen with Chris Pratt in the romantic sci-fi thriller Passengers and star in an untitled Darren Aronofsky project.