Jennifer Lawrence will star as one-half of a struggling couple in the reality-warping sci-fi comedy Why Don’t You Love Me?
Jennifer Lawrence is about to star as a disillusioned housewife in an adaptation of Paul B. Rainey’s Why Don’t You Love Me?
Relationships are difficult, and typically, realizing mend the spidering cracks of a once-solid union is tough. Do you already know what’s much more troublesome to fathom? Attempting to repair that fractured relationship after realizing the actuality you’re dwelling in may not be your individual. A24 invitations you to expertise Why Don’t You Love Me?, an adaptation of Paul B Rainey’s graphic novel starring Jennifer Lawrence.
Lawrence leads the movie with On Becoming a God in Central Florida creator Robert Funke in the director’s chair. Drawn & Quarterly revealed Rainey’s graphic novel in 2023, and the ebook’s official synopsis reads:
Claire and Mark are in the doldrums of an sad marriage. She doesn’t get out of her bathrobe and chain-smokes whereas slumped on the sofa. Mark has misplaced monitor of the days and may’t get the children to high school on time. They’ve misplaced curiosity in household and order in pizza and Chinese meals each evening. Mark sleeps on the sofa and has hassle remembering his son’s identify. He looks like a fraud at work however one way or the other succeeds. Claire stalks an ex-boyfriend. How might he have left her to this life?
Claire and Mark are each affected by the concept that that is all a dream. Didn’t they’ve totally different lives? When reviews of an imminent nuclear battle come on the radio, the fact begins to daybreak on them: this isn’t the life they selected.
Why Don’t You Love Me? is a pitch-black comedy about marriage, alcoholism, despair, and mourning misplaced alternatives. Paul B. Rainey has created a hilariously terrifying alternate actuality the place confusion and ache may lead folks to make unhealthy decisions but in addition finally freedom…perhaps.
In addition to her starring function, Lawrence produces alongside Justine Ciarrocchi for Excellent Cadaver, the banner behind the crowd-pleasing comedy No Hard Feelings. Fittingly, Midsommar filmmaker Ari Aster will produce Why Don’t You Love Me? Lars Knudsen and Emily Hildner of Square Peg additionally produce, with Rainey as an government producer.
Drawn & Quarterly is a powerhouse writer in the graphic novel house, with page-turners like Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, Gleem, So Long Sad Love, A Witch’s Guide to Burning, Roaming, Offshore Lighting, and Blankets as a half of their in depth library. A24 is the excellent studio to assist adapt D&Q’s penchant for printing unforgettable indie titles, and with Jennifer Lawrence on board, I don’t see how anybody can miss this adaptation of Rainey’s Why Don’t You Love Me?
