article_snippet: (CNN)Warner Bros. has won a bidding war for the movie rights to
article_snippet: Lawrence is attached to star in a package that also includes director Steven Spielberg and producer Andrew Lazar.
article_snippet: See more Hollywood's 100 Favorite Films .
article_snippet: Wynn Wygal, an exec at producer Andrew Lazar's Warners-based banner Mad Chance Productions, was instrumental in bringing in the book.
article_snippet: In January, Lynsey Addario and Lynsey Addario "Hunger Games" director Francis Lawrence boarded "The Dive", the true love story of Cuban diver Francisco 'Pipin' Ferreras and the French-born diver Audrey Mestre.
article_snippet: Lawrence is currently shooting Joy, in which Lawrence portrays Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano.
article_snippet: Spielberg, Lazar and Warners first teamed to make "American Sniper" before Spielberg left the project over budgetary concerns.
article_snippet: The Hollywood Reporter.
highlights_snippet: The pair are teaming up for a film based on popular memoir .
  
highlights_snippet: Spielberg was originally attached to "American Sniper" 