MUMBAI: A deal has been finalised between Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer with the John Steinbeck estate to recreate the novel ‘East of Eden’ written by John Steinbeck.

It will also see ‘Hunger Games’ team of Jennifer Lawrence and Gary Ross together again.

Apparently, two movies will be made on the book. The pair is also going to be seen together in ‘Burial Rites’. The picture will go on floor for production after Ross directs his movie ‘Peter and the Starcatchers’. Lawrence also has two movies lined up- ‘The Hunger Games: Catching fire’ and ‘American Hustle’.
The film’s executive producer is Anna Culp. The book deal was made by RWSG’s Agency’s Geoff Sanford, Jill Gillett and Elizabeth Winick Rubinstein.