Jennifer Lawrence has plans to direct her first movie based on Armenian journalist’s article

Jennifer  Lawrence already has her eye on a potential project, the Entertainment Weekly reports. 

“I’ve signed on to direct something called Project Delirium — it’s based on this article about mental warfare in the ’60s, like an acid experiment gone terribly wrong,” she said.

The piece, called “Operation Delirium,” was published in 2012 by The New Yorker, and focused on military doctors running experiments on soldiers throughout the Cold War. It's author was Raffi Khachadourian, a US-Armenian journalist. 

“It’s funny, I’ve wanted to direct since I was 16 and always thought I should start making steps towards that,” Lawrence says. “If I had tried to do it earlier, I wouldn’t have been ready. Now I actually feel ready.”

The 25-year-old star had previously discussed her intentions to step behind the camera back in 2014, backstage at the Golden Globes. “My passion for directing happened at the same time it did for acting on my first movie,” Lawrence said at the time. “So I would love to direct – but I don’t want to suck.”

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