Entertainment Movies Everything to Know About the Elizabeth Holmes Movie Starring Jennifer Lawrence as Theranos CEO The story of Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos scandal, also tackled in HBO's new documentary The Inventor, will come to the big screen By Dana Rose Falcone Dana Rose Falcone Dana Rose Falcone is a Staff Writer covering TV at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE for seven years. Dana Rose's work has previously appeared in Entertainment Weekly, Men's Fitness and Us Weekly. People Editorial Guidelines Published on March 22, 2019 04:26PM EDT Elizabeth Holmes and Jennifer Lawrence. Photo: David Orrell/CNBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty; Riccardo Savi/Getty Elizabeth Holmes jolted into the spotlight in 2015 when Forbes named the Theranos CEO and founder the world's youngest and wealthiest self-made billionaire. Then Holmes' fortunes came crashing down when her allegedly revolutionary blood testing tool, once valued at $9 billion, faced fraud claims, leaving Holmes with a net worth of zero. The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, HBO's new documentary inspired by John Carreyrou's Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, explores Holmes' quick rise and fall — and it won't be the only movie to capture the 35-year-old's journey from Silicon Valley genius to a fallen startup CEO indicted on wire fraud charges. Carreyrou — who wrote and reported the Wall Street Journal story that helped break open the Theranos scam — will write a movie treatment of his book. Here's what's out there about the film so far. Elizabeth Holmes. HBO Jennifer Lawrence will star as Holmes Jennifer Lawrence, who was the highest-paid actress during the years Theranos's public interest peaked, has been selective about her recent projects. The 28-year-old Oscar winner only has two upcoming films announced at this time, one of them being the Bad Blood movie adaptation that Lawrence signed on to in 2016. Vice and The Big Short’s Adam McKay will direct No stranger to stories marred by national scandal, Oscar-winning director and former Saturday Night Live head writer Adam McKay will tackle the tale of Holmes and her now-defunct company. "I can't wait to get into that story," McKay, 50, told Vanity Fair in 2017. Carreyrou will co-write with The Shape of Water writer Vanessa Taylor Vanessa Taylor signed on to write in May 2018, just months after The Shape of Water earned her an Oscar nomination for best original screenplay and won best picture. Taylor has also written and produced episodes of Game of Thrones, Alias and Everwood. RELATED VIDEO: Jennifer Lawrence 'Longs to be Normal' with Fiancé Cooke Maroney Legendary Pictures studio reportedly paid $3 million to land the film Deadline reported the number in June 2016, adding that the budget will likely fall in the $40 million-$50 million range. Bad Blood doesn’t have a release date yet Though it's been in the works since 2016 and gained Oscar buzz from the start due to Lawrence and McKay's involvement, fans of the Theranos and Holmes story will have to stick re-watch The Inventor and give ABC Radio's The Dropout podcast another listen until Bad Blood hits the big screen.