Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, and Robert De Niro are together again in the first Joy trailer

Katniss Everdeen isn't Jennifer Lawrence's only big starring role this year. Joy — a dramedy biopic about the life of Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano — reunites Lawrence with writer/director David O. Russell, who directed her to an Oscar win for 2012's Silver Linings Playbook:

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Joy brings back much of the cast from Silver Linings Playbook: Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, and Robert De Niro, all of whom also appeared in Russell's last film, American Hustle. Their collaborations have already led to a pair of smash-hit movies, and we'll see if Joy can score the creative team a hat trick when it arrives on Dec. 25.

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