by Natasha JokicBuzzFeedBuzzFeed StaffI'm a Senior Staff Writer at BuzzFeed covering pop culture, entertainment, and politics. No, this is not The Onion: Laura Dern is set to star in a series about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Simon Ackerman / Getty Images Yesterday, it was announced that Laura is set to play journalist Julie K. Brown in a Sony Pictures series based on the reporter's book, Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story.