For the upcoming Meryl Streep/Julia Roberts flick. The play was huge on Broadway; this will be huge at the box office.
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Trailer – “August: Osage County”
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
Starring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis, Dermot Mulroney, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper and Sam Shepard.
Favorite line: “Thank god we can’t tell the future. We’d never get out of bed.”
Release date: November 8, 2013
Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts to star together in “August: Osage County”
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Osage County is about to welcome two new high-profile residents: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts.
The Weinstein Company confirmed today that, after being in talks with the Oscar-winning actresses for over a year, Streep and Roberts will appear on-screen together for the first time for the adaptation of Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer and Tony-winning play “August: Osage County.”
Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts will play mother and daughter in the film, taking on the roles of pill-popping matriarch Violet and complicated, headstrong daughter Barbara, respectively. “After seeing Meryl Streep’s mesmerizing portrayal as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, it has me even more excited and proud to co-star with her,” Roberts said in a statement.
When the three-act “August: Osage County” opened on Broadway in 2007, the Midwestern family drama was heralded as a one of the greatest American plays thanks to its crackling dialogue and tour de force performances (Deanna Dunagan won a Tony as Violet and Amy Morton was nominated as Barbara).
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Brad Pitt Will Produce ‘The Normal Heart’ movie
The long-gestating film adaptation of ‘The Normal Heart,’ Larry Kramer’s blistering autobiographical play about the early years of the AIDS epidemic, is now closer to becoming a reality with superstar producer Brad Pitt on board, reports Variety.
Pitt’s Plan B production company will coproduce the film with Ryan Murphy, who will also direct.
The film is expected to star Mark Ruffalo as Ned Weeks, the character author Larry Kramer based on himself, and Julia Roberts as Dr. Emma Brookner. No start date has been announced.