AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film Starring Meryl Streep & Julia Roberts Gets the Green Light; Filming to Begin in September?

As BroadwayWorld reported back in 2010, Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep have been in talks to star in the film adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning play, August: Osage County. Producers at The Weinstein Company, which is developing the project alongside the show's producer Jean Dourmanian, had been hopeful to begin filming in the summer of 2011, however the project was sidelined for what was believed to be scheduling conflicts. Not much has been mentioned on its progress since.

Today, however, the LA Times has given 'August' fans new hope, revealing that schedule openings for the stars this September could mean the green light for the project.

Streep would play the role of Violet Weston, the drug-addicted, paranoid mother, and Roberts her eldest daughter, Barbara Fordham. 

John Wells will direct the film, which is being adapted by Letts for the screen. According to the LA Times, Letts recently completed a new draft of the screenplay, which was very well received by The Weinstein Company and Dourmanian.

For the full report in the LA Times, click here.

Back in 2010, there were talks of Jack Nicholson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman and Mary Louise Parker joining the all-star cast, however with this potential shooting schedule, no additional casting possibilities have been mentioned.

August: Osage County is a darkly comedic play by Tracy Letts. The June 28, 2007 world premiere production was produced by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois, and closed on August 26, 2007. Its Broadway debut was at the Imperial Theater on December 4, 2007 and transferred to the Music Box Theatre on April 29, 2008. The Broadway show closed on June 28, 2009 after 648 performances and 18 previews.