LOS ANGELES - Julia Roberts is being lined up to star in a
big-screen adaptation of Lolly Winston's bestselling novel
"Happiness Sold Separately", entertainment trade press reported
Wednesday.
The movie tells the story of a suburban wife's heartache at
discovering her husband has had an affair and their subsequent
battle to try to save a failing marriage, according to Variety and
the Hollywood Reporter.
Roberts will produce the picture while Scott Coffey will direct and
adapt, reports said.
"I couldn't get Julia out of my head when I was reading Lolly's
book. Elinor is such a strong, complicated woman, and bringing her
to the screen required Julia's integrity, empathy, humor and legs,"
Coffey said.
Roberts is currently in production on Universal's "Charlie Wilson's
War" opposite Tom Hanks and has a voice-over lead role in
children's flick "Charlotte's Web."
- AFP /ls