County Lines

Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep are teaming up to star in the film adaptation of Tracy Letts' award-winning play " August: Osage County" says The Hollywood Reporter.

First performed in '07 the show revolves around a family's buried pains and present conflicts after its patriarch dies. Streep would play the drug-addicted matriarch, while Roberts would play the eldest daughter who is estranged from her adulterous husband.

John Wells will direct the film from a screenplay adapted by Letts.

Letts

Harvey Weinstein and Jean Doumanian will produce the pic.

Production kicks off in the summer.