Roberts to star with Hanks

‘America’s Sweetheart’ Julia Roberts and ‘Forrest Gump’ Tom Hanks are reportedly going to star in a new feature.

According to Variety Magazine, Roberts is toying with the idea of featuring in Charlie Wilson’s War, a drama set to star Hanks. The project is a joint venture of Hanks’ production house Playtone and Universal Pictures.

Both industry trade papers agree that Mike Nichols is set to direct Aaron Sorkin’s fact-based script. The film is based on the book by George Crile and tells the story of a rogue Texas Congressman (Hanks) who leads the charge to provide covert funding to Afghan rebels fighting against the Soviet Union. Roberts will most likely play Joanne Herring, a Texas socialite. — ANI

Rollicking romantic comedy

HUGH Grant and Drew Barrymore are set to star in a movie produced by Warner Bros that promises to be a rollicking romantic comedy.

The new movie Music and Lyrics By is a Castle rock production written and directed by Marc Lawrence, who has already made a movie earlier Two Weeks Notice, which starred Hugh Grant in the lead role.

This movie’s filming is expected to start by March 27 in New York and be completed by end of this year, reports Zap2it quoting a report in trade paper, Variety.

The film explores the relationship of the two actors, which starts from a professional one and goes on to become a romantic one. The two central characters are the lyricist and writer-performer, which will be played by the two actors.

Hugh Grant has acted in a number of romantic comedies like Notting Hill Love Actually and two "Bridget Jones" movies. Drew Barrymore also has acted in few good comedy movies like Fever Pitch, 50 First Dates and Never been Kissed. — ANI

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