'August: Osage County' Trailer: It's Meryl Streep vs. Julia
Roberts  Later this year, Hollywood will release its own big,
grand Hollywood version of August: Osage County, the critically
acclaimed Broadway play that won a boatload of Tonys and the
Pulitzer Prize in 2008.  This version stars Meryl Streep as
pill-popping matriarch Violet Weston, and Julia Roberts as her
disgruntled daughter, Barbara. There's also Ewan McGregor,
Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Cooper, Abigail BreslinJuliette
Lewis and a whole bunch of other famous faces, too. Basically,
this is Broadway to The Butler's national tour.  Whether the
movie version will live up to the success of the play remains to
be seen; Meryl already seems to be reaching high for an accent,
which is never a great sign. Still, the movie is being backed by
Harvey Weinstein, so at the very least, we'll see it at the
Globes.  Watch the trailer, above.    Default avatar