SYNOPSIS

Written by Tracy Letts, based on the Pulitzer and Tony-winning Broadway hit, It tells the dark, hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

PREVIEW NOTES

• Variety reports that Jean Doumanian Prods. and Steve Traxler will produce the project and have hired Tracy Letts to write the screenplay. - 2008-08-05
• Variety reports that the Weinstein Co. has acquired worldwide film rights to the play and will produce a feature adaptation. Harvey Weinstein will join Jean Doumanian and Steve Traxler as producers of the pic, with playwright Tracy Letts doing the adaptation. - 2008-11-10
• Deadline reports that Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep are attached to the project. - 2010-09-30
• The Weinstein Company announced that Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep are attached to the project which begins filming in the fall. - 2012-02-15