Julia Roberts is being linked with the starring role in 'Good Grief', an adaptation of the Lolly Winston novel.
Variety reports that Michael Cunningham, the author of 'The Hours', has been hired to write the screenplay for the film, which is described as a potential starring vehicle for Roberts.
If Roberts stars in the film, she will play a novelist trying to put her life back together after her husband's death from cancer.
Roberts was last seen on Irish cinema screens in 'Ocean's Twelve', her upcoming projects include the animated films 'Ant Bully' and 'Charlotte's Web'.