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Julia Roberts to Play Evil Queen in The Brothers Grimm: Snow White Film

Julia Roberts
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
Julia Roberts
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Academy Award winner and Broadway veteran Julia Roberts will play the Evil Queen in the upcoming film, The Brothers Grimm: Snow White, according to a report in EW.com.

The project features a screenplay by Melisa Wallack. No other casting has been announced.

Roberts made her Broadway debut in Richard Greenberg’s Three Days of Rain. For her film work, she received an Academy Award for her performance in Erin Brockovich and was nominated for Oscars for her work in Steel Magnolias and Pretty Woman. She recently starred in Eat Pray Love and will be seen this summer in Larry Crowne.

As previously reported, Roberts will receive the American Society of Cinematographers 2011 Board of Governors Award, to be presented at a February 13 ceremony at the Hollywood & Highland Grand Ballroom.