All has been quiet on the Julia Roberts front for quite some time now, which is unusual. In fact, her brother Eric Roberts is the one who has resurfaced and is coming back into the limelight with films like Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables, largely due to his great role in The Dark Knight.
But now, Julia is making headlines again: her production company Red Om Films has picked up the rights to the nonfiction novel In the Neighborhood by Peter Lovenheim. The novel sounds like a pretty simple idea with a workable premise for a film. The plot description according to Variety:
“[The novel] starts with Lovenheim’s realization of a lack of community in his suburban hometown. In an effort to get to know his neighbors better, he asks if he can come to their homes for sleepovers. His goal: to facilitate something more than the feeling of strangers living with strangers in modern suburbia.”
Reportedly, Red Om has gathered up another four properties as well, including the brilliantly titled Jesus Henry Christ and My Mother the Cheerleader. All sound like they border a little too strongly on Lifetime channel melodrama, but we’ll have to see the quality of work that Red Om produces before making any judgments.
