Tony Winner August: Osage County Headed for the Big Screen
The critically acclaimed and insanely well-received Broadway show August: Osage County will be adapted for film, with the playwright Tracy Letts on board to write the screenplay. The show took home five Tony awards and a Pulitzer prize. Variety continues:
August follows one volatile Oklahoma family in the aftermath of its patriarch's unexplained disappearance. Clocking in at more than three hours, the play began to attract buzz during its preem at the Steppenwolf Theater last summer.
There have been no discussions about cast, but producer Jean Doumanian has said, "So many actors and stars have come to see it on Broadway, and we've gotten inquiries. People are enthusiastic about the film version."
It's strange, I've heard nothing but gushing praise for this play from multiple people in the past month or so — and now it's going to be a movie. Have you seen August: Osage County? What did you think?
