Julia Roberts and Alec Baldwin are joining the project The Normal Heart

For a year and a half that we talked about the draft of the film The Normal Heart. At that time, it was rumored that the work of Larry Kramer, would be starring Mark Ruffalo. The novel, which was written in 1985, talks about life of the writer, in eternal struggle with HIV disease.
Now, after several months, will know more about the news. It will reportedly be Ryan Murphy, creator of series such as Glee and Nip/Tuck , which will forward the project. Although Mark Ruffalo remains in the tape, join the cast actors Alec Baldwin and Julia Roberts.
As we said before, Larry Kramer has in his novel, who has also written the screenplay for the film, the fight that carries out the gay AIDS and HIV community in the area of New York. The character of Julia Roberts will be Emma Brookner, one of the doctors which recognizes the extreme seriousness of this disease. Alec Baldwin will portray the brother of Larry Kramer, whose character will be done by Mark Ruffalo.

The story has already become a musical theatre with great success, and now novel goes to the movies. We assume that this adaptation will have if not more, the same acceptance. What we know is that there is material and first-hand, so we are confident that the work is completely faithful to reality.