Julia Roberts to Produce and Star in ‘Little Bee’ for Amazon

Chris Cleave’s New York Times bestselling 2008 novel Little Bee, originally published as The Other Hand, is being adapted by Kathleen Robertson (Murder in the First) and will star Julia Roberts, according to Deadline. Roberts’ Red Om Films will be producing the project alongside Gil Netter.

Little Bee centers around British magazine editor Sarah O’Rourke (Roberts) and a young Nigerian named Little Bee when they meet in Nigeria and later reunite in England.

Roberts’ recent credits include starring roles in Lionsgate’s Wonder and the indie drama Ben Is Back. She is currently set to write an adaptation of Kaui Hart Hemmings’ novel The Possibilities, and produced Your Time Is Up for Lifetime.

Sandro Ortega: Sandro Ortega is a writer and illustrator originally from Nicaragua and now pursuing a degree in English in Claremont, California. His work can be found in Entropy Magazine and other publications online and in print. He has worked at the Academy of American Poets and as an editor for the Scripps College Journal.
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