Confirmed! Julia Roberts & Mark Ruffalo to Star in THE NORMAL HEART for HBO; Directed by Ryan Murphy for 2014

[Rob]

Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:13pm

Click Here to Read Confirmed! Julia Roberts & Mark Ruffalo to Star in THE NORMAL HEART for HBO; Directed by Ryan Murphy for 2014

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:16pm

HBO?! AWESOME NEWS!!!!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:18pm

RYAN MURPHY?!

Not so awesome news.

[Kelly2]

Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:34pm

Julia Roberts...uck. Still can't wait to see this though.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:37pm

Oh, please. Julia is going to be fantastic as always.

I'm so sick of people trashing her just because it's what all the cool kids are doing.

[Kelly2]

Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:41pm

LOL. I don't think it's cool to trash her, I've just never truly enjoyed her in anything. Not my taste. I still don't think she'll be terrible, I just would've preferred someone else.

[bobs3]

Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:42pm

HOW DARE THEY NOT CAST LAURA OSNES OR ANNALIESE VAN DER POL?????!!!!!!!

By the way, that's sarcasm, Sheldon!

[Will42]

Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:44pm

For some reason I always thought it would be a feature film and not for made for TV movie.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:45pm

That was te original plan.

[Will42]

Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:56pm

Interesting. Come to think of it, maybe it would work better that way.

[faithzilla]

Posted: 1/4/13 at 9:00pm

Too bad Ryan Murphy destroys all that he touches. Sigh.

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 1/4/13 at 9:02pm

Count me in the few who are content with Ryan Murphy. I am no fan of glee, but I love American Horror Story, and enjoyed what little I saw of Nip/Tuck. He has had some misses, but I think he can handle it.

[Rodgerdodger]

Posted: 1/4/13 at 9:23pm

Count me as cautiously optimistic. I like American Horror Story and (parts of) Glee, but never saw Running With Scissors or Eat, Pray, Love.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 1/4/13 at 9:24pm

I'm more worried about Murphy than Roberts. And I like Roberts, I'm just not sure THIS is right for her.

That being said, I will look forward to this as I truly loved this play.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 1/4/13 at 9:31pm

I think that Ryan Murphy does better with SHORT things. It's why people like American Horror Story, it's a new show every year. It's why people like the first season of Glee, because he hadn't get around to ****ing with it for his own amusement.

[JP2]

Posted: 1/4/13 at 10:30pm

First 2 seasons of Nip/Tuck were incredible. Then...

[faithzilla]

Posted: 1/5/13 at 2:51am

I don't hate American Horror Story or even Glee, but I think he's got a nice team of writers keeping him afloat. It seems that the episodes Murphy does most of the writing/directing on are suddenly way worse than the rest of the series, IMO.

I haven't seen Running with Scissors but Eat Pray Love was a train wreck.

[Will42]

Posted: 1/5/13 at 4:11am

So true. Nip/Tuck started of as one off the best series on TV.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 1/5/13 at 4:35am

If you haven't seen RUNNING WITH SCISSORS, keep it that way, it's not even worth watching in a "so bad it's good" kinda way, it's one of the most pointless, uninspired, stale movies I have ever seen.
The cast could do wonders with the material, the director will ruin it.

[willep]

Posted: 1/5/13 at 2:58pm

I thought we knew all of that (Roberts, Ruffalo, Murphy, TV movie, HBO) ages ago...

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/5/13 at 3:11pm

I love this play more than I can say, too much to be okay with this. Which sounds backwards, I should be glad it's getting made, but no. I hope everything about how I imagine this ending up is wrong, and that it somehow turns out well. It has a Kramer-written screenplay and the possibility of a great Ned going for it, if Murphy doesn't f*ck those up.

I'm trying to remember how much I love the HBO Angels in America film, but that was in much more capable hands, and ultimately the distribution can't compensate for that.

Updated On: 1/5/13 at 03:11 PM

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 1/5/13 at 4:43pm

Why Jebus Why, I mean really come on, Ryan Murphy. The man should never be allowed to write or direct anything with homos in it ever again.

[Rudy2]

Posted: 1/6/13 at 4:03am

I wish it would be Ellen Barkin - or, you know, someone who can act.

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 1/6/13 at 12:49pm

I have a feeling Murphy may surprise people. It's not his original creation (nor a series requiring long-term consistency) and he seems very passionate about the project. Roberts isn't ideal casting, but Ruffalo should be great and a strong supporting cast should help.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/6/13 at 12:54pm

"I wish it would be Ellen Barkin - or, you know, someone who can act."

Oh, shut up. Seriously, just shut up.

Moron.