Hollywood star Julia Roberts is all set to play mother to 'Room' child actor Jacob Tremblay in the big screen adaptation of children's book 'Wonder'. Stephen Chbosky, the author of '
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
' and director of its 2012 big-screen adaptation, is attached to direct
Wonder
from a screenplay by Steve Conrad, reported Entertainment Weekly.
'Wonder' tells the story of 10-year-old
Auggie Pullman
(Tremblay), a boy with a facial deformity who enrolls in a private school after years of homeschooling.
Julia Roberts paid USD 750,000 a day for 'Mother's Day' Roberts, 48, is set to play Auggie's mother in the book adaptation of
R J Palacio
. Mandeville Films'
Todd Lieberman and
David Hoberman will serve as producers.
Tremblay, nine, became a red carpet darling with his endearing presence as 'Room' scooped up prizes this awards season. The young actor played the role of a boy who finds it hard to come to terms with the reality after being rescued from an underground
room
where he was trapped with his mother by a kidnapper.
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