Gay Director Ryan Murphy Snatches Julia Roberts

Looks like Brad Pitt likes to get his friends together: He's brought Julia Roberts aboard the newest project from openly gay Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy, which Pitt is executive-producing.

Roberts will star in Eat, Pray, Love, which Murphy will write and direct when he wraps up Dirty Tricks, starring Meryl Streep as Watergate player Martha Mitchell.

Based on the memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat tells the story of a woman who leaves behind a husband and two houses to travel around the world and find herself.

No shooting dates have yet been set, but, as Romeo has previously reported, Murphy has a full slate these days, with the release of his big-screen debut Running with Scissors and his new Pitt-produced FX series 4 oz., about a gender-transitioning sportswriter.