EAT, PRAY, LOVE, GO TO BANK, MAKE DEPOSIT.
Philadelphia-based author Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia has been optioned by Brad Pitt's Plan B production shingle, and Julia Roberts has signed to star. A travel memoir about a woman who, in the wake of a nasty divorce, goes on a year-long sojourn, Gilbert's tale ventures first to Rome (to feast), then to an ashram near Mumbai (to meditate) and on to Bali (for "balancing").
Gilbert's agent, Sarah Chalfant, confirmed the deal via her BlackBerry. Gilbert's website, www.elizabethgilbert.com, boasts a photo of the author that has a wee bit o' Julia Roberts-ness about it.