Julia Roberts will make her bigscreen return in 37-year-old Korean-American director Dennis Lee's family drama "Fireflies in the Garden", according to sources on Thursday. Roberts, whose most recent film was "Ocean's Twelve" in 2004, disappeared from public view after giving birth three years ago.
Lee, who also wrote the film's screenplay, is a nephew of Korean novelist Choi In-ho. A film studies major at Columbia University in New York, his student film "Jesus Henry Christ" won the silver medal at the Student Academy Awards in 2003. "Fireflies in the Garden" is his feature-film debut.
Roberts agreed to appear in the film after being deeply moved by the screenplay, a fictionalized account of Lee's life. Willem Dafoe of "Spider-Man II" and Carrie-Anne Moss of "The Matrix" will also star, sources said.
Called "America's Sweetheart", Roberts is among Hollywood's most powerful actresses, commanding salaries upwards of $20 million.
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