Ewan McGregor plays the professor who leaves his controlling wife for one of his students. — AFP picLOS ANGELES, Sept 14 — British actor Ewan McGregor joined the all-star cast of John Wells’s stage-to-screen adaptation of Tracy Letts’s “August: Osage County”, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The 41-year-old actor will portray a professor who leaves his controlling wife (Julia Roberts) for one of his students.

Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper (“Syriana”), Abigail Breslin (“Little Miss Sunshine”) and Benedict Cumberbatch (“Sherlock”) are also part of the cast for this drama about the reunion of a dysfunctional family in the wake of its patriarch’s death.

George Clooney will co-produce the movie based on the 2008 Pulitzer prize-winning play. Letts is becoming a hot commodity for movie producers looking for inspiration: William Friedkin’s “Killer Joe” is also based on his play of the same name. — AFP/Relaxnews