Jane Lynch and Meryl Streep in a movie? Together? Is it Christmas already? Everyone’s favorite lesbian scene-stealer Jane Lynch has signed to star opposite Meryl Streep in the new film Julie & Julia. Meryl will play the culinary legend Julia Child, and Jane will play her sister.

The film is based on the memoir (or, more accurately, blogoir) Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by author/blogger Julie Powell. In 2002, Powell was working as a secretary and living in a run-down apartment in Queens. On a whim, she decided to try to make all 524 recipes in Child’s classic cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking in the span of a year. To chronicle her epic undertaking, she started a blog. Long story slightly shorter, the blog became a book and the book is now becoming a movie.

Added into the mix are Amy Adams as title-character Julie, Stanley Tucci as Child’s husband, Paul, and Nora Ephron (When Harry Met Sally, You’ve Got Mail) writing and directing. While the memoir focused mainly on Julie’s trials and tribulations tackling her year-long adventures in cooking, the movie will bring in more backstory about Child’s life, including her years spent in Paris in the '40s and '50s. Child passed away in 2004, just two days before her 92nd birthday. … continue reading