It’s Official! Tommy Lee Jones Joins GREAT HOPE SPRINGS

He was in talks and now his involvement is confirmed. Via comingsoon, Mandate Pictures has announced that Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones has joined the cast of dramedy GREAT HOPE SPRINGS starring Meryl Streep and Steve Carell, directed by David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada). Production starts in August for a theatrical release sometime in 2012. Scripted by Vanessa Taylor, after the jump is the film’s official plot synopsis..

Many years of marriage have left Maeve (Streep) wanting to spice things up and reconnect with her husband. When she hears of a famed relationship guru (Carell) in the town of Great Hope Springs, she must persuade her skeptical husband (Jones) to get on a plane for an intense week of marriage and sex therapy. Getting there was hard enough… now shedding their bedroom hang ups, learning some new moves and rediscovering their youthful spark is when the real adventure begins.