Chris Messina In Talks For 'Julie And Julia'

Julie and Julia

Chris Messina is in negotiations to star opposite Amy Adams and Meryl Streep in Nora Ephron's comedy "Julie & Julia" for Columbia.

Messina is in line to play the husband of Adams' title character, a depressed government worker trying to add spice to her marriage and life by making every recipe in Julia Child's book "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." Streep plays the famed cookbook author in a parallel post-World War II story line. Stanley Tucci is set to play Child's husband.