Snakes in a yarn shop!

My friend Beth brought to my attention this bit of news. Yup, Julia Roberts just agreed to star in a movie called The Friday Night Knitting Club:

The film is based on Kate Jacobs' upcoming novel, centering on a single mom who juggles the demands of running a Manhattan knitting store with raising her spunky teen daughter. Her regular customers gather once a week to work on their latest projects and chat, but when a tragedy occurs, the customers realize they've created more than just a knitting club.

Is it just me, or does this sound a bit...well...pedestrian? I mean, how many more of these "women who bond together over X and then one of them experiences tragedy and the others all support her" movies do we need? Okay, it's got knitting in it, so that might be interesting (unless all of the "latest projects" are simple garter-stitch scarves). But still...

Personally, I'd like to see an action movie about knitting! Maybe Samuel L. Jackson could save the day with a pair of #8 straight needles and a cable cast-on. Now that is a movie I'd pay to see!