JULIA ROBERTS - ROBERTS SET TO RETURN FOR TOM HANKS FILM

JULIA ROBERTS is set to make her movie comeback in a new film opposite fellow Oscar winner TOM HANKS.

The PRETTY WOMAN star took a hiatus when she became a mum in 2004, but now she has been lured back to the big screen by her CLOSER director MIKE NICHOLS.

Roberts is in negotiations to play Texas socialite JOANNE HERRING in the real-life story of US congressman CHARLIE WILSON, who fought to fund the Afghan rebels' battle against the Russians.

CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR, based on GEORGE CRILE's book of the same name, will be Roberts' first movie role since 2004's OCEAN'S TWELVE. The actress is also in negotiations to star in the second sequel of OCEAN'S ELEVEN.