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Julia Roberts to produce and star in a new 'Batkid' movie

The film will be an adaptation of the "Batkid Begins" documentary.

By Thor Benson
Actress Julia Roberts arrives at the Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on August 25, 2014. UPI/Jim Ruymen
Actress Julia Roberts arrives at the Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on August 25, 2014. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Deadline reports that Julia Roberts will be producing and starring in a movie based on a terminally ill San Francisco child who wanted to be Batman for a day.

A documentary about the 5-year-old leukemia patient called Batkid Begins is currently featured at the Slamdance Film Festival. The new film with Roberts will be an adaptation of that documentary, with the documentary director as an executive producer. It will be distributed by Red Om Films.

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Miles Scott made headlines in 2013 when he asked the Make A Wish Foundation if he could be Batman for a day in San Francisco. They granted his wish, and he got to go around San Francisco areas transformed to look like Gotham City. He even got to ride in a Batmobile. Scott is still alive and in remission.

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