Julianne Moore To Play Gloria Steinem In ‘My Life On The Road’

At this particular moment, the cinema world could use a few more real-life, inspirational female heroes. And new biopic is on the way about one of the leading voices of modern feminism.

Deadline reports that Julianne Moore has signed up to play Gloria Steinem in “My Life On The Road.” Julie Taymor (“Frida“) will direct the script by Sarah Ruhl, which is based on Steinem’s memoir, and will chronicle her life as an activist and spokeswoman for a movement and her influence on an entire generation of women. Here’s the book synopsis:

Gloria Steinem had an itinerant childhood. When she was a young girl, her father would pack the family in the car every fall and drive across country searching for adventure and trying to make a living. The seeds were planted: Gloria realized that growing up didn’t have to mean settling down. And so began a lifetime of travel, of activism and leadership, of listening to people whose voices and ideas would inspire change and revolution.

My Life on the Road is the moving, funny, and profound story of Gloria’s growth and also the growth of a revolutionary movement for equality—and the story of how surprising encounters on the road shaped both. From her first experience of social activism among women in India to her work as a journalist in the 1960s; from the whirlwind of political campaigns to the founding of Ms. magazine; from the historic 1977 National Women’s Conference to her travels through Indian Country—a lifetime spent on the road allowed Gloria to listen and connect deeply with people, to understand that context is everything, and to become part of a movement that would change the world.

In prose that is revealing and rich, Gloria reminds us that living in an open, observant, and “on the road” state of mind can make a difference in how we learn, what we do, and how we understand each other.

No word yet on when production might begin, but you don’t have to tell us twice to keep an eye on the project as it develops.