Variety: Meryl Streep to star in 'Dewey'; Fact-based film about stray cat's impact on town of Spencer, Iowa

From Variety:

Meryl Streep is purring over "Dewey," a fact-based film about a stray cat's impact on the town of Spencer, Iowa. The project has landed at New Line Cinema.Streep is attached to star in the adaptation of the Vicki Myron book "Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World." ...

Meryl Streep is purring over "Dewey," a fact-based film about a stray cat's impact on the town of Spencer, Iowa. The project has landed at New Line Cinema.Streep is attached to star in the adaptation of the Vicki Myron book "Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World." ...

Streep intends to play the author, who works at the library and ...

From October 5 Gazette article:

There already is talk of adapting the book into a movie, and Myron says she would love to see an actress like Meryl Streep , Jodie Foster or Helen Hunt play her role. ...