Amy Adams for 'Queen Of Sheba'

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Amy Adams signs up to star in Jacki Lyden biopic Daughter Of The Queen Of Sheba.

The project is based on the biography of National Public Radio correspondent Jacki Lyden, who was on air after 9/11 and a broadcaster in Afghanistan during the fall of the Taliban.

Lyden is currently working on a book about the death of her translator, who was killed by an American soldier, and the lives of a small group of Iraqi friends.

According to Variety, the movie will focus on "how a woman's use of her mother's madness and delusions to empower herself".

Adams is also currently working on Doubt alongside Meryl Streep, and Ben Stiller's comedy sequel Night At The Museum 2: Battle Of The Smithsonian.