Journeyman Pictures has just signed on to produce The Girl, a drama about immigration and maternal bonding. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Charlie Wilson's War co-star Emily Blunt is in negotiations to star in the film.

The Girl focuses on a Texas woman who finds the young daughter of an illegal immigrant that has become separated from her mother. Stuck with a child she doesn't wish to care for, the woman then searches for the child's mother, a quest that takes her south of the border.

The Girl is scheduled to begin shooting in the fall, providing that the writers' strike is cleared up by then.

Charlie Wilson's War was released December 21st, 2007 and stars Tom Hanks, Amy Adams, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Terry Bozeman, Brian Markinson, Jud Tylor, Hilary Salvatore. The film is directed by Mike Nichols.