Julianne Moore joins cast of ‘Still Alice’

New York – Actress Julianne Moore has been roped in to play a university professor who faces the early onset of Alzheimer’s disease in upcoming movie “Still Alice”.

The movie is an adaptation of Lisa Genova’s novel of the same name, reports variety.com.

The story of the film follows a cognitive psychologist who faces the early onset of Alzheimer’s disease and as the illness takes over her, the relationships between her family begin to break down.

The shoot for the movie is expected to start in mid-February next year, here.