Bening steps in for Moore in Running With Scissors

Annette Bening, and not Julianne Moore, is now set to play the author's mother in the upcoming screen adaptation of Augusten Burroughs's Running With Scissors, reports Variety. Set to start shooting in the spring, Scissors will be written and directed by out Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy and produced by Brad Grey, Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, and Matt Kennedy. The newly revamped TriStar Pictures will distribute.