LOS ANGELES (B. Streisand Fans Website) - The woman with a voice like "buddah" is returning to the big screen for a tasty role. Barbra Streisand is in final negotiations to play Ben Stiller's mother, Mrs. Focker, for the upcoming "Meet the Fockers," the follow-up to 2000's hit "Meet the Parents," according to the The Hollywood Reporter. All main cast members from the original will return for "Fockers," which centers on Greg Focker (Stiller) and fiancee Pam Byrnes (Teri Polo) having overcome the first hurdle on the way to marriage after Greg has won over her parents Jack (Robert De Niro) and Dina (Blythe Danner). The original film's director, Jay Roach, will also direct the Universal Pictures sequel. Streisand last appeared in 1996's "The Mirror Has Two Faces." She's won two Oscars for acting in 1968's "Funny Girl" and for best song in 1976's "A Star is Born."
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