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Winslet Stepping Down to the Small Screen?
Winslet Stepping Down to the Small Screen?
By
Nancy Tartaglione
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Friday, August 14, 2009
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Kate Winslet
is taking a trip to the small screen via a miniseries adaptation of the James M. Cain novel
Mildred Pierce
.
Todd Haynes
is writing and directing. Sources told
Variety
that HBO is the lead contender to get the series, but no deal has been struck.
Joan Crawford
won an Oscar in 1945 for her portrayal of the eponymous bored housewife who gets into the restaurant business, an enterprise that leads to backstabbing, romance and murder.
Winslet won an Oscar earlier this year for
Stephen Daldry
's
The Reader
, so it could seem surprising that she would jump to TV at this particular time. Still, as
Variety
points out, the success of
Grey Gardens
for actresses
Drew Barrymore
and
Jessica Lange
shows that a pay web like HBO creates a large audience for a picture that might not find one as a theatrical release.
Oscar-nominated
Far From Heaven
hyphenate Haynes was last behind the camera for 2007's
Bob Dylan
(sort of) biopic
I'm Not There
.
Full story:
http://www.hollywoodwiretap.com/?module=news&action=story&id=39245
MORE NEWS: Stars Mourn Les Paul
Photo(s) by Nikki Nelson/ WENN.com- © 2009- All Rights Reserved
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