Natalie Portman is attached as the lead in a new film version of “
Wuthering Heights.”U.K. production company
Ecosse Films, whose projects include “
Mrs. Brown,” “
Becoming Jane” and the upcoming “
Brideshead Revisited,” is backing the pic.
HanWay Films is handling worldwide sales.
Olivia Hetreed (“
Girl With a Pearl Earring“) wrote the script.
Up next for Portman is a turn opposite
Jake Gyllenhaal and
Tobey Maguire in
Jim Sheridan‘s “
Brothers.”
The most recent bigscreen adaptation of
Emily Bronte‘s classic matched
Ralph Fiennes with
Juliette Binoche, but the Goldwyn release grossed just $624,643 in 1989.
The definitive film take remains
William Wyler‘s 1939 version starring
Laurence Olivier and
Merle Oberon, which earned eight Oscar noms.