Around the Net

Kate Winslet Gets HBO Series

Fresh from its "Grey Gardens" accolades, HBO has picked up the five-hour miniseries project "Mildred Pierce" starring Oscar-winner Kate Winslet, which it will co-produce with MGM, Killer Films and John Wells Prods. Todd Haynes is directing the adaptation of James M. Cain's classic noir novel, which centers on Mildred Pierce Beragon (Winslet), a single mother struggling to earn her daughter's love during the Great Depression in middle-class LA.

This marks the second major screen adaptation of Cain's novel. The 1945 feature by Michael Curtiz earned Joan Crawford an Academy Award for the title role. Cain also wrote the noir story "The Postman Always Rings Twice."

Read the whole story at The Hollywood Reporter »

Next story loading loading..