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'Pearl Earring' Director Webber to Helm New 'Wuthering Heights'

15 May 2009 9:02 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

News out of Cannes is that Peter Webber, director of Girl with the Pearl Earring and Hannibal Rising, has been signed to film Olivia Hetreed's Wuthering Heights script. The project's been batted around for awhile -- last year, John Maybury (The Jacket) was supposed to direct, with Michael Fassbender and Natalie Portman as leads.

But Hollywood is a fickle mistress, and Portman pulled out, followed by Fassbender. The newly minted version of Emily Bronte's 1847 tearjerker about the thwarted, moor-side love between heartstrong Cathy and her brooding half-brother, Heathcliff was referenced in the mega-blockbuster Twilight, so it only makes sense that this new version is patently aimed at that audience.

Now, instead of the more mature Fassbender and Portman, the principals will be played by Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick and Quantum of Solace's Strawberry Fields, Gemma Arterton. So think Twilight, only without the sparkly vampires and Mormon chastity vibe, »

- Dawn Taylor

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'Wuthering Heights' Finds a Helmer in Peter Webber

15 May 2009 1:12 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Peter Webber's directorial career includes the awful prequel Hannibal Rising, the forgotten Scarlett Johansson feature Girl with a Pearl Earring and a lone episode of "Six Feet Under" so I am not sure how excited any of us should be over the news he is directing Wuthering Heights, an adaptation of Emily Bronte's novel. About a year ago John Maybury (The Edge of Love) was attached to direct the film, but he has since dropped off. On top of that, almost a year ago exactly Natalie Portman, who was once attached to the film as Catherine Earnshaw, also dropped off the feature. Portman's attachment was, at the time, considered to be a driving force and when she dropped off the film's lifespan looked bleak. Obviously things have changed. Stepping into the role vacated by Portman will be Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace) with Ed Westwick playing Heathcliff, a »

- Brad Brevet

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Former Bond Girl Heads To Wuthering Heights

14 May 2009 11:18 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

Gemma Arterton had her big moment last fall, when she popped up briefly as Bond girl Strawberry Fields in Quantum of Solace before getting axed in the name of a giant red herring. But she's about to get a whole lot more screentime, playing tortured young Cathy opposite Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick's Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, an adaptation of the classic Emily Bronte novel. THR is reporting that Peter Webber, who made the period piece Girl WIth a Pearl Earring, will direct the script by Olivia Hetreed. Arterton and Westwick are both replacing former cast members Natalie Portman and Michael Fassbender, who bounced out about a year ago. The idea here is to get away from "stuffy costume drama," which probably won't be hard with Westwick, a popular TV star, on board. Joe Wright breathed new life into Jane Austen with Pride & Prejudice. We'll see what Webber can »

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Peter Webber to Direct Wuthering Heights

13 May 2009 6:58 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

A long-delayed film is finally getting on track with a new director. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Peter Webber has signed on to direct Wuthering Heights.

John Maybury was initially attached to direct, with Natalie Portman and Michael Fassbender set to star as Cathy and Heathcliff, with Arterton and Westwick now stepping into the lead roles. Olivia Hetreed adapted the classic Emily Bronte novel for the silver screen.

It was said that with the new director and leads, production should start sometime this year. Webber's attachment reunites the director with screenwriter Hetreed, who they previously collaborated with on Girl with a Pearl Earring. »

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DVD, Blu-Ray Round Up, Mar. 10, 2009: ‘Scarlett Johansson Collection,’ ‘Brokeback Mountain,’ ‘Witch Mountain’

10 March 2009 11:02 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – The Round-Up, HollywoodChicago.com’s famous recurring column about lesser Blu-Ray and DVD titles that may have slipped through your fingers at the store recently, is in clean-up mode this week. With a DVD collection for a famous young actress, an old cartoon, a straight-to-video horror movie, and three movies with the word “Mountain” in the title, the only word that comes to mind to tie these titles together is “random”.

You know those bins of “impulse buy” items you’ll see in stores near the cash register? Stuff that you may not have put on your shopping list and that you may not even know you want until you see them? That’s what this week’s Round-Up column is like. Peek in the bin and take a look at “Jonny Quest,” “The Scarlett Johansson Collection,” “Dead in 3 Days,” “Brokeback Mountain,” “Escape to Witch Mountain,” and “Return to »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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2009 | 2008

5 articles from 2009

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