You might think that Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton are untouchable, but that’s only if you’ve never been around Hollywood. While Daphne Du Maurier‘s novel "My Cousin Rachel" was already made into an Oscar-nominated noir in 1952, a new version is being prepped for the modern age.
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Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin will team up for the new adaptation. Roger Michell ("Hyde Park On Hudson," "Le Week-End") will direct this updated version and also write the script, which tells the tale of an orphan who seeks revenge on the woman he believes murdered his cousin and caretaker. Here’s the book synopsis:
Now Rachel has arrived at Philip’s newly inherited estate. Could this exquisite woman, who seems to genuinely share Philip’s grief at Ambrose’s death, really be as cruel as Philip imagined? Or is she the kind, passionate woman with whom Ambrose fell in love? Philip struggles to answer this question, knowing Ambrose’s estate, and his own future, will be destroyed if his answer is wrong.
This is potent source material, so fingers crossed this iteration has some juice. To see what they’re up against, here’s Henry Koster‘s 1952 version in full. [THR/Variety]
