Rachel Weisz And Sam Claflin Star In Remake Of 'My Cousin Rachel'

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.

Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin will team up for the new adaptation. Roger Michell ("Hyde Park On Hudson," "Le Week-End") will direct this new version, and also write the script, which will tell the tale of an orphan who seeks revenge on the woman he believes murdered his cousin and caretaker. Here's the book synopsis:

Philip Ashley's older cousin Ambrose, who raised the orphaned Philip as his own son, has died in Rome. Philip, the heir to Ambrose's beautiful English estate, is crushed that the man he loved died far from home. He is also suspicious. While in Italy, Ambrose fell in love with Rachel, a beautiful English and Italian woman. But the final, brief letters...