Rachel Weisz is in early talks to headline Fox Searchlight’s “My Cousin Rachel” remake.
Roger Michell is directing and adapting “My Cousin Rachel” based on Daphne Du Maurier’s novel and the 1952 noir adaptation starring Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton.
The stroy centres on an orphan who plots his revenge against a beautiful woman he believes killed his cousin.
Variety first reported the news.