HBO hearts Kate Winslet as MILDRED PIERCE
HBO has officially picked up Todd Haynes’ Mildred Pierce, a five-hour miniseries based on the classic James M. Cain novel and starring Kate Winslet. THR reports that the premium channel distribute and co-produce the noir adaptation.
Why should we care? This generation’s great Kate, of course.
Winslet will play the role of Mildred Pierce Beragon, a single mother in Depression Era Los Angeles who attempts to maintain her social status and her relationship with her daughter. It’s the role that won Joan Crawford her first and only Oscar when the novel was adapted to film in 1945.
Check out Kate’s last appearance on HBO, her guest role on Extras, after the jump…
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