Michelle Lipton will write a contemporary update of Dorothy Baker's 1962 novel Cassandra at the Wedding for production label F&ME, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
"Baker's Cassandra at the Wedding is a book of enduring freshness and insight, and is a very smart romantic comedy at the same time," Mike Downey of F&ME said.
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If you loved actress Noomi Rapace in the Swedish film version of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, you'll have to prepare yourself for a brand-new Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher's upcoming English-language adaptation of the novel. Rapace told the Hollywood Reporter that two years of shooting Larsson's Millennium trilogy in Swedish is enough and she wouldn't accept the role even if it were offered.
"I'm done with her (Lisbeth), and it's up to somebody else to step into her shoes," Rapace said. "I don't like to repeat myself. So it's better if someone else does it." She did, however, "suggest that Fincher and producer Scott Rudin expand their casting call beyond the A-listers (Natalie Portman, Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan are among those thought to be vying for the part) to include some lesser-known names."