Helena Bonham Carter, Caitríona Balfe, Emma Laird, and Anthony Hopkins will star in The Housekeeper, directed by Richard Eyre (The Children Act) from a screenplay by Rose Tremain that is based on her short story and forthcoming novel, Deadline reported. Shooting will begin this month.
"Rose Tremain has written a brilliant screenplay which is dark and surprising and mysterious, and we look forward to making a film which lives up to its promise," Eyre said.
Producer Julia Taylor-Stanley of Artemis Films added: "Assembling a cast of such caliber speaks to the power of Rose's storytelling, and to Richard's standing amongst the great British directors. We are excited to be working with our talent on bringing this compelling story to the screen."
The film's synopsis: "Set against the wild, brooding landscape of Cornwall, Danni (Balfe) is the housekeeper at Manderville Hall, a grand historic house owned by the wealthy and widowed Lord Grenville-Whithers (Hopkins). When the young writer Daphne du Maurier (Laird) arrives, Danni is drawn into a clandestine and intoxicating affair. For one, it is an all-consuming love; for the other, an awakening of long-suppressed desires. Their fragile secret threatens to unravel under the watchful gaze of Adelaide (Bonham Carter), Lord Grenville-Whithers' calculating niece."