Winslet to star in Branagh romance

WinsletLONDON -- Kate Winslet is mounted on star in "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Cake Society," which Kenneth Branagh is placed to direct for Fox 2000. This reunites Winslet with Branagh the very first time since she performed Ophelia in the bigscreen "Hamlet" in 1996. "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Cake Society" is modified by Don Roos in the bestseller by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. It is a love story occur the London and also the Funnel Islands after World war 2. Winslet will have the sunday paper writer who makes its way into right into a correspondence having a guy from Guernsey, and discovers the way the islanders used a magazine group throughout the war as cover to outsmart their German occupiers. Fascinated by their tales from the occupation, and just how the books found influence their lives, she decides to go to Guernsey herself, an outing that changes her forever. Inside a recent interview with Variety, Branagh referred to the project as "an attractive romance, very touching and beneficial." The project has been created by Paula Masur and Mitchell Kaplan, with Branagh's regular partner David Barron. Shooting is scheduled for March, based on the Daily Mail. It was initially released within the U.S. in 2008. It had been the foremost and only novel by Mary Ann Shaffer, an editor and librarian, whose niece Annie Burrows assisted her finish it when Shaffer grew to become crictally ill. Shaffer died aged 74 a couple of several weeks prior to the novel was released. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com