Uma Thurman, Anthony Hopkins and Phoebe Dynevor to Star in Richard Eyre’s Forbidden Romance ‘The Housekeeper’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Embankment Films is launching pre-sales on the film, fictionalizing the inspiration behind Daphne Du Maurier’s 'Rebecca'

By Alex Ritman

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Courtesy Embankment Films

“Notes on a Scandal” and “Iris” director Richard Eyre has assembled a starry cast for his next feature, an evocative romance fictionalizing the inspiration behind Daphne Du Maurier’s “Rebecca.”

“The Housekeeper” — being launched at AFM by Embankment Films alongside CAA Media Finance, which is co-repping U.S. rights — will be led by Oscar nominee Uma Thurman (“Oh Canada,” “Pulp Fiction”), two-time Oscar winner Sir Anthony Hopkins “(The Father,” “The Silence of the Lambs”) and Phoebe Dynevor (“Bridgerton,” “Fair Play”).

Eyre will direct from a script written by bestselling author Rose Tremain, based on her own short story and forthcoming novel. The film is being produced by Julia Taylor-Stanley and Kevin Loader.