HBO is Bed Partner for Todd Haynes’ Mildred Pierce

It was pretty much set in stone since it was announced that Todd Haynes would be turning to television that Killer Films “Mildred Pierce” would be housed at HBO. The deal is done and they have the house keys. The network has confirmed that the five-hour miniseries will be co-produced with MGM, Killer Films and John Wells Prods. Production begins in April, in New York and while no other cast have been mentioned, I imagine it won’t be a major problem to find some gents to play alongside Kate Winslet who is of course playing the film’s tragi-queen, and I’m looking forward in seeing who’ll be cast as the troublemaking daughter Veda. Any guesses folks?    

More of an adaptation of James M. Cain’s classic noir novel than a remake of the 1945 film, the series (which I placed as my number seven most anticipated project of the year – it could be on HBO’s autumn slate) centers on Mildred Pierce Beragon, a proud single mother struggling to earn her daughter’s love during the Great Depression in middle-class Los Angeles.