Casting about: Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights has been adapted to the big screen several times, with one of the more well-known versions being this 1939 film starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon (watch it on Hulu.com for free). More recently, talk had centered around Kiera Knightley, Lindsay Lohan or Natalie Portman playing Cathy, with Colin Farrell up for the role of Heathcliff, but  according to IMDB.com, Abbie Cornish has signed on to play Cathy and Michael Fassbender will play Heathcliff in the version due out in 2010.

If you’ve seen the 1939 film, how do you like it compared with the book? How likely are you to go see the new version, based on your reading of Wuthering Heights? And lastly, who would you cast in the roles of Cathy, Heathcliff, and Edgar?

Update, 5/20/2009 (via Daily Mail (UK)): Casting for the new 2010 Wuthering Heights has reportedly changed again; Britons Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace, 2008) is now slated to play Cathy and Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl) will play Heathcliff. Filming is supposed to start in the fall of 2009.

Ready for the Sex and the City movie?

The reviews have started rolling in for the Sex and the City film, due out May 30. The Daily News has a nice, spoiler-free review: “‘Sex And The City: The Movie’ proves that a great reunion is possible.” If you can’t wait until then, there are always the “Sex and the City” tv series dvds to borrow, and a short list of fiction that echoes the adventures of Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda to get you in the mood.

Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell (ROM BUS)

4 Blondes by Candace Bushnell (ROM BUS)

Secrets of the Hollywood Girls Club by Maggie Marr (FIC MAR)

South Beach Chicas Catch Their Man by Caridad Pineiro (ROM SCO)

Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham (ROM WIC)

Wednesday Night Witches by Lee Nichols (ROM NIC)

He’s Got to Go by Sheila O’Flanagan (ROM O’FL)

Happy Hour at Casa Dracula by Marta Acosta (ROM ACO)

Wanderlust by Chris Dyer (FIC DYE)

The Friendship Test by Elizabeth Noble (FIC NOB)

The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble (FIC NOB)

Age of Innocence wrap-up

If you weren’t able to join us for the book discussion of Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence last week, you can still catch the film. It will be showing at 6:00 p.m. at the Main Library.