Kate Winslet and Diane Keaton Join “Silent Heart” Remake

Kate Winslet, Diane Keaton, and Mia Wasikowska are gearing up to break our hearts with their next project. This epic trio will star in the upcoming family drama Blackbird, a remake of Danish-language film Silent Heart.

This promising movie tells the story of a terminally ill mother who’s suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. She decides to pursue euthanasia and wants to bring her family together for one last time before her death. Her daughters have a hard time handling the situation and their encounter brings old conflicts to the surface.

Keaton will play the role of the mother, and Winslet and Wasikowska will star as her daughters. Roger Michell, of Notting Hill fame, will serve as director of the film. His most recent credits include My Cousin Rachel starring Rachel Weisz, and Le Week-End with Lindsay Duncan and Jim Broadbent in the leads. The script will be panned by the original movie’s screenwriter Christian Torpe.

Shooting is set to start this August in London, just in time for the three stars to clear their busy schedules. Keaton is currently shooting comedy Poms, while Winslet was busy working on the Avatar sequel, which will reunite her with Titanic director James Cameron. Wasikowska’s upcoming projects include female-directed dramas Judy and Punch and Bergman Island.