Kate Winslet, Idris Elba to play leads in 'The Mountain Between Us'
Kate Winslet and Idris Elba to work with each other in the adaptation of Charles Martin's bestselling novel 'The Mountain Between Us'.
Actress Kate Winslet is apparently in talks to join Idris Elba in new romance-survival drama The Mountain Between Us.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 40-year-old Titanic star is in negotiations over a role in 20th Century Fox's adaptation of Charles Martin's 2010 best selling novel.
The original book revolves around an engaged woman who charters a flight home to avoid weather delays. She then meets a surgeon on the flight and falls in love, but when the plane crashes, the two must work together to survive the mountain wilderness.
Paradise Now helmer Hany Abu-Assad is directing the romantic drama, with Chris Weitz writing the most recent draft of the film.