First Look at Kate Winslet in 'The Dressmaker'; Eyes Role in Steve Jobs Biopic

It's been a pretty good couple of days for fans of Kate Winslet, of which there are plenty. Not only did we get a new trailer for period drama A Little Chaos, but now we're getting a first look at an upcoming project, plus news on what she'll be starring in next.

First up, Screen Daily has an image from Jocelyn Moorehouse's The Dressmaker, which stars Winslet as "a glamorous woman with a penchant for haute couture who returns to her small town in rural Australia to exact revenge on those who previously did her wrong." And this image certainly shows of the film's fashion sense, so mark this one down as a potential awards film for costume design next year. The Dressmaker co-stars Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving, opening in Australia next October.

And then there's word from Variety that Winslet is in talks to join Michael Fassbender, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, and Michael Stuhlbarg in Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs biopic. Her exact role in the Aaron Sorkin-penned film remains a mystery but it will be the female lead. That film is now set up at Universal after being dropped by Sony.

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Stacy Martin Joins 'The Childhood of a Leader'; 'The Martian' Adds Donald Glover; Hugo Weaving meets 'The Dressmaker'

Nymphomaniac breakout Stacy Martin will take on another sure-to-be controversial project, joining Robert Pattinson in Brady Corbet's directorial debut, The Childhood of a Leader. Written by Corbet and Mona Fastvold (The Sleepwalker), with Tim Roth and Berenice Bejo co-starring, the film is described as “a chilling fable about the rise of fascism in the 20th Century” and follows an American living in 1918 France whose experiences there give birth to a "terrifying ego". Martin will play the boy's French teacher. [ScreenDaily]

Ridley Scott has added Donald Glover (Community) to the otherwise amazing cast of The Martian. Sorry, he does nothing for me. Anyway, the film stars Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Kate Mara, Michael Pena, Mackenzie Davis and Jeff Daniels in the story of an astronaut, one of the first to ever step foot on Mars, who is abandoned after an accident and must stay alive long enough to be rescued. Also coming aboard is Aksel Hennie, best known for starring in Headhunters. Glover will play a NASA employee while Hennie is a fellow astronaut. [TheWrap]

Perennial tough evil guy Hugo Weaving will play a cross-dressing police sergeant in Jocelyn Moorhouse's The Dressmaker. Starring Kate Winslet, Isla Fisher, Liam Hemsworth, and Elizabeth Debicki, the adaptation of Rosalie Ham's book centers on Tilly, a scorned woman who returns to the small country hometown she fled after as a child after being accused of murder. This is hardly new territory for Weaving who played a drag queen in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

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Liam Hemsworth, Isla Fisher, and Elizabeth Debicki Join Kate Winslet in 'The Dressmaker'

The slow progress on Jocelyn Moorhouse's adaptation of The Dressmaker seems to be over. Kate Winslet came aboard more than a year ago, followed soon after by screen vet Judy Davis, and now the stars of three of 2013's biggest films, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Now You See Me, and The Great Gatsby have joined the cast.

Screen Daily reports that Liam Hemsworth, Isla Fisher, and Elizabeth Debicki are now part of the romance drama that also works as something of a revenge fantasy. Winslet plays a scorned woman who returns to the small country hometown she fled after as a child after being accused of murder. Now returned and an advocate for 1950’s haute couture inspired by Madame Vionnet and Balenciaga, she liberates and empowers the town women while finding unexpected romance and exacting revenge on those who wronged her.  There's a reason the film was sold last year as "Unforgiven with a sewing machine".

Filming is set to begin in Australia this October. 

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