Natalie Portman Set to Star in 'Wuthering Heights'

It was literally less than 72 hours ago that I was discussing with my cinephile father movies that have never been made: Atlas Shrugged (which is on the horizon), A Catcher in the Rye, Don Quixote, etc.

Then the subject of movies that need to be remade came up, and we both agreed that the time is right for A Tale of Two Cities, and then he suggested Wuthering Heights.

How weird is it that my dad and Natalie Portman are on the same wavelength?

The stunning Ms. Portman will star in a long-overdue new version of the classic novel by Emily Bronte. The film will be produced by the period drama-friendly Ecosse Films, whose past projects have included Mrs. Brown, Becoming Jane and another upcoming revamp of Brideshead Revisited, sort of a Brideshead Revisited Revisited.

Variety reminds us that there was a Wuthering Heights back in 1989 with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche, which was able to rake in a whopping $624,000 19 years ago.

William Wyler is responsible for the iconic film version of the story, and even though it stands the test of time, surely after 70 years, some more attention can be paid to Bronte's classic.

Here's a question for you, though: What other literary classic should be made or remade? My top five would be A Tale of Two Cities, a Pixar Animal Farm, a resurrection of Sherlock Holmes for a possible trilogy or more, Slaughterhouse Five and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man.