Titanic Stars To Re-Team For Revolutionary Road

Titanic stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have signed on to star in Revolutionary Road for Dreamworks. Winslet's husband and American Beauty director Sam Mendes will direct the film. This will be the first time he has directed either star.

Based on the acclaimed 1961 novel by Richard Yates which was voted one of the top 100 novels of all time by Time Magazine. Set in 1955, the novel focuses on the hopes and aspirations of Frank and April Wheeler, self-assured Connecticut suburbanites who find themselves caught between their true desires (plans to move to Paris) and the pressure to conform. The New York Times reviewed it as "beautifully crafted... a remarkable and deeply troubling book."

The Clearing screenwriter Justin Haythe penned the script. Mendes is a great director who has had a bad luck streak with recent films. I would love to see him do another movie based on an original screenplay, and not a book adaptation. But this project sounds interesting enough. Let's hope Winslet helps Mendes rekindle the fire that launched his career.Revolutionary Road begins shooting this Summer.