I have yet to read James M. Cain’s 1941 novel “Mildred Pierce” and sadder still, I haven’t seen the film for which Joan Crawford won an Oscar but with these news, I’m ready to delve head first into both the book and the film.

Variety is reporting that Kate Winslet is attached to star in a miniseries adaptation of the story set in 1930’s Los Angeles of a middle-class, single mother’s attempt to maintain her and her family’s social position during the Great Depression. If the news that Winslet has signed on for the production aren’t enough to get the glands salivating, perhaps news that Todd Haynes is set to adapt and direct the project will do the job. I wonder if there’s a role somewhere in there for Julianne Moore? This has multiple Emmy wins written all over it.

Though this new incarnation of “Mildred Pierce” has yet to find a home, there is speculation that this will find space at HBO and I’m sure that if they pass it up (though I find that highly doubtful), Showtime will step into the action. Either way, I’m ready to see it.