⁍ Daphne du Maurier’s beloved novel ‘Rebecca’ has seen multiple screen adaptations.
⁍ ‘Rebecca’ was an Oscar best picture winner for director Alfred Hitchcock in 1940.
⁍ The new film, directed by Ben Wheatley, will be released on Netflix on Wednesday.
– A new film version of Daphne du Maurier’s popular novel Rebecca is set to be released on Netflix on Wednesday, and director Ben Wheatley tells Reuters he believes his version is the best one yet. Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 version of the book won an Oscar for best picture, but the ending was changed. “I went back to it and kind of re-read it and realized that this is the first script for a feature version of the book that had all the plot in it,” Wheatley says. “Before, there had been things taken out and major story points which had been removed.” The new version stars Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Armie Hammer. “I think people love those sort of stories where something suddenly appears incredibly realistic and true and you can really identify with it and then suddenly it sort of slips into something a bit more of a fantasy,” Scott Thomas says.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-film-rebecca/rebecca-proves-to-be-the-novel-that-keeps-on-giving-idUSKBN27517V