The envy of lady bookworms everywhere, Mia Wasikowska, continues down her path of portraying beloved literary heroines by signing on to Sophie Barthes' adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's steamy classic Madame Bovary. The sparkling ingénue, whose played in Jane Eyre and Alice in Wonderland, will star as Emma Bovary, a young beauty who impulsively marries a small-town doctor to leave her father's pig farm far behind. But after being introduced to the glamorous world of high society, she soon becomes bored with her stodgy mate, and so seeks excitement and status outside the bonds of marriage. There's no word yet on who will play her husband or lovers, but Paul Giamatti is presently attached to play Monsieur Homais, a pompous apothecary who is a friend to the title character's cuckold, yet an unexpected ally to the willful Emma.

Barthes and Giamatti memorably teamed up to create the 2009 comedy Cold Souls, where the curmudgeonly leading man played a beleaguered—but hilarious—version of himself. In the film, Giamatti feels exhausted by the weight of his soul, so when a magazine article advertises soul storage, he reluctantly tests it out. When his soul is literally lost he goes on a globe trekking adventure that involves soul smuggling, a demanding soap opera star, and the Russian mob.

Inspired by a peculiar dream, Barthes wrote the Cold Souls script with Giamatti at the center. After happenstance led to the pair crossing paths, he gamely read her screenplay and in short order offered to produce and star. The results are a remarkably funny and affecting film that was ultimately--and unfairly--maligned for superficial similarities to the works of Charlie Kaufman.

Barthes created an imaginative and sophisticated blend of humor and pathos in Cold Souls, so I'm eager to see what she'll do with the tale of Madame Bovary. Variety reveals her adaptation will be a period piece that remains true to its source's plot, but insists the screenplay by Rose Barreneche emphasizes "more youthful and contemporary themes." I can't help but wonder/hope if this means more sex, and less shame.

近日，据外媒报道，法国文豪福楼拜的经典小说《包法利夫人》将被好莱坞再度搬上银幕，澳洲女星米娅·华希科沃斯卡担当主演，喜剧男星保罗·吉亚玛提充当绿叶与之配戏，导演则是与吉亚玛提合作过《冷冻灵魂》的苏菲·巴瑟斯。

小说《包法利夫人》出版于1857年，描写的是一位小资产阶级妇女因为不满足平庸的生活而逐渐堕落的过程。主人公爱玛为了追求浪漫和优雅的生活而自甘堕落与人通奸，最终因为负债累累无力偿还而身败名裂，服毒自杀。《包法利夫人》曾被多次改编成影视作品，其中以法国新浪潮电影大师克劳德·夏布洛尔在1991年执导的电影版较为影迷熟知，片中的女主角是法国实力派戏骨伊莎贝尔·于佩尔。

据悉，新版《包法利夫人》的改编将忠于原著，同时也会融入一些当今时代的主题，令故事看上去“年轻”一些。米娅·华希科沃斯卡去年刚刚主演了根据文学名著改编的电影《简爱》，此番演绎内心世界极其丰富的包法利夫人，相信对她来说并不是难事。