Todd Haynes will direct "Carol," an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's groundbreaking novella. In addition, The Weinstein Company has acquired U.S. rights for the lesbian love story from HanWay Films, the studio said Monday.
The erotic drama stars Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska and is set in 1950s New York. It follows two women — one a department store work, the other a wife in a loveless marriage — who fall for each other.
The film reunites Blanchett with Haynes, who guided her to an Oscar nomination in 2007 for her cross-dressing embodiment of Bob Dylan in "I'm Not There."