Kate Winslet to star with Idris Elba in new romantic drama

Actress Kate Winslet is apparently in talks to join Idris Elba in new romance-survival drama 'The Mountain Between Us.' According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 40-year-old '

Titanic

' star is in negotiations over a role in 20th Century Fox's adaptation of Charles Martin's 2010 bestselling novel.

No baby on board for Kate Winslet

The original book follows an engaged woman who charters a flight home to avoid weather delays. She then meets a surgeon on the flight and falls in love, but when the plane crashes, the two must work together to survive the mountain wilderness.

'

Paradise Now

' helmer

Hany Abu-Assad

is directing the romantic drama, with Chris Weitz writing the most recent draft of the film.

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