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."

Los Angeles: Actress Kate Winslet is apparently in talks to join Idris Elba in new romance-survival drama "The Mountain Between Us."

Kate Winslet and Idris Elba. Pics/AFP

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.

The original 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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