Kate Winslet to Channel Joan Crawford in HBO's 'Mildred Pierce' Remake

Can you handle five hours of Kate Winslet?

Better yet, can you handle five hours of former Heavenly Creature Winslet in 1920s garb? We’re talking corsets and possible Flapper attire, here, ladies.

No, you’re not dreaming. HBO is making what for many is only a great daydream into a reality. According to The Hollywood Reporter, HBO has picked up the rights to Mildred Pierce, a five-hour miniseries from openly gay writer-director Todd Haynes, who directed Far From Heaven, a thoughtful re-imagining of Douglas Sirk's fifties' classic All that Heaven Allows.

Mildred Pierce, an adaptation of James M. Cain’s novel, centers on Mildred Pierce Beragon (Winslet), a proud single mother struggling to earn her daughter’s love during the Great Depression in middle-class Los Angeles.

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