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Nikolaj Arcel is set to direct Dreamworks' remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 Rebecca film, scripted by Steven Knight (Eastern Promises). Deadline reports that Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner's Working Title are producing the film. The original was adapted by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan, from the screen play by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison, based on the Daphne Du Maurier novel. Sir Laurence Olivier and Jane Fontaine starred in the film which tells of a naive young woman marries a rich widower and settles in his gigantic mansion, she finds the memory of the first wife maintaining a grip on her husband and the servants.

Nikolaj Arcel is set to direct Dreamworks' remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 Rebecca film, scripted by Steven Knight (Eastern Promises). Deadline reports that Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner's Working Title are producing the film. The original was adapted by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan, from the screen play by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison, based on the Daphne Du Maurier novel. Sir Laurence Olivier and Jane Fontaine starred in the film which tells of a naive young woman marries a rich widower and settles in his gigantic mansion, she finds the memory of the first wife maintaining a grip on her husband and the servants.

Every Friday, Vanity Fair digital design editor Hamish Robertson and Vf Daily blogger Juli Weiner will duel to determine whose wordplay is of the highest order. Each will take turns crafting puns relating to a pre-assigned topic. Vanity Fair digital editor Michael Hogan will judge their bons mots and select a winner. His comments appear in red italics after each dueler’s offering. The pun is mightier than the sword, ladies and gentlemen—what follows is not for the faint of heart. For this week’s topic, we turn to The Daily Telegraph: The Prime Minister chose Smiths track “This Charming Man” when he was a castaway on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs four years ago.[Smiths guitarist Johnny] Marr distanced himself from Mr Cameron four months ago with a message on Twitter which said: “Stop saying that you like The Smiths, no you don’t. I forbid you to like it.