Uma Thurman, Anthony Hopkins, Phoebe Dynevor to Star in Movie "The Housekeeper"

“Notes on a Scandal” and “Iris” director Richard Eyre has tapped a starry cast for his next project, an evocative romance fictionalizing the inspiration behind Daphne Du Maurier’s “Rebecca.”

“The Housekeeper” — being launched at AFM by Embankment Films alongside CAA Media Finance — will be led by Oscar nominee Uma Thurman, two-time Oscar winner Sir Anthony Hopkins, and Phoebe Dynevor.

Eyre directs from a script by bestselling author Rose Tremain, based on her own short story and forthcoming novel, with Julia Taylor-Stanley (Coriolanus) and Kevin Loader (The Death Of Stalin) producing.

Set in 1930s Cornwall, UK, “The Housekeeper” is set in the mystic, brooding and wild landscape of Cornwall, the rugged Atlantic foot of England, where the forbidden romance blossoms between a Polish housekeeper and a famous novelist.

“Rose Tremain’s story grapples with love, fear, fiction, desire, ambition, death and legacy — perhaps epic, whilst providing us with the delicacy of most complex, nuanced characters and unexpected shifts in audience sympathy,” Eyre said in a statement. “The cast and I hold in our palm a story as rich and turbulent as the landscape that it inhabits, with Manderville Hall holding secrets and emotional intrigue within its historic walls.”