The fun thing about classic English literature is that you can count on a new film adaptation of your favorite novel about once a decade.  It appears Wuthering Heights is going back before the cameras again, but without its already cast star Natalie Portman.  Maybe she’s too busy doing Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium 2?

Portman was apparently billed to headline the less “stuffy costume” update of the novel, but pulled out weeks before the film was going to be sold to distributors.  No word on why, but one might assume it’s one of the usual suspects of questionable looking production or better role offered.  Suddenly, this update got a lot less interesting.  The producers plan to try to cast a real English woman to replace Portman.  One wonders if Keira Knightley is sitting by her phone?