It has been announced at this year’s Cannes Film Festival that Gemma Arterton will be starring in a remake of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. The Bond girl has been cast to play Kathy alongside Gossip Girl’s Ed Westwick as her love interest Heathcliff. The pair are replacing Natalie Portman and 300 star Michael Fassbender, who were previously attached to the roles.

Other projects announced at Cannes over the last 24 hours include The Last Word starring Ewan McGregor , a film about “two people who fall in love just as the world starts falling apart. Meanwhile Slumdog child star Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, who played Jamal in the film, has been announced as the lead role in a Swiss-produced fantasy adventure, Shyam’s Secret.