Natalie Portman is set to take the female lead a new film version of “Wuthering Heights.”

Portman will play angst Cathy Earnshaw, whose passion and love for her foster brother Heathcliff brings tragedy to the lives of family members across two generations.

William Wyler directed a cinematic masterpiece in 1939 starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon; it’s hard to image any filmmaker surpassing this classic.