Kim Basinger and Tracey Ullman are set to star in a modern re-working of the Edgar Allen Poe classic The Raven. They are likely to be joined by Greg Kinnear, Linda Hunt and Richard E Grant in the black comedy. The film is being developed by Columbia Pictures.

In the 1963 original, which was directed by Roger Corman, Vincent Price and Boris Karloff played two rival sorcerers battling for supremacy.

The story has now been transformed to modern day Los Angeles, with two women using their mystical powers to make a TV producer fall in love with them.

The film is due to go into production next Summer, with Ron Howard directing.

On other matters, Emma finally got her scanner working and thought she would scan her recent Richard autograph for The Regiment to see. Emma got the autograph after she, Denise and Elaine saw “The Play What I Wrote” in which Richard starred. The autograph was signed on a card that Denise and Elaine got for Emma’s 19th birthday. You can see the card here.