Kate Winslet in Mildred Pierce?

This is an awesome bit of casting news. Kate Winslet is reportedly attached to headline a five-part miniseries adaptation of James M Cain's Mildred Pierce. Killer Films is developing the miniseries and shopping it to several cable networks including HBO.

Mildred Pierce was first adapted into a movie in 1945, starring Joan Crawford. Crawford won her first Academy Award for her performance in this noir film about a sacrificial mother struggling for independence during the Depression.

I hope this miniseries indeed happens because Kate Winslet + Mildred Pierce + HBO miniseries = epic win.

Thoughts?