Cate Blanchett is attached to star in Joe Wright's upcoming "Indian Summer," the big-screen adaptation of Alex von Tunzelmann's book of the same title.

Von Tunzelmann's story chronicles the final days of Britain's colonial rule in India, as Lord Mountbatten is sent to watch over the transition of power to Jawaharlal Nehru.

Variety reports Blanchett will play Lady Edwina Mountbatten. William Nicholson, whose credits include "Gladiator" and "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," wrote the script.

Oscar winner Blanchett was last seen in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." She is currently filming "Robin Hood" for Ridley Scott. Wright last directed "The Soloist."

Here's your daily news dose for Feb. 9, 2009:

• Eva Green is set to star in Benedek Fliegauf’s English language debut "Womb," about a widow whose desperation causes her to clone her late husband. Matt Smith is also on board. Green's credits include "Casino Royale" and "The Golden Compass." (Variety)

• Now that Sienna Miller won't be staring in Ridley Scott's "Nottingham," Cate Blanchett may take over the role of Maid Marian. "She is a wonderful actress and it would make it a much classier film if she was in it," Mark Strong told The Telegraph. Strong is on board as Sir Guy of Gisbourne.

• Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain will write "ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction," the big-screen adaptation of Kevin Grevioux's comic. The Hollywood Reporter says the film focuses on "an elite team of soldiers sent on a covert operation into hostile territory in the Middle East to stop what they soon discover to be a government-created army of the undead."

• James Mangold is in talks to direct an untitled thriller written by Sasha Jenson and Casey La Scala. The plot, according to Variety, is based on the true story of two "lawyer brothers who took on a multinational oil company and its heavyweight legal teams to rep the rights of the families of an oil rig that sank in a typhoon."