Helena Bonham Carter May Meet Great Expectations

Can anyone play a wealthy spinster with witch-like qualities to her appearance better than Helena Bonham Carter? The guess from director Mike Newell is absolutely not. Showblitz reports that Carter is in discussions to take the role of Miss Havisham in Newell's adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic Great Expectations. Future famous person Jeremy Irvine (co-star in Steven Spielberg's upcoming War Horse) is being eyed to play Pip. [Showblitz]