Acting as both producer and leading star, Julia Stiles (The Omen 2006 remake, 10 Things I Hate About You) will delve into the dark and disturbed world of famous novelist/poet Sylvia Plath with a new movie remake of The Bell Jar, one of the saddest books ever written. The autobiographical novel was written by Plath shortly before she committed suicide in 1963, and evokes a feeling of lonely desolation. Stiles thinks she has the chops to play Esther Greenwood, a Plath-like character who doesn’t just contemplate suicide, but actually solicits the opinions of others and shops around for the best death methods. Filming is scheduled to begin in 2008, and the role could push Stiles back into the movie limelight. Marilyn Hasset played the role in the 1979 version of the movie, and in 2003 Gwyneth Paltrow played Sylvia (also a blonde) in a biopic of the same name. Will the dark movie be a big breakout role for Stiles – or drag fans into depression, too?