This is some of the coolest movie news I've seen in a while: Cate Blanchett is apparently hoping to adapt Marisa Acocella Marchetto’s frank and funny memoir Cancer Vixen for the big screen. Here's more:

"It's about a cartoonist's look at her contracting cancer," Blanchett observed of the book, which she acquired the rights to through her Working Title Films production company shortly after its release. "And the process of getting cancer."

For obvious reasons, Cancer Vixen isn't the type of film that Hollywood views as a potential blockbuster. So the Curious Case of Benjamin Button star is currently developing it slowly and carefully — and says the biggest difficulty at the moment is finding a director who could properly handle the tonal mix of drama and humor. "It's a tragic-comic look at it," she explained. "So it needs a really particular, special filmmaker. I hope that happens."

Blanchett also noted that she would gladly take the lead role, which seems pretty darn perfect to me. Then again, there isn't much this lady can't do — a fact she has in common with the Cancer Vixen herself.

Have you read this book, too? What do you think of this news?

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