First Look: Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham in GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Here are two stills of Helena Bonham Carter in Mike Newell's adaptation of Charles Dickens Great Expectations. Deadline shared the images of her as Miss Havisham, the witchy central character in the story. Havisham is "an embittered spinster who sits in her mouldering mansion still wearing the wedding dress she wore when she was jilted at the altar; she has trained her adopted daughter Estella to break men’s hearts just as her heart was broken."

Ralph Fiennes plays the escaped convict Magwitch in the film. Robbie Coltrane, Sally Hawkins and David Walliams (Little Britain) co-star, with Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) as Pip, the young hero of the story.The role has been played in previous films by Charlotte Rampling, Anne Bancroft and, most memorably, Martita Hunt in David Lean’s version. Lionsgate is releasing the film in the UK in fall 2012, and Unison Films is currently looking for a US distributor. 

I loved the U.S. version starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow and Bancroft and am excited to see this film. What are your thoughts?