The more we thought about yesterday's report about how Beyonce and Eva Longoria will be starring in the Sofia Coppola adaptation of Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters, the more excited we got.

Sure, we thought it a bit of an odd match-up, but the prospect of injecting a little color (if you will) into the book seemed pretty radical to us. But now Eva Longoria's gone and ruined it all by saying she's not in the movie. Nor, it seems is Beyonce.

Pretty heart breaking stuff, no? Well, here's a quote from People Magazine. That is, if you can read through the tears.

Longoria says the rumor, which she has seen repeated on numerous Web sites and even on television, started about a week ago – before she had ever even met Knowles. Many of the false reports also alleged that Sofia Coppola had been tapped to direct the film.

Since this deal's non-existent, we'd like to suggest an alternate dream team: Rosie O'Donnell and Bea Arthur directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

What? Hitchcock's dead? Even better!