Kate Winslet and Patrick Wilson in Little Children?

Patrick Wilson is currently in talks to join Kate Winslet and Jennifer Connelly in the film Little Children, directed by Todd Field.

Wilson looks set to play a sexy young father, who is also a former football star.

Wilson, who recently starred in The Phantom of the Opera by Joel Schumacher, has been nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his performance in the television series Angels in America.