The love story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy has been told again and again onscreen, and each adaptation has in its own way addressed themes of class, social etiquette and romance that Jane Austen wove into the 1813 classic, Pride and Prejudice. But now Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, in theaters Feb. 5, introduces a whole new slew of themes: the undead, for example, and martial arts and lots and lots of blood and gore. The film has Cinderella star Lily James playing Elizabeth, who in this version just happens to be leading a small army of sword-toting society women in...
- 2/2/2016
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- PEOPLE.com
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice by Ian Edginton and Robert Deas. Self Made Hero, 144 pages. $19.95 retail hardcopy; also available in electronic editions.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that I’m a huge Jane Austen fangirl. I make no apologies. I made my husband take me to the Jane Austen museum in Bath for my 40th birthday. I own every version of every Jane Austen movie made – retellings too. As a matter of facet, I collect adaptations in every form from the sublime (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Bridget Jones, Clueless) to the abusively bad (Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict is currently in my car’s CD player right now, but I’m powering through because I am not a quitter.) I’ve read Pride and Prejudice annually since I was 19 – and it’s not even my favorite Austen novel (that would be Persuasion, which I also read...
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that I’m a huge Jane Austen fangirl. I make no apologies. I made my husband take me to the Jane Austen museum in Bath for my 40th birthday. I own every version of every Jane Austen movie made – retellings too. As a matter of facet, I collect adaptations in every form from the sublime (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Bridget Jones, Clueless) to the abusively bad (Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict is currently in my car’s CD player right now, but I’m powering through because I am not a quitter.) I’ve read Pride and Prejudice annually since I was 19 – and it’s not even my favorite Austen novel (that would be Persuasion, which I also read...
- 6/12/2015
- by Jen Ernst
- Comicmix.com
Acclaimed actress Shabana Azmi has joined the cast of Hollywood’s The Black Prince, a film telling the tragic yet fascinating true story of Maharaja Duleep Singh the last King of the Sikh Empire in Punjab. Son of the powerful ruler Ranjit Singh, he was born in 1838 and placed on the throne at the age of 5 after the death of his father. In 1849, when Punjab was annexed to British India, the young prince was removed from the throne and eventually sent off to England. His attempts to return to India and reclaim his kingdom were thwarted by the British. He ended up a pauper, dying alone in a Paris hotel in 1893.
Co-produced by Brillstein Entertainment Partners executive Jai Khanna, the drama will be directed by Kavi Raz and features the acting debut of acclaimed singer-poet Satinder Sartaaj.
One of the most highly respected actresses in India, Shabana Azmi has appeared...
Co-produced by Brillstein Entertainment Partners executive Jai Khanna, the drama will be directed by Kavi Raz and features the acting debut of acclaimed singer-poet Satinder Sartaaj.
One of the most highly respected actresses in India, Shabana Azmi has appeared...
- 10/11/2014
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Film, television and theater director Roger Michell has signed with Wme, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. He previously was with CAA. Michell directed Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant in the 1999 romantic classic Notting Hill. He began his career helming BBC series in his native Britain, winning a BAFTA for the 1995 telepic adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion. The filmmaker most recently directed the dramedy Le Week-End, which received its world premiere at Toronto last year and later earned acting wins for stars Lindsay Duncan and Jim Broadbent, as well as a Best Film nomination for Michell at the
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- 4/1/2014
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Although Hailee Steinfeld was announced for the role last summer , Deadline reports today that Emma Roberts ( We're the Millers ) is set to take over Steinfeld's part in the Jonathan Mostow ( Breakdown ) directed For the Dogs . Oren Moverman wrote the most recent draft for the project, based on Paul Leyden's adaptation of Kevin Wignall's novel. The novel is described as follows: Inspired in part by "The Nibelungenlied" (the epic German poem which was the basis for Wagner's "Ring Cycle") and partly by Jane Austen's "Persuasion" (both books actually appear in the text), this is the story of Ella and Lucas. Ella is touring Italy with her boyfriend, unaware that her entire family has been murdered, that her father's business dealings are...
- 1/29/2014
- Comingsoon.net
London — A Jane Austen museum said Monday it has received 100,000 pounds ($155,000) from an anonymous benefactor to help it buy the writer's ring back from singer Kelly Clarkson.
Earlier this month, the British government placed a temporary export ban on the gold-and-turquoise ring in the hope that money could be found to keep it in Britain.
The Jane Austen's House museum said it had raised 103,200 pounds of the 152,450-pound asking price since launching a fundraising campaign on Friday, most of it from a single anonymous donation.
"We are two-thirds of the way there in 48 hours, which is tremendous, but we're not there yet," said museum fundraiser Louise West.
The author of "Pride and Prejudice," who died at age 41 in 1817, left the ring to her sister Cassandra. It remained in the family until it was sold at a Sotheby's auction last year.
The museum at Austen's former home in Chawton, southern England,...
Earlier this month, the British government placed a temporary export ban on the gold-and-turquoise ring in the hope that money could be found to keep it in Britain.
The Jane Austen's House museum said it had raised 103,200 pounds of the 152,450-pound asking price since launching a fundraising campaign on Friday, most of it from a single anonymous donation.
"We are two-thirds of the way there in 48 hours, which is tremendous, but we're not there yet," said museum fundraiser Louise West.
The author of "Pride and Prejudice," who died at age 41 in 1817, left the ring to her sister Cassandra. It remained in the family until it was sold at a Sotheby's auction last year.
The museum at Austen's former home in Chawton, southern England,...
- 8/12/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
It was announced earlier this year that Sam Worthington is set to headline Phillip Noyce's new action-thriller For the Dogs . Today, Deadline reports that True Grit and Ender's Game star Hailee Steinfeld will be serving as his co-star. Oren Moverman wrote the script for the project, based on Paul Leyden's adaptation of Kevin Wignall's novel. The novel is described as follows: Inspired in part by "The Nibelungenlied" (the epic German poem which was the basis for Wagner's "Ring Cycle") and partly by Jane Austen's "Persuasion" (both books actually appear in the text), this is the story of Ella and Lucas. Ella is touring Italy with her boyfriend, unaware that her entire family has been murdered, that her father's business dealings are...
- 5/13/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Variety reports that Sam Worthington will star in director Phillip Noyce's new action-thriller For the Dogs . Oren Moverman wrote the script based on Paul Leyden's adaptation of Kevin Wignall's novel. The novel is described as follows: Inspired in part by "The Nibelungenlied" (the epic German poem which was the basis for Wagner's "Ring Cycle") and partly by Jane Austen's "Persuasion" (both books actually appear in the text), this is the story of Ella and Lucas. Ella is touring Italy with her boyfriend, unaware that her entire family has been murdered, that her father's business dealings are questionable, and that someone is about to attempt to kill her. Lucas is a retired hitman, keeping an eye on Ella as a favour for her father. He saves Ella...
- 1/31/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Forget Oscar-tipped films and lush BBC dramatisations – the Lizzie Bennet Diaries is an addictive bi-weekly retelling of Pride and Prejudice for the web generation
Jane Austen has been providing us with Sunday-evening viewing fodder ever since someone had the ratings-winning idea of putting gowns and tight breeches on primetime TV. But as Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy celebrate their 200th anniversary of appearing in print, the best Austen adaptation around at the moment isn't an Oscar-tipped film or a lush BBC dramatisation – it's a series of 10-minute YouTube videos, with accompanying in-character tweets. And it's modern-day. And American.
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries calls itself an "innovative, original episodic video and social media series produced for the web". Actually, it's an addictive bi-weekly retelling of Pride and Prejudice, in which Darcy is a hipster, Lizzie is a beleaguered grad student and her mother is just as desperate to get her married off as in the original.
Jane Austen has been providing us with Sunday-evening viewing fodder ever since someone had the ratings-winning idea of putting gowns and tight breeches on primetime TV. But as Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy celebrate their 200th anniversary of appearing in print, the best Austen adaptation around at the moment isn't an Oscar-tipped film or a lush BBC dramatisation – it's a series of 10-minute YouTube videos, with accompanying in-character tweets. And it's modern-day. And American.
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries calls itself an "innovative, original episodic video and social media series produced for the web". Actually, it's an addictive bi-weekly retelling of Pride and Prejudice, in which Darcy is a hipster, Lizzie is a beleaguered grad student and her mother is just as desperate to get her married off as in the original.
- 1/28/2013
- by Kaite Welsh
- The Guardian - Film News
David Nicholls, author of the hit novel One Day, has always loved Dickens's novel. As the film version is about to be released, he reveals how he set about his adaptation
Read a book at the right age and it will stay with you for life. For some people it's Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights, but for me it is Great Expectations. I first read it at 14 or so and, apart from some infatuations with Orwell, Fitzgerald, Salinger and Hardy, it has remained my favourite novel ever since. By some miracle, a story written in the mid-1850s had captured much of how I felt in a small provincial town at the end of the 1970s.
Yet if I saw myself in the book, it wasn't a particularly flattering portrait. It's clear why a young reader might aspire to be Elizabeth Bennet, but who would want to be Pip Pirrip?...
Read a book at the right age and it will stay with you for life. For some people it's Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights, but for me it is Great Expectations. I first read it at 14 or so and, apart from some infatuations with Orwell, Fitzgerald, Salinger and Hardy, it has remained my favourite novel ever since. By some miracle, a story written in the mid-1850s had captured much of how I felt in a small provincial town at the end of the 1970s.
Yet if I saw myself in the book, it wasn't a particularly flattering portrait. It's clear why a young reader might aspire to be Elizabeth Bennet, but who would want to be Pip Pirrip?...
- 11/17/2012
- by David Nicholls
- The Guardian - Film News
Kelly Clarkson has been banned from taking a £152,000 ring out of Britain. The singer successfully bid for the ring - which was once owned by revered romantic novelist Jane Austen - at a UK auction, but she is not allowed to take the ring back to the States when her British tour comes to an end tomorrow (20.10.12) because it has been declared a national treasure. Kelly - who also won a first edition of the writer's 1817 novel 'Persuasion' - said: ''I got up at 4am to start bidding on the auction. ''We put in an export request but...
- 10/19/2012
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
Academy Award nominees Bill Murray and Laura Linney star in the historical tale Hyde Park on Hudson, which began filming this week in the U.K. for co-producers and co-financiers Focus Features and Film4. BAFTA Award winner Roger Michell (Film4.s Venus) is directing from a screenplay by Richard Nelson. Focus CEO James Schamus made the announcement today.
Focus will release Hyde Park on Hudson in the second half of 2012. Focus holds worldwide rights . excluding U.K. free-tv rights, which are held by Film4 . to the movie. Filming is taking place in the U.K. on the Free Range Films/Daybreak Pictures production. Kevin Loader (In the Loop) and David Aukin (Endgame) are producing the feature with Mr. Michell. Focus executive vice president, European production Teresa Moneo is supervising Hyde Park on Hudson.
In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (played by Mr. Murray) and his wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams of...
Focus will release Hyde Park on Hudson in the second half of 2012. Focus holds worldwide rights . excluding U.K. free-tv rights, which are held by Film4 . to the movie. Filming is taking place in the U.K. on the Free Range Films/Daybreak Pictures production. Kevin Loader (In the Loop) and David Aukin (Endgame) are producing the feature with Mr. Michell. Focus executive vice president, European production Teresa Moneo is supervising Hyde Park on Hudson.
In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (played by Mr. Murray) and his wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams of...
- 7/28/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Laura Linney is in advanced talks to play Margaret 'Daisy' Suckley in the drama “Hyde Park On Hudson” for Focus Features International says The Daily Mail.
Based on a British radio play by Richard Nelson and set in the Summer of 1939 just before World War II broke out, the story follows the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to President Roosevelt's upstate New York home near Hyde Park on Hudson.
Over the course of the weekend, details of Fdr's private life begin to unfold including his affair with his distant cousin Daisy.
British actors Samuel West ("Notting Hill,” “Persuasion") and Olivia Colman ("Tyrannosaur," "Hot Fuzz") are set to play King George and Queen Elizabeth.
Roger Michell (''Notting Hill'') is on board to direct the story while Nelson adapted the script. Kevin Loader and David Aukin will produce.
Based on a British radio play by Richard Nelson and set in the Summer of 1939 just before World War II broke out, the story follows the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to President Roosevelt's upstate New York home near Hyde Park on Hudson.
Over the course of the weekend, details of Fdr's private life begin to unfold including his affair with his distant cousin Daisy.
British actors Samuel West ("Notting Hill,” “Persuasion") and Olivia Colman ("Tyrannosaur," "Hot Fuzz") are set to play King George and Queen Elizabeth.
Roger Michell (''Notting Hill'') is on board to direct the story while Nelson adapted the script. Kevin Loader and David Aukin will produce.
- 5/6/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
For those of us lamenting the lack of new "Sherlock" episodes and the opportunity to see more of Benedict Cumberbatch, this news makes the day a little bit brighter. London's National Theater Live is giving us the opportunity to see performances of Danny Boyle's production of Frankenstein at theaters across the country (by some miracle, even close to me), even if we're nowhere near the UK. Nick Dear's ("Agatha Christie's Poirot, Persuasion) play, based on Mary Shelley's classic tale of a creature cast out into a cruel world by his creator, stars Jonny Lee Miller ("Dexter, Eli Stone," Trainspotting, The Escapist) and Cumberbatch (The Whistleblower, Four Lions). And in one of the coolest twist-ups ever, two performances will be recorded, each one featuring the lead roles reversed. That's right, one performance will feature Miller as the creature and Cumberbatch as the creator and the next, Cumberbatch as creature and Miller as creator.
- 3/14/2011
- by Cindy Davis
Tom Sturridge may fit right in the midst of his generation of dark-haired, handsome British actors, but he refuses to consider his colleagues as competition. "If a film is being made by an intelligent director, they're going to cast the right guy," says Sturridge. "I shouldn't be right for every role, because I'm not." Indeed, the actor says he thoroughly enjoyed himself during a two-year gap between roles. And he won't plot and struggle for his next role. "You can construct something and make decisions and do film after film to try and get to this place, and never get there," he says. "And you can do nothing, and then get a phone call randomly saying X has just seen you do an interview on the Internet and thinks you'd be perfect for this film, and suddenly you're in Brazil shooting the best film ever made. All of it is circumstance.
- 2/8/2011
- backstage.com
Filed under: Columns, Cinematical
When we think of English writers, we think of the irreplaceable William Shakespeare -- the man so prolific, in so many genres, that we've been served well over 800 films and series that dig into his tomes. But there's another English writer whose also had a massive impact with far fewer -- and far less diverse -- works. She is Jane Austen.
You can't throw a stone into female-centric fare without hitting Austen in some way, shape or form. In the last decade alone, there have been four 'Pride and Prejudice' productions, two treatments of Emma, dalliances into 'Mansfield Park,' 'Northanger Abbey' and 'Persuasion,' not to mention four looks into 'Sense and Sensibility,' including this week's Latina-spinned twist, 'From Prada to Nada.' That's all of her novels getting at least one adaptation, if not multiple stabs,...
When we think of English writers, we think of the irreplaceable William Shakespeare -- the man so prolific, in so many genres, that we've been served well over 800 films and series that dig into his tomes. But there's another English writer whose also had a massive impact with far fewer -- and far less diverse -- works. She is Jane Austen.
You can't throw a stone into female-centric fare without hitting Austen in some way, shape or form. In the last decade alone, there have been four 'Pride and Prejudice' productions, two treatments of Emma, dalliances into 'Mansfield Park,' 'Northanger Abbey' and 'Persuasion,' not to mention four looks into 'Sense and Sensibility,' including this week's Latina-spinned twist, 'From Prada to Nada.' That's all of her novels getting at least one adaptation, if not multiple stabs,...
- 1/31/2011
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Moviefone
Filed under: Columns, Cinematical
When we think of English writers, we think of the irreplaceable William Shakespeare -- the man so prolific, in so many genres, that we've been served well over 800 films and series that dig into his tomes. But there's another English writer whose also had a massive impact with far fewer -- and far less diverse -- works. She is Jane Austen.
You can't throw a stone into female-centric fare without hitting Austen in some way, shape or form. In the last decade alone, there have been four 'Pride and Prejudice' productions, two treatments of Emma, dalliances into 'Mansfield Park,' 'Northanger Abbey' and 'Persuasion,' not to mention four looks into 'Sense and Sensibility,' including this week's Latina-spinned twist, 'From Prada to Nada.' That's all of her novels getting at least one adaptation, if not multiple stabs,...
When we think of English writers, we think of the irreplaceable William Shakespeare -- the man so prolific, in so many genres, that we've been served well over 800 films and series that dig into his tomes. But there's another English writer whose also had a massive impact with far fewer -- and far less diverse -- works. She is Jane Austen.
You can't throw a stone into female-centric fare without hitting Austen in some way, shape or form. In the last decade alone, there have been four 'Pride and Prejudice' productions, two treatments of Emma, dalliances into 'Mansfield Park,' 'Northanger Abbey' and 'Persuasion,' not to mention four looks into 'Sense and Sensibility,' including this week's Latina-spinned twist, 'From Prada to Nada.' That's all of her novels getting at least one adaptation, if not multiple stabs,...
- 1/31/2011
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
(Roger Michell, above.)
(I interviewed director Roger Michell in 2004, for the release of his film The Mother. This past month, he released his newest, Morning Glory. This article originally appeared in Venice Magazine.)
A Return to Notting Hill with Roger Michell
By Terry Keefe
To see just how diverse a director Roger Michell is, all you need to do is compare the two very different versions of London's Notting Hill district that he has shown us on film. The first was the sizable studio picture, Notting Hill, which starred Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant and which was one of the biggest hits of 1999. A romantic comedy about an ordinary bookstore owner who finds himself in a relationship with a huge movie star, Notting Hill managed to be breezy on its surface level but also deceptively deep in its characterizations. And it also made you want to visit the charming and...
(I interviewed director Roger Michell in 2004, for the release of his film The Mother. This past month, he released his newest, Morning Glory. This article originally appeared in Venice Magazine.)
A Return to Notting Hill with Roger Michell
By Terry Keefe
To see just how diverse a director Roger Michell is, all you need to do is compare the two very different versions of London's Notting Hill district that he has shown us on film. The first was the sizable studio picture, Notting Hill, which starred Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant and which was one of the biggest hits of 1999. A romantic comedy about an ordinary bookstore owner who finds himself in a relationship with a huge movie star, Notting Hill managed to be breezy on its surface level but also deceptively deep in its characterizations. And it also made you want to visit the charming and...
- 12/7/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
With MGM having been approved to begin Chapter 11 reorganization later this month, plans for getting back to work on the James Bond franchise are beginning to firm up over at Eon it would seem.
On Wednesday composer David Arnold, who has scored the last five Bond films, tells FilmMusicMag (via MI6) that he "only just got the news that we’re back on" and he's currently awaiting a script before he can begin work.
Then last night came an interview with Kate Winslet in The Daily Mail where the actress indicated her husband Sam Mendes is still attached to direct.
“Sam is doing the next Bond film, all being well, and we’ll all be in England if that happens. It’s such a massive commitment for him and it’s not fair for him to commute backwards and forwards to New York from London” says Winslet. The article also...
On Wednesday composer David Arnold, who has scored the last five Bond films, tells FilmMusicMag (via MI6) that he "only just got the news that we’re back on" and he's currently awaiting a script before he can begin work.
Then last night came an interview with Kate Winslet in The Daily Mail where the actress indicated her husband Sam Mendes is still attached to direct.
“Sam is doing the next Bond film, all being well, and we’ll all be in England if that happens. It’s such a massive commitment for him and it’s not fair for him to commute backwards and forwards to New York from London” says Winslet. The article also...
- 12/3/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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Conan O’Brien returns to television on November 8th, but his first guest hasn’t been picked yet. Why? Because he needs your votes. Click here to vote for who his first guest on his brand new show should be. Featured candidates include Thomas Pynchon, Lady Gaga, a woman who curates the Nutcracker museum, Justin Bieber, and the entire cast of the live-action Fat Albert film, excluding Kenan Thompson. Don’t let this democratic moment pass you by!
To get you into the Conan O’Brien spirit, he’s a video of the former “Tonight Show” host driving an explosives-filled car off a cliff.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSFbf0f4Ch8
I was wrong when I thought that Woody Allen recording his own...
Conan O’Brien returns to television on November 8th, but his first guest hasn’t been picked yet. Why? Because he needs your votes. Click here to vote for who his first guest on his brand new show should be. Featured candidates include Thomas Pynchon, Lady Gaga, a woman who curates the Nutcracker museum, Justin Bieber, and the entire cast of the live-action Fat Albert film, excluding Kenan Thompson. Don’t let this democratic moment pass you by!
To get you into the Conan O’Brien spirit, he’s a video of the former “Tonight Show” host driving an explosives-filled car off a cliff.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSFbf0f4Ch8
I was wrong when I thought that Woody Allen recording his own...
- 10/26/2010
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Spooks
Sophia Myles ("Thunderbirds," "Moonlight"), Max Brown ("Mistresses," "The Tudors"), Iain Glen ("Lara Croft: Tomb Raider," "Doctor Who"), Simon Russell Beale ("An Ideal Husband," "Persuasion") and Laila Rouass ("Primeval," "Footballers’ Wives") have all joined the upcoming ninth season of the British spy series as cast regulars.
Their roles however have not been specified, nor were returning cast members names mentioned in the press release. The recent eighth season saw the retirement of one and the death (one confirmed, one left uncertain) of two regulars - leaving just four regular cast members still standing.
Photos of filming in Surrey the other week showed both Richard Armitage (Lucas) and Peter Firth (Harry) at work. The big question has been about the return of Hermione Norris (Ros) who seemingly died in the finale. Norris isn't in the photos and is believed to be committed to other projects.
Filming on the series will continue through until mid July.
Sophia Myles ("Thunderbirds," "Moonlight"), Max Brown ("Mistresses," "The Tudors"), Iain Glen ("Lara Croft: Tomb Raider," "Doctor Who"), Simon Russell Beale ("An Ideal Husband," "Persuasion") and Laila Rouass ("Primeval," "Footballers’ Wives") have all joined the upcoming ninth season of the British spy series as cast regulars.
Their roles however have not been specified, nor were returning cast members names mentioned in the press release. The recent eighth season saw the retirement of one and the death (one confirmed, one left uncertain) of two regulars - leaving just four regular cast members still standing.
Photos of filming in Surrey the other week showed both Richard Armitage (Lucas) and Peter Firth (Harry) at work. The big question has been about the return of Hermione Norris (Ros) who seemingly died in the finale. Norris isn't in the photos and is believed to be committed to other projects.
Filming on the series will continue through until mid July.
- 4/29/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
A political radical, as an actor he excelled at playing tortured establishment figures
Corin Redgrave, who has died aged 70, was both a formidable actor and a strenuous political activist. But, while it is fashionably easy to suggest that his career was blighted by his political activities, I suspect his talent was intimately related to his radical political convictions. And, if he enjoyed a golden theatrical rebirth from the late 1980s onwards, it may have had less to do with politics than with his determination to inherit the mantle of his revered father. Before he suffered a severe heart attack in 2005, Redgrave's later years yielded some of his finest work.
Redgrave was born, in London, into the theatrical purple. His father, Sir Michael, was both a great classical actor and a popular film star; his mother, Rachel Kempson, was also a distinguished actor. Educated at Westminster school, Redgrave won a scholarship to King's College,...
Corin Redgrave, who has died aged 70, was both a formidable actor and a strenuous political activist. But, while it is fashionably easy to suggest that his career was blighted by his political activities, I suspect his talent was intimately related to his radical political convictions. And, if he enjoyed a golden theatrical rebirth from the late 1980s onwards, it may have had less to do with politics than with his determination to inherit the mantle of his revered father. Before he suffered a severe heart attack in 2005, Redgrave's later years yielded some of his finest work.
Redgrave was born, in London, into the theatrical purple. His father, Sir Michael, was both a great classical actor and a popular film star; his mother, Rachel Kempson, was also a distinguished actor. Educated at Westminster school, Redgrave won a scholarship to King's College,...
- 4/6/2010
- by Michael Billington
- The Guardian - Film News
Let’s face facts — one, adaptations of films into video games usually suck. And two, no matter how awful the game, sometimes they bring in tons and tons of moolah. Heck, even The New York Times writes about movie-game adaptations!
So let’s take the adaptation idea one step further. How about a book to movie to game adaptation? Aw, heck, somebody’s already been there with Harry Potter. But Freeverse continues the trend with Pride & Prejudice & Zombies for the iPhone, coming this April. Here’s a shot:
What is with that deer? Did it become possessed after getting unhitched from Santa’s sleigh? And deer aside, haven’t we seen this kind of game before? Maybe back in 1988 with Castlevania?
Why is this game being made, you might ask? Probably the same reason Natalie Portman is producing and starring in the film adaptation: money.
See, in the book world,...
So let’s take the adaptation idea one step further. How about a book to movie to game adaptation? Aw, heck, somebody’s already been there with Harry Potter. But Freeverse continues the trend with Pride & Prejudice & Zombies for the iPhone, coming this April. Here’s a shot:
What is with that deer? Did it become possessed after getting unhitched from Santa’s sleigh? And deer aside, haven’t we seen this kind of game before? Maybe back in 1988 with Castlevania?
Why is this game being made, you might ask? Probably the same reason Natalie Portman is producing and starring in the film adaptation: money.
See, in the book world,...
- 3/31/2010
- by Eric Taylor
- GameRant
How does someone show range while keeping each character truthful and believable? Of course that's the ultimate acting question. But to see powerful examples, watch Irish actor Ciarán Hinds in his vast variety of roles. From romantic leads (Captain Wentworth in 1995's "Persuasion" and Mr. Rochester in 1997's "Jane Eyre") to empire-builders (Gaius Julius Caesar in BBC/HBO's series "Rome"), from murderers (Jim Browner in "The Cardboard Box") to cartoon character (Botticelli the rat in "The Tale of Despereaux"), from working with Paul Thomas Anderson ("There Will Be Blood") to an upcoming "Harry Potter" film—there's no doubt he can do it all, while remaining true to each character's nature and each project's style. And that's just screen projects. He was cast by Peter Brook in the six-hour theatre piece "The Mahabharata," then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, performing the title role in Sam Mendes' "Richard III." Hinds also...
- 3/23/2010
- backstage.com
Jane Austen's much beloved matchmaking character Emma Woodhouse has been portrayed by a wide variety of actresses including Alicia Silverstone, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Kate Beckinsale, the latter of whom would probably fare best in the story's latest incarnation: Emma and the Werewolves.
The novel comes out December 8th (it's available now for the Kindle) from Coscom Entertainment, a small press publisher that focuses on superhero books, comics, and monster-themed fiction. The plot for Emma and the Werewolves is described as follows:
As the ever headstrong Ms. Emma Woodhouse schemes and plots as matchmaker, a dark and deadly terror descends upon Highbury. A series of bestial murders fills the residents with fear as the ever mysterious Mr. Knightley leads a secret life, unknown to all, combating evils not of this Earth.
Carnage and destruction reign throughout the land, and though the residents of Highbury try to attend to day-to-day matters as civilly as possible,...
The novel comes out December 8th (it's available now for the Kindle) from Coscom Entertainment, a small press publisher that focuses on superhero books, comics, and monster-themed fiction. The plot for Emma and the Werewolves is described as follows:
As the ever headstrong Ms. Emma Woodhouse schemes and plots as matchmaker, a dark and deadly terror descends upon Highbury. A series of bestial murders fills the residents with fear as the ever mysterious Mr. Knightley leads a secret life, unknown to all, combating evils not of this Earth.
Carnage and destruction reign throughout the land, and though the residents of Highbury try to attend to day-to-day matters as civilly as possible,...
- 12/5/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Being the giant Jane Austen nerd that I am, Sally Hawkins first came to my attention in the Masterpiece Theatre version of Persuasion. From there, I recognized her from her appearances on the sketch comedy show “Little Britain” but it wasn’t until 2008 that she came to more widely known fame with her break-out performance in Happy-go-lucky.
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- 11/5/2009
- by Ronnita Miller
- GordonandtheWhale
Whether you are landed gentry, a common farmer, or a young lady with no parents or prospects, Miss Emma Woodhouse of Highbury will be sure to put you in your place-matrimonially or otherwise. Jane Austen's Emma plays on Book-It Repertory Theatre's stage at the Center House Theatre October 20- November 22.
Jane Austen's fourth novel is a sparkling comedy of 19th-century manners centering on the well-intentioned Emma and her sometimes indiscreet, often misapplied, and always entertaining efforts as matchmaker. Clever, intelligent, and spoiled, Emma takes it upon herself to arrange a suitable marriage for her poor friend Harriet. But despite her advantages, she is oblivious to the true nature of almost everyone around her-including herself-until at last she happily loses her own heart. Austen's deliciously droll descriptions, ironic observations, and generous happy endings are Book-It fan favorites.
Jane Austen was born December 16, 1775 at Steventon near Basingstoke in England,...
Jane Austen's fourth novel is a sparkling comedy of 19th-century manners centering on the well-intentioned Emma and her sometimes indiscreet, often misapplied, and always entertaining efforts as matchmaker. Clever, intelligent, and spoiled, Emma takes it upon herself to arrange a suitable marriage for her poor friend Harriet. But despite her advantages, she is oblivious to the true nature of almost everyone around her-including herself-until at last she happily loses her own heart. Austen's deliciously droll descriptions, ironic observations, and generous happy endings are Book-It fan favorites.
Jane Austen was born December 16, 1775 at Steventon near Basingstoke in England,...
- 10/20/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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With Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opening last week, I thought I’d take a look back at my favorite book to film adaptions. This means I had to have read the book and seen the film, so I can’t weigh in on The Thin Man, though it’s one of my favorite films. I also steered clear of The Prestige because though I’ve read and enjoyed both, they’re so dissimilar it doesn’t really feel like a true adaption. Sorry, no Harry Potter film has made the list. I haven’t felt that any of the films have lived up to the books, even the most recent. But with Julie and Julia and one of my favorite books, The Time Traveler’s Wife coming out next month maybe it will change in the future.
7. Battle Royale
Book by Koushun Takami,...
With Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opening last week, I thought I’d take a look back at my favorite book to film adaptions. This means I had to have read the book and seen the film, so I can’t weigh in on The Thin Man, though it’s one of my favorite films. I also steered clear of The Prestige because though I’ve read and enjoyed both, they’re so dissimilar it doesn’t really feel like a true adaption. Sorry, no Harry Potter film has made the list. I haven’t felt that any of the films have lived up to the books, even the most recent. But with Julie and Julia and one of my favorite books, The Time Traveler’s Wife coming out next month maybe it will change in the future.
7. Battle Royale
Book by Koushun Takami,...
- 7/23/2009
- by Megan Lehar
- The Scorecard Review
With the soon-to-be-published novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies the subject of a movie rights bidding war in Hollywood, another Jane Austen "mash-up," Pride and Predator, is in the works. Variety reports that none other than Sir Elton John and partner David Furnish's Rocket Pictures are putting the sci-fi/period drama movie into production later this year in London. Newcomer Will Clark will direct from a script he co-wrote.
Furnish will also act as producer:
"It felt like a fresh and funny way to blow apart the done-to-death Jane Austen genre by literally dropping this alien into the middle of a costume drama, where he stalks and slashes to horrific effect." With so much horror/sci fi attention given to Austen's novels, we're sure a Sense and Sensibility and Aliens or Persuasion of the Living Dead won't be far away.
Next Showing:
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Elton John | David Furnish...
Furnish will also act as producer:
"It felt like a fresh and funny way to blow apart the done-to-death Jane Austen genre by literally dropping this alien into the middle of a costume drama, where he stalks and slashes to horrific effect." With so much horror/sci fi attention given to Austen's novels, we're sure a Sense and Sensibility and Aliens or Persuasion of the Living Dead won't be far away.
Next Showing:
Link | Posted 2/18/2009 by Ryan
Elton John | David Furnish...
- 2/18/2009
- by Ryan Gowland
- Reelzchannel.com
So there's a lot of Sally Hawkins in her new character. Poppy, the heroine of Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky, is effervescent and adventurous and, yes, happy in a deliberate, thoughtful way. So too, Hawkins speaks colorfully and thoughtfully, her voice bubbling, her sentences laced with lovely and gorgeous, as are Poppy's. Most actors bring varying degrees of themselves to their characters, but Hawkins was integral to the creation of Poppy. In Leigh's process, the actors improvise their characters for several months before shooting begins — and even up to the moment of shooting — so they know exactly how to respond truthfully in each scene. Leigh fans will recognize Hawkins from her portrayal of the friendly neighborhood tart in All or Nothing and as the primly nervous upper-class girl who gets the safe abortion in Vera Drake. Jane Austen aficionados could appreciate Persuasion anew in its PBS broadcast earlier this year, when Hawkins took on the steadfast,...
- 12/11/2008
- by Dany Margolies
- backstage.com
Bond Director Quits
South African movie maker Roger Michell has walked away from the chance to take charge of his first James Bond film after talks with producers fell through. The Notting Hill director was slated to make his 007 debut with the tentatively titled Bond 22 - actor Daniel Craig's planned second film as the superspy. But "creative differences" have prompted the South African to give up on the project. His departure poses a problem for the Bond producers because they already have a release date for the next 007 film - May 2, 2008. Michell is most well-known for the Julia Roberts-Hugh Grant hit Notting Hill and the acclaimed Jane Austen adaptation Persuasion.
- 8/11/2006
- WENN
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