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J.J. Feild Cast In AMC Pilot ‘Turn’, Rory Scovel In TBS’ ‘Ground Floor’
20 March 2013 6:42 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
British actor J.J. Feild (Captain America: The First Avenger) has been cast in AMC‘s pilot Turn. Written by Craig Silverstein based on the book Washington’s Spies and directed by Rupert Wyatt, Turn is set in the summer of 1778 and tells the story of New York farmer Abe Woodhull (Jamie Bell), who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence. Feild will play Major John Andre, head of British counterintelligence in the Revolutionary War. Andre’s brand of spy craft involves turning assets through seduction, bribery, and manipulation. Feild, repped by Mosaic, UTA, Roger Charteris in the UK and attorney Steve Younger, stars opposite Keri Russell in Austenland, which premiered at Sundance and was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics. He also stars in Not Safe For Work. Rory Scovel »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
Austenland Poster with Keri Russell
11 February 2013 11:55 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The first poster has arrived for Austenland, director Jerusha Hess' romantic comedy that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last month. The film marks Jerusha Hess' directorial debut, after writing comedies such as Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre, and Gentlemen Broncos with her husband Jared Hess. Keri Russell stars as Jane Hayes, a woman who is obsessed with the work of Jane Austen, particularly the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. She heads to a theme park based on the author's work to find her perfect man. FilmDistrict will release Austenland later this year, although a specific release date has not been determined yet.
Austenland comes to theaters in 2013 and stars Keri Russell, Jj Feild, Jennifer Coolidge, Bret McKenzie, Georgia King, James Callis, Jane Seymour, Ricky Whittle. The film is directed by Jerusha Hess. »
- MovieWeb
Sony Classics Worldwide Acquisitions nabs 'Austenland'
21 January 2013 8:20 PM, PST | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Austenland, the Sundance Film Festival entry starring Keri Russell as an obsessive Jane Austen fan who spends her life savings to visit a “fantasy camp” in England that recreates the period’s gender and social mores, was acquired by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions. Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Seymour, Jj Feild, and Bret McKenzie also star.
“We loved making this movie and were fortunate enough to screen it at Sundance,” said producer Stephenie Meyer (Twilight) and director Jerusha Hess in a joint statement. “The fact that Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions and Sony Pictures Classics has chosen to distribute Austenland is beyond our »
- Jeff Labrecque
Keri Russell's 'Austenland' getting national release through Sony Classics
21 January 2013 8:19 PM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Keri Russell has another potential Sundance hit on her hands. Six years after the debut of her indie breakout "Waitress" at the 2007 edition of the Park City festival, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has acquired "Austenland" (review), a comedy in which the actress stars as a "Pride and Prejudice"-obsessed woman who travels to a Jane Austen-themed resort to find the "perfect gentleman." According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony acquired the Jerusha Hess-directed film for north of $4 million following a fierce bidding war. Based on the book by Shannon Hale (who co-scripted with Hess) and co-starring Jj Feild and Jennifer Coolidge, »
- HitFix Staff
Sundance 2013: Stephenie Meyer-Produced 'Austenland' Booked by Spwa and Spc
21 January 2013 7:35 PM, PST | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
One of the earliest dramatic competition films to screen at Sundance this year, Jerusha’s Hess’ “Austenland” has finally landed with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, with Sony Pictures Classics set to distribute Stateside. The target of multiple bids since its world premiere Friday afternoon at the Eccles Theatre, the comedy features Keri Russell as a woman obsessed with Mr. Darcy from the recent film version of “Pride & Prejudice” who’s on a trip to an English resort all about the work of Jane Austen. Spwa has taken worldwide rights. Jj Feild, Bret McKenzie. Jennifer Coolidge, Georgia King and James Callis co-star in the film, which is noteworthy as the first independent producing effort of “Twilight” author Stephenie Meyer. Gina Mingacci also produced. Hess, making her directorial debut, wrote the screenplay with Shannon Hale, on whose book the film is based. Hess was in the Park City fest with “Napoleon »
- Jay A. Fernandez and Anne Thompson
Sundance '13 Review: Austenland
21 January 2013 3:30 PM, PST | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Director: Jerusha Hess
Screenwriters: Jerusha Hess and Shannon Hale
Cast: Keri Russell, Jennifer Coolidge, Bret McKenzie, Jj Feild, James Callis, Georgia King, and Jane Seymour.
Official Synopsis: Jane’s life-size paper doll of Mr. Darcy and her “I Love Darcy” tote may be tattered, but even in her thirties, she hasn’t grown out of her obsession with all things Jane Austen. Careworn by love, she saves enough to fulfill her dream of stepping into Austen’s world and heads to Austenland for an “immersive” vacation to eschew all things modern. And it couldn’t be more perfect. There’s an imposing manor with verdant grounds for afternoon promenades, rosy-faced servants, trusty steeds for hunting expeditions, gilded drawing rooms for evenings spent in polite conversation, and, yes, gallant young suitors. Unfortunately, due to limited funds, she’s relegated to lesser quarters and drearier costumes than fellow bachelorette guests, but her »
- Eli Reyes
Sundance 2013: FilmDistrict, Exclusive Releasing may land Austenland starring Keri Russell. Poster and images!
21 January 2013 2:46 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
FilmDistrict and Exclusive Releasing are close to acquiring Jerusha Hess's Austenland starring Keri Russell, Jj Feild and Jennifer Coolidge. According to Variety, they would split distribution of the film produced by Stephenie Meyer (Twilight) 50/50 worldwide. Gina Mingacci also produced the film alongside Meyer's Fickle Fish Films. Dan Levinson and Robert Fernandez serve as executive producers via Moxie Pictures. Bret McKenzie, Jennifer Coolidge and Jane Seymour also star in the adaption of author Shannon Hale's novel. In Austenland, a woman who's obsessed with the BBC production of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, goes to a theme parke and searches for her perfect gentleman. »
Sundance 2013: FilmDistrict, Exclusive Releasing may land Austenland starring Keri Russell. Poster and images!
21 January 2013 2:46 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
FilmDistrict and Exclusive Releasing are close to acquiring Jerusha Hess's Austenland starring Keri Russell, Jj Feild and Jennifer Coolidge. According to Variety, they would split distribution of the film produced by Stephenie Meyer (Twilight) 50/50 worldwide. Gina Mingacci also produced the film alongside Meyer's Fickle Fish Films. Dan Levinson and Robert Fernandez serve as executive producers via Moxie Pictures. Bret McKenzie, Jennifer Coolidge and Jane Seymour also star in the adaption of author Shannon Hale's novel. In Austenland, a woman who's obsessed with the BBC production of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, goes to a theme parke and searches for her perfect gentleman. »
Sundance film festival 2013: Austenland - first look review
21 January 2013 1:08 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
This lively comedy about two American women's fixation with all things Austen is a warm, literate treat, but it suffers from a less than immaculate structure
After the breakout success of Bridesmaids, one could have been forgiven for expecting a slew of cash-ins, but, unusually for Hollywood, little more in the way of female-friendly comic entertainment has so far emerged. The indie world, however, is taking up the slack, and after last year's word-of-mouth hit Bachelorette, Sundance this year premiered a bigger, broader and slightly more mainstream bid for the chick-flick dollar with Austenland – a little shrill at times but fun, warm and, for once, making great play of an almost entirely female-focused cast.
Based on the novel by Shannon Hale, it stars Keri Russell as Jane Hayes, a 30-something single girl with an unhealthy obsession with the Regency world of Jane Austen. In a last-ditch bid to get this out of her system, »
- Damon Wise
Austenland | Sundance 2013 Review
20 January 2013 4:00 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
Jane Austen Will Have Her Revenge: Hess’ Debut a Pandering, Middle Class Courting Cipher
Jerusha Hess, screenwriter of Napoleon Dynamite, which her brother Jared Hess directed, turns her to sights to the adaptation of Shannon Hale’s successful novel, Austenland for her directorial debut. If 2007’s The Jane Austen Book Club didn’t feel enough like a resolutely ridiculous enough caper to the insane Austen mania that’s had book clubs and perennial film adaptations going strong for several decades, Hess’ film confirms the disturbing social tendencies reinforced by these mob think Austen obsessions on display here. Instead of exploring some of the subtext of what’s really going on here though, Hess rides the film into broad romantic territory. While there’s certainly an audience for this corrosive reinforcement of gender norms, for those that have been clued in to the cruel crookery of what real love looks like »
- Nicholas Bell
Keri Russell and producer Stephenie Meyer talk 'Austenland' at Sundance: Video
20 January 2013 2:32 PM, PST | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
“Gigolos in top hats.” That’s a delightful way to describe the Mr. Darcy-types in Austenland, a comedy from first-time director Jerusha Hess (cowriter of Napoleon Dynamite) that stars Keri Russell as a woman who spends her last dime to visit a resort where Jane Austen fans go to role-play. Russell and Hess, along with producer Stephenie Meyer and costars Jj Field and Flight of the Conchords Bret McKenzie, stopped by EW’s Sundance interview lounge today to talk about the film — and the possibility of a Twilight resort — with Anthony Breznican.
Be sure to bookmark EW’s Sundance hub »
- Mandi Bierly
'Twilight' Writer's Next Project
20 January 2013 10:46 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Park City, Utah — Stephenie Meyer knows all about obsessive fans. So it makes sense that the "Twilight" author should produce a movie about a woman who takes another writer's work a little too much to heart.
Meyer is a producer on the Sundance Film Festival premiere "Austenland," adapted from her friend Shannon Hale's novel that follows the romantic misadventures of a Jane Austen devotee.
"Austenland" stars Keri Russell as a woman named Jane who is so fanatical about the "Pride and Prejudice" author's fiction that she blows her life savings to visit an Austen-themed British resort. Jane is so fixated on finding her own Austen-style suitor that she has a life-size cut-out of Colin Firth as aloof suitor Mr. Darcy in a BBC production of "Pride and Prejudice."
"I have seen firsthand fanatic fans, passionate people who want to live in that world so badly, who want to be a part of it, »
- AP
Meet the Sundance Filmmakers #18: 'Napoleon Dynamite' Co-writer Jerusha Hess Makes Her Directorial Debut With 'Austenland'
11 January 2013 8:15 AM, PST | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Jerusha Hess first made her mark at Sundance with "Napoleon Dynamite," which she co-wrote. She was also the film's costume designer. Since then, the Salt Lake City resident has co-written the screenplays for "Nacho Libre" and "Gentlemen Broncos" with her husband, Jared Hess. "Austenland" marks her directorial debut. It stars Keri Russell, Jennifer Coolidge and Jj Feild. What It's About: "An obsessed Jane Austen fan lives out her fantasy at an 'Austen' themed resort. There she navigates the delicate line between fantasy and reality and discovers what she really wants." What's It Really About: "It's a story about wish fulfillment -- about that thing you've always wanted and when you get it, it's not what you expected. But really truly it's just a very fun rom com." My Biggest Challenge: "It has been a joy throughout but the biggest challenge for me was balancing my »
- Indiewire
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