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Doctor Who: The End of Time – the verdict
25 December 2009 11:00 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
There's little room for Christmas jollity when you have several series' worth of stories to complete. So how did the Doctor do?
This year's Christmas Doctor Who was never going to pause and sniff the mulled wine. There are stories that need completing, fireworks to set up; the End of Time means No End of Plot. We've had the Ood – I find them harder to take seriously since seeing the cover of Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, but maybe that's just me – prophesying doom. We've had a ghostly Claire Bloom talking in riddles to Bernard Cribbins. We've had the Doctor facing up to death with enough fear in his eyes to make you almost forget about them filming his next incarnation. We've had one very sinister close-up of Timothy Dalton. Most of all, we've had John Simm's Master, brought most of the way back to life with unpredictable »
- Peter Robins
Russell Directing 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'?
15 December 2009 1:54 AM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Last week, Natalie Portman was linked to the adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which, like the companion piece, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, is exactly what it sounds like. And Portman will co-produce, an indication that she's starting to expand her horizons a bit. This could be a project to keep your eye on.
And now the film may have just added a perfect piece of volaility. Pajiba reports that David O. Russell, a director actors either love or want to strangle, has been mentioned as the leading candidate to helm Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Russell is probably best known for his tantrums, unfortunately, because Three Kings and I Heart Huckabees - though they reportedly did have their share of tantrums - are awfully good movies. The guy knows what he's doing. »
- Colin Boyd
Portman in ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’
11 December 2009 8:09 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Natalie Portman is set to star in and produce Lionsgate’s adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies based on the best-selling book by Seth Grahame-Smith. Jane Austen’s name is also tacked on the cover of the novel, but he basically used her characters to tell a flesh-eating zombie adventure.
Variety describes it an expanded version of the Austen classic, the book tells the timeless story of a woman’s quest for love and independence amid the outbreak of a deadly virus that turns the undead into vicious killers. Portman will play Elizabeth Bennet.
This is why I love Natalie Portman, aside from the obvious aesthetic qualities and her rapping ability. While other actresses her age are popping up in an endless stream of period pieces (I’m looking at you Keira Knightley), Portman is doing a zombie movie set in the Jane Austen world of proper attire and mild-mannered ladies. »
- Jeff Leins
Natalie Portman to star in 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies': Jane Austen's Hollywood career rolls on
11 December 2009 10:00 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
It was probably inevitable, but I'm still amused by the latest Jane Austen news (and that there is always fresh "Jane Austen news" is also kind of fun): Natalie Portman has signed on to produce and star in an adaptation of this year's Austen mash-up by Seth Graehme, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Portman will play Elizabeth Bennet, who in this version will be fighting the undead as she simultaneously romances the arrogant Mr. Darcy. When Emma Thompson won an Oscar for her screenplay for Sense and Sensibility in 1996, she joked in her acceptance speech that she'd stopped by »
- Kerrie Mitchell
'Pride And Prejudice And Zombies' Marks The Dawn Of Zombified Literary Classics!
11 December 2009 9:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Seth Grahame-Smith is a smart man. He took something that millions already love and he widened its appeal. No easy task. Yet that's exactly what he accomplished with "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," cleverly introducing the living dead into Jane Austen's story of a young woman's search for love and independence in early 19th century England. It's a remarkable effort on Grahame-Smith's part and a seamless fusion in its execution. And now it's going to be turned into a movie, produced by and starring Natalie Portman.
I think it's universally agreed that the presence of zombies elevates any work of fiction. The popularity of "Zombies" led to another Austen remix, Ben H. Winters' "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters," but I think it's folly to shift the focus away from the walking dead. So with the Portman/adaptation news hitting the trades today, I got to thinking. What other »
- Adam Rosenberg
Pride And Prejudice And Zombies: The Movie
11 December 2009 4:51 AM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
Natalie Portman is being lined up to star in Seth Grahame-Smith’s literary-mash up Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Is this blasphemy, irritating or good fun? For those of you who haven’t heard, last year saw a new craze take over the publishing world. You take a classic novel (such as Jane Austen’s much loved book) and add horror elements. Austen, also, had her Sense and Sensibility turned into Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.
Is it all a good-natured lark or a bit too high concept? Alas, it seems the potential has tickled Portman’s funny bone. Writer Grahame-Smith added zombie fighting scenes to over 80 % of the text. Now, you can read all about Elizabeth Bennett kicking zombie arse as well as undergoing her torrid emotional battle with Mr. Darcy.
As a movie, this could make way for an irreverent and hilarious comedy. There’s no point »
- Martyn Conterio
Natalie Portman Gets Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
11 December 2009 2:38 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
The well-mannered undead really are moving from the bookstore into the theater now. Surprise publishing sensation Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a clever mash up of a Jane Austen classic and, well, zombies, had been at the center of a studio bidding war, and was recently (falsely) rumored to be the basis for an upcoming TV mini-series.
The project now appears to be decisively back on course for the big screen with Natalie Portman in the leading role of Elizabeth Bennet, who turns to zombie-slaying when an undead-raising plague disrupts her quest for love and independence. Annette Savitch, a co-producer for the movie, offered some insight on their interest in the project:
Natalie and I are longtime passionate fans of Jane Austen's books and this a fresh, fun and thought-provoking way to approach her work. The idea of zombies running rampant in 19th Century England may sound odd, but »
- Bill Stouffer
Hugh Grant`s jokey claims about female co-stars
10 December 2009 3:40 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Drew Barrymore 'hates' him, Emma Thompson is 'as mad as a chair' and Renée Zellweger is a 'very good kisser', according to a 'far from sane' Hugh Grant, who jokingly made the claims in a recent magazine interview. Asked to describe his co-stars using just three adjectives, the British actor said that his Four Weddings And A Funeral leading lady Andie MacDowell is '[a] Southern belle. Charming. Gorgeous', his Sense And Sensibility co-star Emma Thompson is 'clever, funny, mad as a chair' and he described Bridget Jones star Zellweger as 'delightful, also far from sane. Very good kisser'. Sandra Bullock, who played Grant’s assistant in Two Weeks Notice, is according to the Love Actually star 'a genius. »
- Marissa Charles
Keira Knightley Is "My Fair Lady"...
8 December 2009 4:41 PM, PST | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
Actress Keira "Pride And Prejudice" Knightley will play 'Eliza Doolittle' in the upcoming remake of the 1964 musical feature "My Fair Lady".
The original film was based on the stage musical "My Fair Lady", adapted from the play "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw, who was inspired by a play by classic Greek author Ovid.
The new screenplay is written by Emma "Sense And Sensibility" Thompson.
"...In London, 'Henry Higgins', an arrogant, irascible, misogynistic professor of phonetics, believes it is the accent and tone of one's voice which determines a person's prospects in society.
He boasts to new acquaintance 'Colonel Hugh Pickering', that he can teach any woman to speak so "properly" that he could pass her off as a duchess at an embassy ball, pointing to a young flower seller in the street called 'Eliza Doolittle', who has a strong Cockney accent..."
Pickering bets Higgins that it can't be done.
Inspired by the challenge, »
- Michael Stevens
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and TV Movies
30 November 2009 1:56 PM, PST | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
Seth Grahame-Smith's book, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! has been on the 'make me into a movie' market for quite some time. While nothing has been officially announced, a new Twitter account named @PrideandZombies went up over the holiday weekend announcing that the book will be made into a 6 Part TV series. Hit the jump for more and a full teaser image. Check out the tweets from @PrideandZombies. Unfortunately, this is all the info we have at the moment, we'll let you know as soon as we have more. Now I'm just holding out for SyFy's TV movie version of Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. As guests fled in every »
Celebrity Biography: Allison Mack
30 November 2009 5:58 AM, PST | PopStar | See recent PopStar news »
Allison Mack, the American actress, singer, and dancer, was born on July 29, 1982 in Preetz, Germany. Her American-born parents, Mindy and Jonathan Mack, moved to Germany when Jonathan, an opera singer, took a job there. They returned home to Long Beach, California when Allison was two years old. She has an older brother, Shannon, and a younger sister named Robyn, who attends the prestigious Orange County High School of the Arts in Santa Ana, California. Mindy Mack knew her daughter was made for T.V. At the age of four, Allison began her career in a commercial for "German Chocolate." After appearing in print ads and various other commercials, she began a short career as a model. She was drawn more to acting, however, and began studying at The Young Actors Space in Los Angeles at the age of seven. Allison's first major T.V. role was in an episode of »
- jmaurer@corp.popstar.com (Jennifer Maurer)
Kate Winslet 'worth £60m' to UK economy
9 November 2009 4:12 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
UK Film Council estimates actor's value based on factors including her salary as well as her films' effect on British tourism and UK-based film production
She has been appraised and audited and metaphorically slapped with a price tag. It's official: Kate Winslet, the Oscar-winning star of The Reader, is worth a grand total of £60m to the British economy.
Winslet, 34, is the first actor to be audited in a bold new venture by the UK Film Council, designed to calculate the exact value of the industry's stars. Jokingly referred to as the "Winslet algorithm", it bases its findings on a number of factors, from Winslet's basic salary through to the "general promotional effect" that her films have on British tourism.
The formula calculated that the actor had earned £20m from her acting roles since starring in Sense and Sensibility back in 1995. However, it also credits her stardom as a key »
- Xan Brooks
Ang Lee's kids encouraged him to take drugs
2 November 2009 2:52 PM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Ang Lee's children encouraged him to take drugs.
The 'Sense and Sensibility' director - who says he has tried cannabis - said his two sons told him he "must try" hallucinogenic mushrooms while researching his sixties music film 'Taking Woodstock'.
Lee said: "I was tempted to do it, but I couldn't take it. One smoke of pot and I fall asleep. I don't get much out of it. But that's beside the point. My kids were saying, 'Daddy, you have to try!'"
Lee - who also directed 'Hulk' and indie hit 'The Ice Storm' - said that he was "almost embarrassed" to admit he had never tried Lsd, but told his sons - aged 25 and 19 - that he refused to go "method" for the film, which features a scene with characters high on the drug.
He said: "I said, 'Listen, I didn't go through a »
- Paul
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Gets a Sequel
31 October 2009 8:24 PM, PDT | HugAZombie | See recent HugAZombie news »
Quirk Books, the genuises behind Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, have announced a new addition to their literary mash-up library: Dawn of the Dreadfuls, a preguel to P&P&Z written by mystery writer Steve Hockensmith rather than P&P&Z's Seth Grahame-Smith.
Dawn of the Dreadfuls will follow Elizabeth Bennett as she evolves from "from an innocent teenager to a deadly slayer of zombies," says Quirk editor Jason Rekulak. Dreadfuls will differ itself from the other mash-ups in that it will be a "completely original novel inspired by Austen’s characters” and won't be weighed down by Jane Austen's blather.
A totally new book won't be a problem for Hockensmith, says Rekulak. "Hockensmith is no stranger to literary mashups; he does these great Sherlock Holmesian westerns."
Dreadfuls will begin at a funeral where the Bennett sisters' father learns of the zombie »
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Keira Knightley to Star in “My Fair Lady” Remake
27 October 2009 2:33 AM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
According to Telegraph.co.uk, Keira Knightley (Pirates of the Caribbean) has won the role of Eliza Doolittle in a new film adaptation of “My Fair Lady.”
Scarlett Johansson was also up for the lead role, but the site reported that Joe Wright has come on to direct, and it seems that Wright has gone with Knightley, who he directed in “Pride & Prejudice” and “Atonement” to star.
Academy Award-winner Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility) is writing the screenplay. Daniel Craig is also being mentioned as a possibility to play Professor Henry Higgins.
Knightley, the 24-year-old actress, last starred in “The Duchess” and has a few new upcoming roles, including in William Monahan’s “London Boulevard.”
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- Allan Ford
Keira Knightley: My Fair Lady
25 October 2009 1:48 PM, PDT | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »
Actress Keira "Pride And Prejudice" Knightley will play 'Eliza Doolittle' in the upcoming remake of the 1964 classic musical My Fair Lady, for director Joe "Atonement" Wright. The original movie was based on the musical My Fair Lady, adapted from the play Pygmalion by author George Bernard Shaw, in turn inspired by a play by the Greek author Ovid. The new screenplay is written by Emma "Sense And Sensibility" Thompson. "...In London, 'Henry Higgins', an arrogant, irascible, misogynistic professor of phonetics, believes that it is the accent and tone of one's voice which determines a person's prospects in society. He boasts to a new acquaintance, 'Colonel Hugh Pickering', himself an expert in phonetics, that he can teach any woman to speak so "properly" that he could pass her off as a duchess at an embassy ball, citing, as an example, a young flower seller called 'Eliza Doolittle', who has a strong Cockney accent. »
Keira Knightley and Director Joe Wright Confirmed For The Remake of My Fair Lady
25 October 2009 12:31 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
From the annals of remakes we don’t really care about: Actress Keira Knightley, who has been informally attached to the remake of 1964’s classic musical “My Fair Lady” for nearly two years, is now formally attached along with her “Atonement” director Joe Wright who will helm the project. The coveted role of Eliza Doolittle, made famous in George Cukor’s film by the great Audrey Hepburn, will go to Knightley despite rumors that Scarlett Johansson was being considered for the part by the film’s producers. Details after the jump.
Back in June of 2008 we told you that producers Sir Cameron Mackintosh and Duncan Kenworthy were in the process of remaking “My Fair Lady” and that Keira Knightley was already polishing up on her cockney accent to play the lead in the film. The plan was to make a faithful adaptation of the award-winning 1964 version - songs, score and »
- Nicole Pedersen
Book-It brings Emma to the Center House Theatre 10/20
20 October 2009 2:30 AM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
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, »
Adriana Barraza, Camilla Belle, Wilmer Valderrama To Star In Latin "Sense And Sensibility"
16 October 2009 2:24 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
Latin actors Adriana Barraza, Camilla Belle, Wilmer Valderrama, Kuno Becker, and Alexa Vega are set to star in an upcoming English-language Mexican-u.S. co-production film "From Prada to Nada."
Fina Torres, the Cannes Golden Camer-winner and Alma-nominated director, will be helming the contemporary take of the Jane Austen classic "Sense and Sensibility."
The Odd Lot Entertainment, Lionsgate, and Videocine film will follow the tale of two spoiled sisters who, after the sudden death of their father, are left penniless. They are forced to move in with their estranged aunt in East Los Angeles, where they ultimately find romance, as well as love for their culture.
Torres co-wrote the script with Luis Alfaro.
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Camilla Belle goes from Prada To Nada
16 October 2009 12:44 AM, PDT | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
Jane Austen is enjoying yet another renaissance - first her stories have been invaded by zombies and now they're getting a Latina make-over. Prada To Nada will take the basic story of Sense And Sensibility, shove it into modern day Los Angeles and follow two spoiled sisters who are left without a dime when their father dies. They're forced to move in with their aunt in East La and end up discovering true love - both for a couple of men and for their own culture. 10,000 BC's Camilla Belle, Spy Kids' Alexa Vega (above) and Drag Me To...
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- James White
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