Savannah, Georgia is an appropriate setting for a conversation with filmmaker Emerald Fennell about her newest film “Saltburn,” which follows an Oxford student who becomes enmeshed with a wealthy classmate’s eccentric family during a summer at their country estate. “It’s fully Gothic, especially at Halloween, so it’s really my favorite kind of place,” said the director to IndieWire during a recent interview. Though, in an interview setting that featured walls that alternated between hard, slate gray panels, and thin, beaming bars of fluorescent lighting, Fennell joked that the whole thing felt a bit like “a ‘John Wick’ interrogation.”
In town to accept the Spotlight Director Award at the Scad Savannah Film Festival, Fennell denied feeling a daunting amount of pressure around what to follow up her Academy Award-winning debut “Promising Young Woman” with. “I usually have a few things going on, but I don’t write them down.
In town to accept the Spotlight Director Award at the Scad Savannah Film Festival, Fennell denied feeling a daunting amount of pressure around what to follow up her Academy Award-winning debut “Promising Young Woman” with. “I usually have a few things going on, but I don’t write them down.
- 11/16/2023
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Realm, the world’s largest scripted podcast network with over 140 shows and 3500 hours of audio entertainment, today announced a new podcast hosted and narrated by award-winning comedian and voice talent Alison Larkin.
Each season of The Jane Austen Podcast with Alison Larkin will feature an Austen novel, beginning with the seminal Pride & Prejudice. Through reflections, commentary, and her own personal stories, Larkin showcases both her talent as a charming vocal performer and strength as a writer-comedian in every episode. The Jane Austen Podcast with Alison Larkin also features chats with actors, writers, and other interesting people who have one thing in common: a passionate love for Jane Austen. Everyone from die-hard fans to first-time listeners will find something delightful – and relatable – at every turn.
Larkin said: “I love bringing the classics to a modern audience in fun, new ways. So, when Realm approached me about hosting and co-creating a...
Each season of The Jane Austen Podcast with Alison Larkin will feature an Austen novel, beginning with the seminal Pride & Prejudice. Through reflections, commentary, and her own personal stories, Larkin showcases both her talent as a charming vocal performer and strength as a writer-comedian in every episode. The Jane Austen Podcast with Alison Larkin also features chats with actors, writers, and other interesting people who have one thing in common: a passionate love for Jane Austen. Everyone from die-hard fans to first-time listeners will find something delightful – and relatable – at every turn.
Larkin said: “I love bringing the classics to a modern audience in fun, new ways. So, when Realm approached me about hosting and co-creating a...
- 5/23/2023
- Podnews.net
Make no mistake: filmmaker and theater director Carrie Cracknell is a Jane Austen super-fan. Like many Brits, she spent her teenage years consuming the beloved author’s work, first at school — her first Austen, assigned by a beloved teacher: “Pride and Prejudice” — followed by a self-assigned journey through the rest of Austen’s oeuvre, plus the requisite repeated watchings of iconic cinematic adaptations. The Jennifer Ehle- and Colin Firth-starring “Pride and Prejudice” miniseries? Cracknell estimates she watched it “seven times, back to back” as a teen.
“I’ve always found the combination of this proto-feminism, of these women trying to make sense of the world that they’re trapped in, but also the romanticism and the kind of utter joy and the warmth of her storytelling, to be a really compelling combination,” Cracknell said in a recent interview with IndieWire. “It was one of the backdrops of growing up for me.
“I’ve always found the combination of this proto-feminism, of these women trying to make sense of the world that they’re trapped in, but also the romanticism and the kind of utter joy and the warmth of her storytelling, to be a really compelling combination,” Cracknell said in a recent interview with IndieWire. “It was one of the backdrops of growing up for me.
- 6/28/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Actress Felicity Jones, aka 'Jyn Erso' in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" (2016) poses for "The Glass" magazine, photographed by Gavin Bond:
Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009)...
..."The Tempest" (2010), "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014), "The Theory of Everything" (2014) and "True Story" (2015).
In 2016, Jones starred in "Inferno", "A Monster Calls" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as 'Jyn Erso'...
...winning the 'BAFTA Britannia Award' for 'British Artist of the Year'.
Click the images to enlarge... ...
Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009)...
..."The Tempest" (2010), "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014), "The Theory of Everything" (2014) and "True Story" (2015).
In 2016, Jones starred in "Inferno", "A Monster Calls" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as 'Jyn Erso'...
...winning the 'BAFTA Britannia Award' for 'British Artist of the Year'.
Click the images to enlarge... ...
- 2/6/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Actress Felicity Jones, aka 'Jyn Erso' in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" (2016) poses for "The Glass" magazine, photographed by Gavin Bond:
Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009)...
..."The Tempest" (2010), "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014), "The Theory of Everything" (2014) and "True Story" (2015).
In 2016, Jones starred in "Inferno", "A Monster Calls" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as 'Jyn Erso'...
...winning the 'BAFTA Britannia Award' for 'British Artist of the Year'.
Click the images to enlarge...
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Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009)...
..."The Tempest" (2010), "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014), "The Theory of Everything" (2014) and "True Story" (2015).
In 2016, Jones starred in "Inferno", "A Monster Calls" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as 'Jyn Erso'...
...winning the 'BAFTA Britannia Award' for 'British Artist of the Year'.
Click the images to enlarge...
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- 1/29/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Actress Felicity Jones, aka 'Jyn Erso' in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" (2016) poses for "The Glass" magazine, photographed by Gavin Bond:
Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009)...
..."The Tempest" (2010), "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014), "The Theory of Everything" (2014) and "True Story" (2015).
In 2016, Jones starred in "Inferno", "A Monster Calls" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as 'Jyn Erso'...
...winning the 'BAFTA Britannia Award' for 'British Artist of the Year'.
Click the images to enlarge... ...
Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009)...
..."The Tempest" (2010), "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014), "The Theory of Everything" (2014) and "True Story" (2015).
In 2016, Jones starred in "Inferno", "A Monster Calls" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as 'Jyn Erso'...
...winning the 'BAFTA Britannia Award' for 'British Artist of the Year'.
Click the images to enlarge... ...
- 12/13/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Take a look at new images of actress Felicity Jones, aka 'Jyn Erso' in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", posing for the Summer 2021 issue of "The Glass" magazine, photographed by Gavin Bond:
Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009)...
..."The Tempest" (2010), "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014), "The Theory of Everything" (2014) and "True Story" (2015).
In 2016, Jones starred in "Inferno", "A Monster Calls" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as 'Jyn Erso'...
...winning the 'BAFTA Britannia Award' for 'British Artist of the Year'.
Click the images to enlarge... ...
Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009)...
..."The Tempest" (2010), "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014), "The Theory of Everything" (2014) and "True Story" (2015).
In 2016, Jones starred in "Inferno", "A Monster Calls" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as 'Jyn Erso'...
...winning the 'BAFTA Britannia Award' for 'British Artist of the Year'.
Click the images to enlarge... ...
- 7/28/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Sneak Peek new images of Brit actress Felicity Jones ("Rogue One: A Star Wars Story") in The Sunday Times Style Magazine (UK) , photographed by Ben Weller:
Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009), "The Tempest" (2010), "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014), "The Theory of Everything" (2014) and "True Story" (2015).
In 2016, Jones starred in "Inferno", "A Monster Calls" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as 'Jyn Erso', winning the 'BAFTA Britannia Award' for 'British Artist of the Year'.
Click the images to enlarge... ...
Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009), "The Tempest" (2010), "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014), "The Theory of Everything" (2014) and "True Story" (2015).
In 2016, Jones starred in "Inferno", "A Monster Calls" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as 'Jyn Erso', winning the 'BAFTA Britannia Award' for 'British Artist of the Year'.
Click the images to enlarge... ...
- 12/18/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Take a look at new images of actress Felicity Jones, aka 'Jyn Erso' in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", posing for "Porter Edit" magazine, wearing Versace, Givenchy and a whole lot more, photographed by Matthew Sprout:
Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The "Treasure Seekers" (1996). She went on to play 'Ethel Hallow' for one season in the television series "The Worst Witch" and its sequel "Weirdsister College".
Since 2006 Jones has appeared in numerous films, including "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009) and "The Tempest" (2010). Her performance in the 2011 film "Like Crazy" was met with critical acclaim...
...earning her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 'Sundance Film Festival'.
In 2014, Jones' performance as 'Jane Wilde Hawking' in "The Theory of Everything" was also highly praised...
...garnering her nominations for 'Golden Globe', 'SAG', 'BAFTA' and 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actress'.
February 2015, Jones...
Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The "Treasure Seekers" (1996). She went on to play 'Ethel Hallow' for one season in the television series "The Worst Witch" and its sequel "Weirdsister College".
Since 2006 Jones has appeared in numerous films, including "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009) and "The Tempest" (2010). Her performance in the 2011 film "Like Crazy" was met with critical acclaim...
...earning her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 'Sundance Film Festival'.
In 2014, Jones' performance as 'Jane Wilde Hawking' in "The Theory of Everything" was also highly praised...
...garnering her nominations for 'Golden Globe', 'SAG', 'BAFTA' and 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actress'.
February 2015, Jones...
- 12/11/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Take a look at new images of actress Felicity Jones ("Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"), in the Winter 2018/19 issue of "S Magazine", wearing Chanel, Valentino, Miu Miu and a whole lot more, photographed by Michael Schwartz:
Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The "Treasure Seekers" (1996). She went on to play 'Ethel Hallow' for one season in the television series "The Worst Witch" and its sequel "Weirdsister College".
Since 2006 Jones has appeared in numerous films, including "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009) and "The Tempest" (2010). Her performance in the 2011 film "Like Crazy" was met with critical acclaim...
...earning her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 'Sundance Film Festival'.
In 2014, Jones' performance as 'Jane Wilde Hawking' in "The Theory of Everything" was also highly praised...
...garnering her nominations for 'Golden Globe', 'SAG', 'BAFTA' and 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actress'.
February 2015, Jones was...
Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The "Treasure Seekers" (1996). She went on to play 'Ethel Hallow' for one season in the television series "The Worst Witch" and its sequel "Weirdsister College".
Since 2006 Jones has appeared in numerous films, including "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009) and "The Tempest" (2010). Her performance in the 2011 film "Like Crazy" was met with critical acclaim...
...earning her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 'Sundance Film Festival'.
In 2014, Jones' performance as 'Jane Wilde Hawking' in "The Theory of Everything" was also highly praised...
...garnering her nominations for 'Golden Globe', 'SAG', 'BAFTA' and 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actress'.
February 2015, Jones was...
- 11/18/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sneak Peek images of actress Felicity Jones, aka 'Jyn Erso' in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", posing for "Glamour" (UK) magazine:
Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The "Treasure Seekers" (1996). She went on to play 'Ethel Hallow' for one season in the television series "The Worst Witch" and its sequel "Weirdsister College".
Since 2006 Jones has appeared in numerous films, including "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009) and "The Tempest" (2010). Her performance in the 2011 film "Like Crazy" was met with critical acclaim...
...earning her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 'Sundance Film Festival'.
In 2014, Jones' performance as 'Jane Wilde Hawking' in "The Theory of Everything" was also highly praised...
...garnering her nominations for 'Golden Globe', 'SAG', 'BAFTA' and 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actress'.
February 2015, Jones was cast in the "Star Wars" spin-off feature, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", directed by Gareth Edwards.
Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The "Treasure Seekers" (1996). She went on to play 'Ethel Hallow' for one season in the television series "The Worst Witch" and its sequel "Weirdsister College".
Since 2006 Jones has appeared in numerous films, including "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009) and "The Tempest" (2010). Her performance in the 2011 film "Like Crazy" was met with critical acclaim...
...earning her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 'Sundance Film Festival'.
In 2014, Jones' performance as 'Jane Wilde Hawking' in "The Theory of Everything" was also highly praised...
...garnering her nominations for 'Golden Globe', 'SAG', 'BAFTA' and 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actress'.
February 2015, Jones was cast in the "Star Wars" spin-off feature, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", directed by Gareth Edwards.
- 5/12/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sneak Peek images of actress Felicity Jones, aka 'Jyn Erso' in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", posing for "Glamour" (UK) magazine:
Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The "Treasure Seekers" (1996). She went on to play 'Ethel Hallow' for one season in the television series "The Worst Witch" and its sequel "Weirdsister College".
Since 2006 Jones has appeared in numerous films, including "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009) and "The Tempest" (2010).
Jones' performance in the 2011 film "Like Crazy" was met with critical acclaim...
...garnering her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 'Sundance Film Festival'.
In 2014, Jones' performance as 'Jane Wilde Hawking' in "The Theory of Everything" was also highly praised...
...garnering her nominations for the 'Golden Globe', 'SAG', 'BAFTA' and 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actress'.
February 2015, Jones was cast in the "Star Wars" spin-off feature, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", directed by Gareth Edwards.
Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The "Treasure Seekers" (1996). She went on to play 'Ethel Hallow' for one season in the television series "The Worst Witch" and its sequel "Weirdsister College".
Since 2006 Jones has appeared in numerous films, including "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009) and "The Tempest" (2010).
Jones' performance in the 2011 film "Like Crazy" was met with critical acclaim...
...garnering her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 'Sundance Film Festival'.
In 2014, Jones' performance as 'Jane Wilde Hawking' in "The Theory of Everything" was also highly praised...
...garnering her nominations for the 'Golden Globe', 'SAG', 'BAFTA' and 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actress'.
February 2015, Jones was cast in the "Star Wars" spin-off feature, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", directed by Gareth Edwards.
- 1/5/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
A love of Jane Austen is a habit the world just can’t seem to kick.
This week marks the 200th anniversary of famed author (and hopeless romantic) Jane Austen’s death. The author continues to bring England’s Regency period to life (and romanticize it) to her countless fans. In a sign of her legacy’s tremendous influence, the Bank of England debuted a 10 pound note with her face on it this week.
But to call Austen lovers simply “fans” is underselling their devotion. Fanatics, perhaps, is more accurate. They join clubs for Austen lovers in droves — the Jane Austen...
This week marks the 200th anniversary of famed author (and hopeless romantic) Jane Austen’s death. The author continues to bring England’s Regency period to life (and romanticize it) to her countless fans. In a sign of her legacy’s tremendous influence, the Bank of England debuted a 10 pound note with her face on it this week.
But to call Austen lovers simply “fans” is underselling their devotion. Fanatics, perhaps, is more accurate. They join clubs for Austen lovers in droves — the Jane Austen...
- 7/22/2017
- by Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
Chicago – The 44th edition of the Non-Equity Jeff Awards were given out on June 5th, 2017, at what insiders call “the theater prom.” The event honors the non-union smaller or “storefront” theater companies, and their efforts to produce quality stage work. Hosted in grand style by Alexis Roston and Lillian Castillo, the recipients of the top play was “At the Table” by the Broken Nose Theatre and top musical was “High Fidelity” by the Refuge Theatre Project.
The night was a raucous affair at Chicago’s Anthenaum Theatre, as the hosts kept the party going between recognitions. Excerpts (Plays) and songs (Musicals) were presented for each of the top ten nominated shows. A Special Award for Theatrical and Charitable Contributions was given to David Cerda, acknowledging his long career and (as the inscription on the award said) thanking him “… for ‘Dragging’ the Chicago Theatre world into your ‘Hell in a Handbag’ with humor,...
The night was a raucous affair at Chicago’s Anthenaum Theatre, as the hosts kept the party going between recognitions. Excerpts (Plays) and songs (Musicals) were presented for each of the top ten nominated shows. A Special Award for Theatrical and Charitable Contributions was given to David Cerda, acknowledging his long career and (as the inscription on the award said) thanking him “… for ‘Dragging’ the Chicago Theatre world into your ‘Hell in a Handbag’ with humor,...
- 6/8/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Sneak Peek new images of actress Felicity Jones, aka 'Jyn Erso' in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", posing for the January 2017 issue of "Glamour" (UK) magazine:
Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The "Treasure Seekers" (1996). She went on to play 'Ethel Hallow' for one season in the television series "The Worst Witch" and its sequel "Weirdsister College".
Since 2006 Jones has appeared in numerous films, including "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009) and "The Tempest" (2010).
Jones' performance in the 2011 film "Like Crazy" was met with critical acclaim...
...garnering her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 'Sundance Film Festival'.
In 2014, Jones' performance as 'Jane Wilde Hawking' in "The Theory of Everything" was also highly praised...
...garnering her nominations for the 'Golden Globe', 'SAG', 'BAFTA' and 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actress'.
February 2015, Jones was cast in the "Star Wars" spin-off feature, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story...
Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The "Treasure Seekers" (1996). She went on to play 'Ethel Hallow' for one season in the television series "The Worst Witch" and its sequel "Weirdsister College".
Since 2006 Jones has appeared in numerous films, including "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009) and "The Tempest" (2010).
Jones' performance in the 2011 film "Like Crazy" was met with critical acclaim...
...garnering her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 'Sundance Film Festival'.
In 2014, Jones' performance as 'Jane Wilde Hawking' in "The Theory of Everything" was also highly praised...
...garnering her nominations for the 'Golden Globe', 'SAG', 'BAFTA' and 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actress'.
February 2015, Jones was cast in the "Star Wars" spin-off feature, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story...
- 12/27/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Ever since The Lizzie Bennet Diaries became a smash hit, we've seen a number of web series that adapt classic literature into a vlog format. One of the latest entries in that categories is The Cate Morland Chronicles, and it adds a twist to the genre by turning one of Jane Austen's characters into a pop culture geek.
The source material for Cate Morland is Northanger Abbey, which was written by Austen around 1799 and published posthumously in 1817. The protagonist of the book is Cate Morland, who has a specific affinity for Gothic novels; in the web series version (where she is portrayed by Madeline Thatcher), that trait of hers is represented as a general love for genre fiction in all its shapes and sizes.
Cate Morland's decision to depict its protagonist as a modern nerd is what sets it apart from other Austen-inspired vlogs. Many of those shows translate...
The source material for Cate Morland is Northanger Abbey, which was written by Austen around 1799 and published posthumously in 1817. The protagonist of the book is Cate Morland, who has a specific affinity for Gothic novels; in the web series version (where she is portrayed by Madeline Thatcher), that trait of hers is represented as a general love for genre fiction in all its shapes and sizes.
Cate Morland's decision to depict its protagonist as a modern nerd is what sets it apart from other Austen-inspired vlogs. Many of those shows translate...
- 8/26/2016
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Take another look @ images of actress Felicity Jones, aka "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" character 'Lyra Erso' in a recent issue of "Instyle" magazine:
Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The "Treasure Seekers" (1996). She went on to play 'Ethel Hallow' for one season in the television series "The Worst Witch" and its sequel "Weirdsister College".
Since 2006 Jones has appeared in numerous films, including "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009) and "The Tempest" (2010).
Jones' performance in the 2011 film "Like Crazy" was met with critical acclaim...
...garnering her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 'Sundance Film Festival'.
In 2014, Jones' performance as 'Jane Wilde Hawking' in "The Theory of Everything" was also highly praised...
...garnering her nominations for the 'Golden Globe', 'SAG', 'BAFTA' and 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actress'.
February 2015, Jones was cast in the "Star Wars" spin-off feature, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story...
Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The "Treasure Seekers" (1996). She went on to play 'Ethel Hallow' for one season in the television series "The Worst Witch" and its sequel "Weirdsister College".
Since 2006 Jones has appeared in numerous films, including "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009) and "The Tempest" (2010).
Jones' performance in the 2011 film "Like Crazy" was met with critical acclaim...
...garnering her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 'Sundance Film Festival'.
In 2014, Jones' performance as 'Jane Wilde Hawking' in "The Theory of Everything" was also highly praised...
...garnering her nominations for the 'Golden Globe', 'SAG', 'BAFTA' and 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actress'.
February 2015, Jones was cast in the "Star Wars" spin-off feature, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story...
- 1/6/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sneak Peek new images of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" actress Felicity Jones in a recent issue of "Instyle" magazine:
Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The "Treasure Seekers" (1996). She went on to play 'Ethel Hallow' for one season in the television series "The Worst Witch" and its sequel "Weirdsister College".
Since 2006 Jones has appeared in numerous films, including "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009) and "The Tempest" (2010).
Jones' performance in the 2011 film "Like Crazy" was met with critical acclaim...
...garnering her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 'Sundance Film Festival'.
In 2014, Jones' performance as 'Jane Wilde Hawking' in "The Theory of Everything" was also highly praised...
...garnering her nominations for the 'Golden Globe', 'SAG', 'BAFTA' and 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actress'.
February 2015, Jones was cast in the "Star Wars" spin-off feature, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story...
Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The "Treasure Seekers" (1996). She went on to play 'Ethel Hallow' for one season in the television series "The Worst Witch" and its sequel "Weirdsister College".
Since 2006 Jones has appeared in numerous films, including "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009) and "The Tempest" (2010).
Jones' performance in the 2011 film "Like Crazy" was met with critical acclaim...
...garnering her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 'Sundance Film Festival'.
In 2014, Jones' performance as 'Jane Wilde Hawking' in "The Theory of Everything" was also highly praised...
...garnering her nominations for the 'Golden Globe', 'SAG', 'BAFTA' and 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actress'.
February 2015, Jones was cast in the "Star Wars" spin-off feature, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story...
- 9/21/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
"This is Halloween, this is Halloween, Hallow–"... well, not quite, but these Funko The Nightmare Before Christmas mystery minis can tide you over until the actual day. Also: The Walking Dead #1 variant for Wizard World Con Ft. Lauderdale, release details for Wrecker, and The Haunted World of Claire Wilmenson trailer.
The Nightmare Before Christmas Minis: From Funko: "Our second series of The Nightmare Before Christmas Mystery Minis are coming!
The set includes the elusive Pumpkin King, the lovely Sally, and inhabitants of Halloween Town like Oogie Boogie’s henchman, Lock, Shock, and Barrel!
Each figure has a 1 in 12 rarity! Which figure will you get?! Coming in October!"
Images via Funko:
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The Walking Dead #1: Press Release: "Fort Lauderdale, Fla., September 14, 2015 -- Wizard World, Inc. (Otcbb: Wizd) and Skybound, Robert Kirkman's imprint at Image Comics, today announced that superstar artist Julian Totino Tedesco has drawn the 19th in a...
The Nightmare Before Christmas Minis: From Funko: "Our second series of The Nightmare Before Christmas Mystery Minis are coming!
The set includes the elusive Pumpkin King, the lovely Sally, and inhabitants of Halloween Town like Oogie Boogie’s henchman, Lock, Shock, and Barrel!
Each figure has a 1 in 12 rarity! Which figure will you get?! Coming in October!"
Images via Funko:
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The Walking Dead #1: Press Release: "Fort Lauderdale, Fla., September 14, 2015 -- Wizard World, Inc. (Otcbb: Wizd) and Skybound, Robert Kirkman's imprint at Image Comics, today announced that superstar artist Julian Totino Tedesco has drawn the 19th in a...
- 9/16/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
It's been 25 years since the garrulous "UHBs" of Whit Stillman's Metropolitan arrived on screens, paving the way for everything from Wes Anderson to Gilmore Girls. In the years since, Stillman has directed three more features (Barcelona, The Last Days of Disco, and Damsels in Distress), made a pilot for Amazon, and started work on Love and Friendship, an adaptation of Jane Austen's The Lady Susan. Now, to celebrate the anniversary rerelease of Metropolitan, Stillman spoke with us about the films, books, and music that have influenced his own work.Jane Austen I came late to Jane Austen. I read the wrong novel when I was in college, which was Northanger Abbey. I thought it was terrible. In Northanger Abbey, there are really two things happening: One, there's a typical Jane Austen story about characters involved in romantic situations, and maybe they're funny and maybe they're being mocked. And...
- 8/10/2015
- by Nate Jones
- Vulture
Louise West was curator of Jane Austen's House Museum. What does she think of the Us theme-park romcom?
This is a dreadful film. But at its heart, there is a valid idea. It's about a 32-year-old Jane Austen obsessive called Jane, who visits a theme park where Austen fans dress up in Regency costume and are courted by actors. Jane, played by Keri Russell, does ring true: I met a number of women like her in my time as curator of Jane Austen's House Museum in Chawton, though I can't say whether any of them actually had a lifesize cutout of Colin Firth as Mr Darcy in their bedroom.
As far as I know, a theme park like Austenland doesn't exist, but I can certainly imagine one. There's a Dickens World in Kent with costumed actors giving tours – but I don't think they actually immerse visitors in the...
This is a dreadful film. But at its heart, there is a valid idea. It's about a 32-year-old Jane Austen obsessive called Jane, who visits a theme park where Austen fans dress up in Regency costume and are courted by actors. Jane, played by Keri Russell, does ring true: I met a number of women like her in my time as curator of Jane Austen's House Museum in Chawton, though I can't say whether any of them actually had a lifesize cutout of Colin Firth as Mr Darcy in their bedroom.
As far as I know, a theme park like Austenland doesn't exist, but I can certainly imagine one. There's a Dickens World in Kent with costumed actors giving tours – but I don't think they actually immerse visitors in the...
- 10/7/2013
- by Laura Barnett
- The Guardian - Film News
In the latest Jane Austen-themed romcom "Austenland," Keri Russell plays Jane Hayes, a woman who becomes obsessed with the BBC miniseries of "Pride and Prejudice" and travels to an Austen re-enactment theme park to find herself a dashing gentleman, ideally someone along the lines of Mr. Darcy himself. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Shannon Hale. Moviefone debuted the poster today, which shows Keri Russell geeking out over Mr. Darcy (join the club, honey). Hopefully she's also read the book if she's going to survive in the world of Austen. Jennifer Coolidge plays Jane's buxom sidekick who is sure to get a few laughs in. Also starring is J.J. Feild, a period piece vet who played Henry Tilney in "Northanger Abbey," and seems a likely contender for Jane's hero. Rounding out the cast is unlikely period pick Bret McKenzie ("Flight of the Concords...
- 6/25/2013
- by Madeline Raynor
- Indiewire
Writer: Jim McCann
Artist: Janet Lee
Publisher: Image
In Lost Vegas 1, Eisner Award winners Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Return of the Dapper Men) manage to marry a wacky high concept sci-fi story with deep characterization and unique visuals. On the surface, Roland is just another space scoundrel like Han Solo or Malcolm Reynolds. However, he lacks these characters’ penchant for action and falls flat at bravado with his laughable attempts to seduce a pair of showgirls. The story makes clear that Roland is a “thinker”, and his failed attempt at conning a savage alien at Black Jack earns him his sentence in Lost Vegas, a penal colony located inside a casino on a spaceship. (And who said originality was dead.)
The plot is a combination of the typical “jailbreak” and “last job” plots found in many comics and films. But the believable characters and subtle social commentary keep it from being trite.
Artist: Janet Lee
Publisher: Image
In Lost Vegas 1, Eisner Award winners Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Return of the Dapper Men) manage to marry a wacky high concept sci-fi story with deep characterization and unique visuals. On the surface, Roland is just another space scoundrel like Han Solo or Malcolm Reynolds. However, he lacks these characters’ penchant for action and falls flat at bravado with his laughable attempts to seduce a pair of showgirls. The story makes clear that Roland is a “thinker”, and his failed attempt at conning a savage alien at Black Jack earns him his sentence in Lost Vegas, a penal colony located inside a casino on a spaceship. (And who said originality was dead.)
The plot is a combination of the typical “jailbreak” and “last job” plots found in many comics and films. But the believable characters and subtle social commentary keep it from being trite.
- 3/8/2013
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
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
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...
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...
- 1/21/2013
- by Eli Reyes
- GeekTyrant
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
12-gauge Comics
Anti #2 (Of 4), $3.99
3D Total Publishing
Digital Painting Techniques Volume 4 Sc, $49.99
Aam Markosia
Lexian Chronicles Omnibus Gn, $39.99
Long Gone Gn, $15.99
Sleaze Castle Etcetera Volume 1 Incomplete Final Cut Gn (not verified by Diamond), $49.99
Abrams
Star Wars Art Illustration Hc (Limited Edition), Ar
AC Comics
Men Of Mystery #87, $29.95
Ace Books
Patricia Briggs Cry Wolf Volume 1 Alpha And Omega Tp (not verified by Diamond), $22.95
Action Lab Entertainment
Order Of Dagonet #1, $4.99
Alterna Comics
Blood For Stone Gn, $9.99
Horror In The West Gn, $9.99
Amp! Comics For Kids
Lio Volume 1 There’s A Monster In My Socks Tp, $9.99
Anarchy Comics
Dark Revelation #2 (Of 3), $3.99
Antarctic Press
Gold Digger Halloween Special #8 (2012), $3.99
Steampunk Halloween 2012 #1, $3.50
Archie Comics
Kevin Keller #5 (Dan Parent Variant Cover), $2.99
Kevin Keller #5 (Dan Parent...
12-gauge Comics
Anti #2 (Of 4), $3.99
3D Total Publishing
Digital Painting Techniques Volume 4 Sc, $49.99
Aam Markosia
Lexian Chronicles Omnibus Gn, $39.99
Long Gone Gn, $15.99
Sleaze Castle Etcetera Volume 1 Incomplete Final Cut Gn (not verified by Diamond), $49.99
Abrams
Star Wars Art Illustration Hc (Limited Edition), Ar
AC Comics
Men Of Mystery #87, $29.95
Ace Books
Patricia Briggs Cry Wolf Volume 1 Alpha And Omega Tp (not verified by Diamond), $22.95
Action Lab Entertainment
Order Of Dagonet #1, $4.99
Alterna Comics
Blood For Stone Gn, $9.99
Horror In The West Gn, $9.99
Amp! Comics For Kids
Lio Volume 1 There’s A Monster In My Socks Tp, $9.99
Anarchy Comics
Dark Revelation #2 (Of 3), $3.99
Antarctic Press
Gold Digger Halloween Special #8 (2012), $3.99
Steampunk Halloween 2012 #1, $3.50
Archie Comics
Kevin Keller #5 (Dan Parent Variant Cover), $2.99
Kevin Keller #5 (Dan Parent...
- 10/7/2012
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
Her new film is about the invention of the vibrator, and there is a YouTube campaign to cast her in Fifty Shades of Grey. Emine Saner meets actor and serial bonnet-wearer Felicity Jones
Every profile of Felicity Jones tends to breathlessly announce that the actor is on the brink of superstardom, though since these interviews go back to 2008, you wonder how long this can continue. "I understand it," she says. "It's a way of selling something. I think you have to zone a lot of those things out, and people will take notice when you do something interesting."
Of course, judging success by fame is too blunt a measure for an actor who insists she picks her jobs according to how interesting she finds them, not on whether they will catapult her on to magazine covers: she turned down the lead in the big-budget Mirror Mirror, with Julia Roberts as the evil queen,...
Every profile of Felicity Jones tends to breathlessly announce that the actor is on the brink of superstardom, though since these interviews go back to 2008, you wonder how long this can continue. "I understand it," she says. "It's a way of selling something. I think you have to zone a lot of those things out, and people will take notice when you do something interesting."
Of course, judging success by fame is too blunt a measure for an actor who insists she picks her jobs according to how interesting she finds them, not on whether they will catapult her on to magazine covers: she turned down the lead in the big-budget Mirror Mirror, with Julia Roberts as the evil queen,...
- 9/10/2012
- by Emine Saner
- The Guardian - Film News
Because Fifty Shades of Grey is an excuse to do just about anything, e-publisher Clandestine Classics will be releasing new editions of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet, Northanger Abbey, and, awesomely, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea with steamy sex scenes added in. To anyone who might point out that this idea is the working definition of "fan fiction," well, Fifty Shades started as "just fan fiction," and you see what happened there. Also, aren't you a little bit curious about the old-timey submarine sex? Be honest.
- 7/18/2012
- by Amanda Dobbins
- Vulture
Jane Austen and zombies? Over. Now, thanks to 50 Shades of Grey, it’s Jane Austen and steamy sex scenes. Total-e-Bound Publishing has introduced Clandestine Classics, a collection of novels that have been raised — or lowered? — to guilty pleasure status. Allow us to quote from some of the descriptions:
Pride & Prejudice: “Electrifying sexual tension soon leads to an unexpected kiss and Elizabeth’s world is turned upside down.” You can do better. That doesn’t do the excerpt justice.
Jane Eyre: “He demands her abject surrender. In his strong and athletic arms, Jane submits to his darkest desires and discovers hers are every bit as searing,...
Pride & Prejudice: “Electrifying sexual tension soon leads to an unexpected kiss and Elizabeth’s world is turned upside down.” You can do better. That doesn’t do the excerpt justice.
Jane Eyre: “He demands her abject surrender. In his strong and athletic arms, Jane submits to his darkest desires and discovers hers are every bit as searing,...
- 7/18/2012
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
Here’s what hits stores this week!
Boom! Studios
Adventure Time #1 (Chris Houghton 3rd Printing Variant Cover), $3.99
Adventure Time #2 (Cover A Chris Houghton), $3.99
Adventure Time #2 (Cover B Jen Bennett), $3.99
Adventure Time #2 (Cover C Emily Carroll), $3.99
Adventure Time #2 (Cover D Becky Dreistadt & Frank Gibson), Ar
Elric The Balance Lost #9 (Cover A Francesco Mattina), $3.99
Elric The Balance Lost #9 (Cover B Dan Panosian), $3.99
Elric The Balance Lost #9 (Cover C Francesco Mattina), Ar
Exile On The Planet Of The Apes #1 (Of 4)(Cover A Gabriel Hardman), $3.99
Exile On The Planet Of The Apes #1 (Of 4)(Cover B Declan Shalvey), $3.99
Exile On The Planet Of The Apes #1 (Of 4)(Cover C Gabriel Hardman), Ar
Dark Horse
Art Of Tara McPherson Volume 3 Bunny In The Moon Hc, $23.99
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9 #7 (Georges Jeanty Variant Cover), Ar
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9 #7 (Phil Noto Regular Cover), $2.99
Conan The Barbarian #2 (LeAndro Fernandez Variant Cover), Ar
Conan The Barbarian #2 (Massimo Carevale...
Boom! Studios
Adventure Time #1 (Chris Houghton 3rd Printing Variant Cover), $3.99
Adventure Time #2 (Cover A Chris Houghton), $3.99
Adventure Time #2 (Cover B Jen Bennett), $3.99
Adventure Time #2 (Cover C Emily Carroll), $3.99
Adventure Time #2 (Cover D Becky Dreistadt & Frank Gibson), Ar
Elric The Balance Lost #9 (Cover A Francesco Mattina), $3.99
Elric The Balance Lost #9 (Cover B Dan Panosian), $3.99
Elric The Balance Lost #9 (Cover C Francesco Mattina), Ar
Exile On The Planet Of The Apes #1 (Of 4)(Cover A Gabriel Hardman), $3.99
Exile On The Planet Of The Apes #1 (Of 4)(Cover B Declan Shalvey), $3.99
Exile On The Planet Of The Apes #1 (Of 4)(Cover C Gabriel Hardman), Ar
Dark Horse
Art Of Tara McPherson Volume 3 Bunny In The Moon Hc, $23.99
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9 #7 (Georges Jeanty Variant Cover), Ar
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9 #7 (Phil Noto Regular Cover), $2.99
Conan The Barbarian #2 (LeAndro Fernandez Variant Cover), Ar
Conan The Barbarian #2 (Massimo Carevale...
- 3/13/2012
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
AC Comics
Golden Age Greats Spotlight Volume 8 Outrageous Good Girl Art Comics, $29.95
Antarctic Press
Gearhearts Steampunk Glamor Revue #2, $3.99
Gold Digger #136, $3.99
Ape Entertainment
Richie Rich Digest Volume 1 Boon Under The Bay Tp, $6.99
Subculture The Webstrips Volume 2 Return Of The King’s Throne Tp, $9.95
Arcana Studio
Amour Volume 1 Gn, $14.95
Amour Volume 2 Gn, $14.95
Cat Named Haiku Coloring Book Sc (not verified by Diamond), $2.95
Hyper-Actives Gn (resolicited), $14.95
Nieves Gn, $14.95
Redfoot Gn, $8.95
Romeros Requiem Gn, $9.95
Scionic Gn (resolicited), $14.95
Sideshows Gn, $9.95
Archaia Entertainment
Mouse Guard Black Axe #4 (Of 6), $3.50
Primordia Hc (with dust jacket)(resolicited), $19.95
Archie Comic Publications
Archie Double Digest #227, $3.99
Archie The Married Life Volume 2 Tp, $19.99
Mega Man #11, $2.99
Ardden Entertainment
Comeback Kings #2 (resolicited), $2.99
Aspen Mlt
Dead Man’s Run #2 (Cover A Tony Parker)(not...
AC Comics
Golden Age Greats Spotlight Volume 8 Outrageous Good Girl Art Comics, $29.95
Antarctic Press
Gearhearts Steampunk Glamor Revue #2, $3.99
Gold Digger #136, $3.99
Ape Entertainment
Richie Rich Digest Volume 1 Boon Under The Bay Tp, $6.99
Subculture The Webstrips Volume 2 Return Of The King’s Throne Tp, $9.95
Arcana Studio
Amour Volume 1 Gn, $14.95
Amour Volume 2 Gn, $14.95
Cat Named Haiku Coloring Book Sc (not verified by Diamond), $2.95
Hyper-Actives Gn (resolicited), $14.95
Nieves Gn, $14.95
Redfoot Gn, $8.95
Romeros Requiem Gn, $9.95
Scionic Gn (resolicited), $14.95
Sideshows Gn, $9.95
Archaia Entertainment
Mouse Guard Black Axe #4 (Of 6), $3.50
Primordia Hc (with dust jacket)(resolicited), $19.95
Archie Comic Publications
Archie Double Digest #227, $3.99
Archie The Married Life Volume 2 Tp, $19.99
Mega Man #11, $2.99
Ardden Entertainment
Comeback Kings #2 (resolicited), $2.99
Aspen Mlt
Dead Man’s Run #2 (Cover A Tony Parker)(not...
- 3/12/2012
- by GeekRest
- GeekRest
With his brilliant leading role in HBO’s Entourage now behind him after the show ended with its eighth and final season last year, it looks like Jeremy Piven might be crossing the Atlantic to come to the UK for his next part.
ITV are in negotiations with Piven to take the lead in Mr. Selfridge, a ten-part series that will chronicle the life of the eponymous Harry Gordon Selfridge, the retail magnate who founded Selfridges, one of the leading UK department stores, second only to Harrods.
The historical mini-series will be based on Lindy Woodhead’s original book, Shopping, Seduction, and Mr. Selfridge, and Andrew Davies (Bridget Jones’ Diary) has adapted the script for Jon Jones (Going Postal) to direct, with Davies and Jones having worked together already for ITV adapting Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey.
“Mr. Selfridge is set in London in 1909 at a time when wealthy women...
ITV are in negotiations with Piven to take the lead in Mr. Selfridge, a ten-part series that will chronicle the life of the eponymous Harry Gordon Selfridge, the retail magnate who founded Selfridges, one of the leading UK department stores, second only to Harrods.
The historical mini-series will be based on Lindy Woodhead’s original book, Shopping, Seduction, and Mr. Selfridge, and Andrew Davies (Bridget Jones’ Diary) has adapted the script for Jon Jones (Going Postal) to direct, with Davies and Jones having worked together already for ITV adapting Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey.
“Mr. Selfridge is set in London in 1909 at a time when wealthy women...
- 3/12/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Here’s what hit shelves this week!
Boom! Studios
Adventure Time #1 (Cover A Shelli Paroline & Braden Lamb), $3.99
Adventure Time #1 (Cover B Chris Houghton), $3.99
Adventure Time #1 (Cover C Chris Houghton), Ar
Adventure Time #1 (Cover D Jeffrey Brown), Ar
Adventure Time #1 (Cover E Chris Houghton), Ar
Elric The Balance Lost #8 (Cover A Francesco Mattina), $3.99
Elric The Balance Lost #8 (Cover B Matteo Scalera), $3.99
Elric The Balance Lost #8 (Cover C Francesco Mattina), Ar
Peanuts #2 (Of 4)(Charles Schultz First Appearance Of Lucy Variant Cover), Ar
Peanuts #2 (Of 4)(Charles Schultz Regular Cover), $3.99
Dark Horse Comics
Art Of The Mass Effect Universe Hc, $39.99
Bride Of The Water God Volume 10 Tp, $9.99
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9 #6 (Georges Jeanty Variant Cover), $2.99
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9 #6 (Phil Noto Regular Cover), $2.99
Conan The Barbarian #1 (Becky Cloonan Variant Cover), $3.50
Conan The Barbarian #1 (Massimo Carnevale Regular Cover), $3.50
Dark Matter #2 (Of 4), $3.50
Dotter Of Her Father’s Eyes Hc, $14.99
King Conan The Scarlet Citadel Tp,...
Boom! Studios
Adventure Time #1 (Cover A Shelli Paroline & Braden Lamb), $3.99
Adventure Time #1 (Cover B Chris Houghton), $3.99
Adventure Time #1 (Cover C Chris Houghton), Ar
Adventure Time #1 (Cover D Jeffrey Brown), Ar
Adventure Time #1 (Cover E Chris Houghton), Ar
Elric The Balance Lost #8 (Cover A Francesco Mattina), $3.99
Elric The Balance Lost #8 (Cover B Matteo Scalera), $3.99
Elric The Balance Lost #8 (Cover C Francesco Mattina), Ar
Peanuts #2 (Of 4)(Charles Schultz First Appearance Of Lucy Variant Cover), Ar
Peanuts #2 (Of 4)(Charles Schultz Regular Cover), $3.99
Dark Horse Comics
Art Of The Mass Effect Universe Hc, $39.99
Bride Of The Water God Volume 10 Tp, $9.99
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9 #6 (Georges Jeanty Variant Cover), $2.99
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9 #6 (Phil Noto Regular Cover), $2.99
Conan The Barbarian #1 (Becky Cloonan Variant Cover), $3.50
Conan The Barbarian #1 (Massimo Carnevale Regular Cover), $3.50
Dark Matter #2 (Of 4), $3.50
Dotter Of Her Father’s Eyes Hc, $14.99
King Conan The Scarlet Citadel Tp,...
- 2/9/2012
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
Action Lab Entertainment
Princeless #4 (not verified by Diamond), $3.99
Amryl Entertainment
Cavewoman Feeding Grounds #1, $3.75
Cavewoman Feeding Grounds #1 (Budd Root Special Edition), Ar
Ape Entertainment
Richie Rich Valentines Special 2012 (One Shot), $3.99
Archie Comic Publications
Archie Double Digest #226, $3.99
Betty And Veronica Double Digest #198, $3.99
Kevin Keller #1 (Dan Parent Regular Cover), $2.99
Kevin Keller #1 (Dan Parent Variant Cover), $2.99
Kevin Keller Volume 1 Hc, $19.99
Mega Man #10, $2.99
Ardden Entertainment
Knightingail #3 (not verified by Diamond), $3.99
Asylum Press
Fearless Dawn Secret Of The Swamp (One Shot), $2.95
Attaboy’S Yumfactory
Hi Fructose Magazine Quarterly #22, $6.95
Audiogo Ltd
Sarah Jane Adventures Judgement Day Audio CD, $16.95
Avatar Press
Dicks #1 (John McCrea Regular Cover), $4.99
Dicks #1 (John McCrea Classic Black & White Variant Cover), $3.60
Dicks #1 (John McCrea Offensive Cover), $4.99
Ferals #2 (Gabriel Andrade Regular Cover), $3.99
Ferals #2 (Gabriel...
Action Lab Entertainment
Princeless #4 (not verified by Diamond), $3.99
Amryl Entertainment
Cavewoman Feeding Grounds #1, $3.75
Cavewoman Feeding Grounds #1 (Budd Root Special Edition), Ar
Ape Entertainment
Richie Rich Valentines Special 2012 (One Shot), $3.99
Archie Comic Publications
Archie Double Digest #226, $3.99
Betty And Veronica Double Digest #198, $3.99
Kevin Keller #1 (Dan Parent Regular Cover), $2.99
Kevin Keller #1 (Dan Parent Variant Cover), $2.99
Kevin Keller Volume 1 Hc, $19.99
Mega Man #10, $2.99
Ardden Entertainment
Knightingail #3 (not verified by Diamond), $3.99
Asylum Press
Fearless Dawn Secret Of The Swamp (One Shot), $2.95
Attaboy’S Yumfactory
Hi Fructose Magazine Quarterly #22, $6.95
Audiogo Ltd
Sarah Jane Adventures Judgement Day Audio CD, $16.95
Avatar Press
Dicks #1 (John McCrea Regular Cover), $4.99
Dicks #1 (John McCrea Classic Black & White Variant Cover), $3.60
Dicks #1 (John McCrea Offensive Cover), $4.99
Ferals #2 (Gabriel Andrade Regular Cover), $3.99
Ferals #2 (Gabriel...
- 2/7/2012
- by GeekRest
- GeekRest
Felicity JonesBREAKOUT Film: "Like Crazy" in 2011, for which she won Sundance's Special Jury Prize for acting. Before that, the Brit appeared in "Northanger Abbey" in 2007, "Brideshead Revisited" opposite Emma Thompson in 2008, and as Miranda opposite Helen Mirren in Julie Taymor's 2010 film version of Shakespeare's "The Tempest." Since Sundance: This year Jones appears opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, and Jonathan Pryce in the romantic comedy "Hysteria" and is the newest face of Dolce & Gabbana.Donal LogueBREAKOUT Film: "The Tao of Steve" in 2000, for which he won a Special Jury Prize for his performance as an overweight underachiever who comes up with an effective method for seducing women. Although Logue had worked steadily on TV and in film since the early 1990s, this role proved he could be a leading man.Since Sundance: Logue's performance at Sundance was noticed by "ER" executive...
- 1/18/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Jessica Gardner)
- backstage.com
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
215 Ink
Fall Gn, $7.99
AC Comics
Crypt Of Horror Volume 13 Tp, $29.95
Adventure House
Lone Ranger Magazine July 1937 Replica Edition, $14.95
Phantom Detective June 1938 Replica Edition, $14.95
Alterna Comics
Fubar II Empire Of The Rising Dead Tp, $14.95
Antarctic Press
Gold Digger Platinum Volume 3 Tp, $14.95
Arcana Studio
Wingman Gn, $14.95
Archaia Entertainment
Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal Volume 1 Creation Myths Hc, $19.95
Spera Volume 1 Hc, $19.95
Archie Comics
Archie Double Digest #225, $3.99
Mega Man #9 (Patrick Spaziante Regular Cover), $2.99
Mega Man #9 (Patrick Spaziante Sketch Variant Cover), Ar
Bandai Entertainment
Kannagi Volume 3 Gn (Of 6), $11.99
Big If Comics
Fantastic Life Gn (not verified by Diamond), $9.95
Black Library
Deliverance Lost Mmpb (The Horus Heresy)(Warhammer 40K), $8.99
Word Bearers Omnibus Sc (Warhammer 40K), $15.00
Age Of Legend Mmpb (Warhammer), $8.99
Bluewater Productions
Logan...
215 Ink
Fall Gn, $7.99
AC Comics
Crypt Of Horror Volume 13 Tp, $29.95
Adventure House
Lone Ranger Magazine July 1937 Replica Edition, $14.95
Phantom Detective June 1938 Replica Edition, $14.95
Alterna Comics
Fubar II Empire Of The Rising Dead Tp, $14.95
Antarctic Press
Gold Digger Platinum Volume 3 Tp, $14.95
Arcana Studio
Wingman Gn, $14.95
Archaia Entertainment
Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal Volume 1 Creation Myths Hc, $19.95
Spera Volume 1 Hc, $19.95
Archie Comics
Archie Double Digest #225, $3.99
Mega Man #9 (Patrick Spaziante Regular Cover), $2.99
Mega Man #9 (Patrick Spaziante Sketch Variant Cover), Ar
Bandai Entertainment
Kannagi Volume 3 Gn (Of 6), $11.99
Big If Comics
Fantastic Life Gn (not verified by Diamond), $9.95
Black Library
Deliverance Lost Mmpb (The Horus Heresy)(Warhammer 40K), $8.99
Word Bearers Omnibus Sc (Warhammer 40K), $15.00
Age Of Legend Mmpb (Warhammer), $8.99
Bluewater Productions
Logan...
- 1/10/2012
- by geekmaster
- GeekRest
Here’s what hits stores this week.
Boom! Studios
28 Days Later Volume 6 Homecoming Tp, $12.99
7 Warriors #2 (Of 3), $3.99
Farscape Volume 6 Compulsions Tp, $12.99
Insurrection V3.6 Tp, $14.99
Irredeemable #1 (John Cassaday Artist Edition Cover), $3.99
Operation Broken Wings 1936 #2 (Of 3), $3.99
Reading Comics Postcard Book Tp, $11.95
Roger Langridge’s Snarked #3, $3.99
Dark Horse Comics
Baltimore The Curse Bells #5 (Of 5), $3.50
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9 #4 (Georges Jeanty Variant Cover), $2.99
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9 #4 (Steve Morris Regular Cover), $2.99
Flash Gordon Comic Book Archives Volume 5 Hc, $49.99
Kull The Cat And the Skull #3 (Of 4), $3.50
Occultist #2 (Of 3), $3.50
Orchid #3, $3.50
PC Cast’s House Of Night #2 (Of 5), $2.99
Star Wars Agent Of The Empire Iron Eclipse #1 (Of 5)(Stephane Roux Regular Cover), $3.50
Star Wars Agent Of The Empire Iron Eclipse #1 (Of 5)(Dave Wilkins Variant Cover), $3.50
Star Wars Episode I Adventures Tp, $7.99
Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace Tp, $7.99
Strain #1 (Of 11)(Mike Huddleston Regular Cover), $1.00
Strain #1 (Of 11)(Steve Morris Variant Cover), $3.50
Turok Son Of Stone Aztlan Volume 1 Tp,...
Boom! Studios
28 Days Later Volume 6 Homecoming Tp, $12.99
7 Warriors #2 (Of 3), $3.99
Farscape Volume 6 Compulsions Tp, $12.99
Insurrection V3.6 Tp, $14.99
Irredeemable #1 (John Cassaday Artist Edition Cover), $3.99
Operation Broken Wings 1936 #2 (Of 3), $3.99
Reading Comics Postcard Book Tp, $11.95
Roger Langridge’s Snarked #3, $3.99
Dark Horse Comics
Baltimore The Curse Bells #5 (Of 5), $3.50
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9 #4 (Georges Jeanty Variant Cover), $2.99
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9 #4 (Steve Morris Regular Cover), $2.99
Flash Gordon Comic Book Archives Volume 5 Hc, $49.99
Kull The Cat And the Skull #3 (Of 4), $3.50
Occultist #2 (Of 3), $3.50
Orchid #3, $3.50
PC Cast’s House Of Night #2 (Of 5), $2.99
Star Wars Agent Of The Empire Iron Eclipse #1 (Of 5)(Stephane Roux Regular Cover), $3.50
Star Wars Agent Of The Empire Iron Eclipse #1 (Of 5)(Dave Wilkins Variant Cover), $3.50
Star Wars Episode I Adventures Tp, $7.99
Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace Tp, $7.99
Strain #1 (Of 11)(Mike Huddleston Regular Cover), $1.00
Strain #1 (Of 11)(Steve Morris Variant Cover), $3.50
Turok Son Of Stone Aztlan Volume 1 Tp,...
- 12/14/2011
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
Andrews McMeel
Dilbert How’s That Underling Thing Working Tp, $12.99
Antarctic Press
Gearhearts Steampunk Glamor Revue #1, $3.99
Gold Digger Christmas Special #5, $3.50
Very Zombie Christmas #3, $3.50
Arcana Studio
Scrooge And Santa Gn (resolicited)(not verified by Diamond), $14.95
Archaia Entertainment
Cyclops #7, $3.95
Everlast Hc, $19.95
Jim Henson’s The Storyteller Hc, $19.95
Killing Pickman Hc (resolicited), $24.95
Secret History #17, $5.95
Sigh Hc, $10.95
Tale Of Sand Hc, $29.95
Archie Comics
Archie Cyber Adventures Tp (not verified by Diamond), $9.95
Archie Double Digest #224, $3.99
Mega Man #8, $2.99
Sonic The Hedgehog Select Volume 4 Zone Wars Tp, $11.95
Avatar Press
Stitched #2 (Mike Wolfer Regular Cover), $3.99
Stitched #2 (Mike Wolfer Gore Cover), $3.99
Stitched #2 (Mike Wolfer Wraparound Cover), $3.99
Stitched #2 (Movie Photo Variant Cover), Ar
Black Library
Faith And Fire Mmpb (Warhammer 40K)(New Edition), $8.99
Hammer And Anvil Mmpb (Warhammer...
Andrews McMeel
Dilbert How’s That Underling Thing Working Tp, $12.99
Antarctic Press
Gearhearts Steampunk Glamor Revue #1, $3.99
Gold Digger Christmas Special #5, $3.50
Very Zombie Christmas #3, $3.50
Arcana Studio
Scrooge And Santa Gn (resolicited)(not verified by Diamond), $14.95
Archaia Entertainment
Cyclops #7, $3.95
Everlast Hc, $19.95
Jim Henson’s The Storyteller Hc, $19.95
Killing Pickman Hc (resolicited), $24.95
Secret History #17, $5.95
Sigh Hc, $10.95
Tale Of Sand Hc, $29.95
Archie Comics
Archie Cyber Adventures Tp (not verified by Diamond), $9.95
Archie Double Digest #224, $3.99
Mega Man #8, $2.99
Sonic The Hedgehog Select Volume 4 Zone Wars Tp, $11.95
Avatar Press
Stitched #2 (Mike Wolfer Regular Cover), $3.99
Stitched #2 (Mike Wolfer Gore Cover), $3.99
Stitched #2 (Mike Wolfer Wraparound Cover), $3.99
Stitched #2 (Movie Photo Variant Cover), Ar
Black Library
Faith And Fire Mmpb (Warhammer 40K)(New Edition), $8.99
Hammer And Anvil Mmpb (Warhammer...
- 12/14/2011
- by geekmaster
- GeekRest
A few months ago,we reported that Ralph Fiennes had a shortlist of actresses in mind for his sophomore directing effort, The Invisible Woman. News on the project has been rather quiet as of late, but we now have confirmation of the female lead, thanks to The Daily Mail (via ThePlaylist). As they tell us, Like Crazy star Felicity Jones will play Ellen Ternan, a woman who had a hugely controversial affair with the great Charles Dickens for over 13 years, despite the fact he was married — and some 27 years her senior.
Jones — who also recently grabbed the female lead in Warren Beatty‘s long-gestating Howard Hughes biopic — is very much a star on the rise. She beat off competition from such talented actresses as Carey Mulligan (her Northanger Abbey co-star), Abbie Cornish and Imogen Poots, a sign that she has a lot to offer, and this role will certainly demand a lot itself.
Jones — who also recently grabbed the female lead in Warren Beatty‘s long-gestating Howard Hughes biopic — is very much a star on the rise. She beat off competition from such talented actresses as Carey Mulligan (her Northanger Abbey co-star), Abbie Cornish and Imogen Poots, a sign that she has a lot to offer, and this role will certainly demand a lot itself.
- 12/3/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Rising U.K. Star & Sundance Breakout Actress Wants To Play A Superhero Or A Snake How's your 2011 been? Pretty good? Even so, we bet you've not had as good a year as Felicity Jones is having. The 27-year-old Brit has been working away for over ten years, starting with kids' TV favorite "The Worst Witch" and long-running radio drama "The Archers," with more recent roles on both the small screen ("Doctor Who," "Northanger Abbey") and the big ("Cheri," "Brideshead Revisited," "The Tempest"), but she's headed into the stratosphere in the last twelve months. She started the year as a…...
- 10/27/2011
- The Playlist
Your Weekly Source for the Newest Releases to Blu-Ray Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
Aspen Extreme (1993)
Synopsis: T.J. and his friend Dexter quit their jobs in Detroit to become ski-instructors in Aspen. While T.J. advances to the most popular instructor of the school during the season, he has to take care for Dexter, who’s future is less bright and who’s eventually thinking about jobbing as drug courier – bringing their friendship to a test. Meanwhile the rich business woman Brice supports T.J. in his writing ambitions and invites him to live at her home. But in her absence he falls in love with the stunningly beautiful blond radio moderator Robin. (highdefdigest.com)
Special Features:
Unknown
The Bad Seed (1956)
Synopsis: An ideal housewife begins to suspect her loving eight-year-old daughter may be a heartless killer. (blu-ray.com)
Special Features:
Audio Commentary Featurette Theatrical Trailer
Beautiful Boy (2010)
Synopsis: Bill and...
Aspen Extreme (1993)
Synopsis: T.J. and his friend Dexter quit their jobs in Detroit to become ski-instructors in Aspen. While T.J. advances to the most popular instructor of the school during the season, he has to take care for Dexter, who’s future is less bright and who’s eventually thinking about jobbing as drug courier – bringing their friendship to a test. Meanwhile the rich business woman Brice supports T.J. in his writing ambitions and invites him to live at her home. But in her absence he falls in love with the stunningly beautiful blond radio moderator Robin. (highdefdigest.com)
Special Features:
Unknown
The Bad Seed (1956)
Synopsis: An ideal housewife begins to suspect her loving eight-year-old daughter may be a heartless killer. (blu-ray.com)
Special Features:
Audio Commentary Featurette Theatrical Trailer
Beautiful Boy (2010)
Synopsis: Bill and...
- 10/10/2011
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
DVD Playhouse—October 2011
By Allen Gardner
Terri (20th Century Fox) An awkward, obese teen (Jacob Wysocki) finds himself forming an odd friendship with his equally left-of-center vice-principal (John C. Reilly), who decides to help the boy navigate his way through adolescence’s rocky road. Low key film is filled with pathos and humor, but is ultimately too laid back for its own good (not to mention too long). Worth seeing for young Wysocki’s amazing, completely natural performance, and Reilly’s goofy charm. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurette; Deleted scenes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
Mr. Nice (Mpi) Rhys Ifans stars in the true story of Howard Marks, a Welsh-born Oxford grad who gained the most notoriety in his life for being the UK’s biggest hashish smuggler during the ‘70s and ‘80s, when he wasn’t busy spying for Her Majesty’s government, hanging out with a...
By Allen Gardner
Terri (20th Century Fox) An awkward, obese teen (Jacob Wysocki) finds himself forming an odd friendship with his equally left-of-center vice-principal (John C. Reilly), who decides to help the boy navigate his way through adolescence’s rocky road. Low key film is filled with pathos and humor, but is ultimately too laid back for its own good (not to mention too long). Worth seeing for young Wysocki’s amazing, completely natural performance, and Reilly’s goofy charm. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurette; Deleted scenes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
Mr. Nice (Mpi) Rhys Ifans stars in the true story of Howard Marks, a Welsh-born Oxford grad who gained the most notoriety in his life for being the UK’s biggest hashish smuggler during the ‘70s and ‘80s, when he wasn’t busy spying for Her Majesty’s government, hanging out with a...
- 10/3/2011
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
A striking presence on stage and in the great days of British film, she played the prison governor of TV's Within These Walls
Followers of postwar cinema may well recall Googie Withers's striking presence in It Always Rains On Sunday, an unusually intense film for the Ealing Studios of 1947. A bored wife, she gives shelter to an ex-lover, now a murderer on the run, played by John McCallum, soon to be her real-life husband. The lovers were shown as unsympathetically as they might have been in French film noir, and the weather was bad even by British standards.
What Withers, who has died aged 94, brought to that performance was to define her strength in some of her most powerful roles. Too strong a face and too grand a manner prevented her being thought conventionally pretty, but she was imposingly watchable because of an obvious vigour and sexuality. Thus equipped,...
Followers of postwar cinema may well recall Googie Withers's striking presence in It Always Rains On Sunday, an unusually intense film for the Ealing Studios of 1947. A bored wife, she gives shelter to an ex-lover, now a murderer on the run, played by John McCallum, soon to be her real-life husband. The lovers were shown as unsympathetically as they might have been in French film noir, and the weather was bad even by British standards.
What Withers, who has died aged 94, brought to that performance was to define her strength in some of her most powerful roles. Too strong a face and too grand a manner prevented her being thought conventionally pretty, but she was imposingly watchable because of an obvious vigour and sexuality. Thus equipped,...
- 7/16/2011
- by Dennis Barker
- The Guardian - Film News
Later this month, actor Jj Feild will be courting fame as one of Captain America's sidekicks.
Feild plays Montgomery Falsworth, a British peer and secret agent who, in the comics at least, takes the codename Union Jack and wears a costume with the national flag emblazoned across the front (see picture right). In World War II, Falsworth fought alongside Captain America as part of a team called the Invaders.
But before the $140million Hollywood blockbuster is released, Feild was on screen in British movie Third Star, shot on location in Pembrokeshire with an ensemble cast of four for just $650,000.
The actor, who joined co-stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Burke and Adam Robertson in the low-key film, is well aware of the gulf between the two movies.
The actor, who finished filming on Captain America in early May, said: "I play one of the Captain's sidekicks, so I've been running around,...
Feild plays Montgomery Falsworth, a British peer and secret agent who, in the comics at least, takes the codename Union Jack and wears a costume with the national flag emblazoned across the front (see picture right). In World War II, Falsworth fought alongside Captain America as part of a team called the Invaders.
But before the $140million Hollywood blockbuster is released, Feild was on screen in British movie Third Star, shot on location in Pembrokeshire with an ensemble cast of four for just $650,000.
The actor, who joined co-stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Burke and Adam Robertson in the low-key film, is well aware of the gulf between the two movies.
The actor, who finished filming on Captain America in early May, said: "I play one of the Captain's sidekicks, so I've been running around,...
- 7/4/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Jean-Claude Van Damme has muscled away the iconic role of Hercule Poirot from David Suchet, due to a clause in the European Film Diversity Act, a new piece of film-funding legislation.
After Disney announced earlier this week that Jennifer Garner is set to play Miss Marple, it seems that bizarre casting is the order of the day. But this one’s all about the money. To qualify for funding from the Efda, any production must feature ‘a proportional representation of nationals from across Europe to reflect the continent’s diversity.’
And following the abolition of the UK Film Council, most British productions will have little choice but to toe the line.
“These rules have been foisted upon filmmakers who desperately need the funding,” said writer and producer Lord Horsham. “Where the UK Film Council was a layer of strategic glue that helped bind the many parts of our disparate industry together,...
After Disney announced earlier this week that Jennifer Garner is set to play Miss Marple, it seems that bizarre casting is the order of the day. But this one’s all about the money. To qualify for funding from the Efda, any production must feature ‘a proportional representation of nationals from across Europe to reflect the continent’s diversity.’
And following the abolition of the UK Film Council, most British productions will have little choice but to toe the line.
“These rules have been foisted upon filmmakers who desperately need the funding,” said writer and producer Lord Horsham. “Where the UK Film Council was a layer of strategic glue that helped bind the many parts of our disparate industry together,...
- 4/1/2011
- by darren.bignell@lovefilm.com (Darren Bignell)
- LOVEFiLM
From The Archers via Brideshead to major acclaim at Sundance, Chalet Girl star Felicity Jones is now a hot property
When I arrive at the Soho hotel to interview Felicity Jones, there are two paps, Ian and Perry, lurking outside the entrance. They're after Ed Westwick, Jones's co-star in the new British romcom Chalet Girl who is best known for his role in Gossip Girl, and there's also the prospect of a few leftover celebs from the film's premiere the night before – Bill Nighy, who plays the father, and Brooke Shields, the mother. And what about Felicity Jones?
"Oh, she's such a pretty little thing," says Ian. "Tiny. Gorgeous."
"What's the name of that actress in Breakfast at Tiffany's?" asks Perry.
Audrey Hepburn?
"Exactly, she's got a real Audrey Hepburn look about her."
She has. Even in the baggy snowboarding outfits she wore in Chalet Girl, she has the kind...
When I arrive at the Soho hotel to interview Felicity Jones, there are two paps, Ian and Perry, lurking outside the entrance. They're after Ed Westwick, Jones's co-star in the new British romcom Chalet Girl who is best known for his role in Gossip Girl, and there's also the prospect of a few leftover celebs from the film's premiere the night before – Bill Nighy, who plays the father, and Brooke Shields, the mother. And what about Felicity Jones?
"Oh, she's such a pretty little thing," says Ian. "Tiny. Gorgeous."
"What's the name of that actress in Breakfast at Tiffany's?" asks Perry.
Audrey Hepburn?
"Exactly, she's got a real Audrey Hepburn look about her."
She has. Even in the baggy snowboarding outfits she wore in Chalet Girl, she has the kind...
- 2/20/2011
- by Carole Cadwalladr
- The Guardian - Film News
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
The UK may be struggling to keep up with the rest of the world in the arena of football, but we’re at least producing some top quality actors. Here’s Matthew’s pick of upcoming talent…
In a review I read for the BBC film, Dive, it stated, "It is lucky that, at a time when we are failing miserably to produce young footballers, we are producing such wonderful young actors." I'm not exactly sure why one would make up for the other, but I agree with the assertion. We have some great young actors and our young footballers are rubbish. For me, that's the best way round, though.
Here's a list of ten young British actors whom I expect to be making big moves in the world of entertainment in the near future, if they aren't already. The list is based on some completely subjective criteria such as talent,...
In a review I read for the BBC film, Dive, it stated, "It is lucky that, at a time when we are failing miserably to produce young footballers, we are producing such wonderful young actors." I'm not exactly sure why one would make up for the other, but I agree with the assertion. We have some great young actors and our young footballers are rubbish. For me, that's the best way round, though.
Here's a list of ten young British actors whom I expect to be making big moves in the world of entertainment in the near future, if they aren't already. The list is based on some completely subjective criteria such as talent,...
- 9/22/2010
- Den of Geek
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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