Pride & Prejudice (2005) Blog

Tamzin Merchant  co-stars with  Shane West  ( Nikita ) in  WGN America 's new original scripted period TV drama series  Salem , which premiered last April 20th  at 10/9c to a solid start in ratings (and according to Deadline:  WGN’s ‘Salem’ Debut Surges In Live+3 Results ) for WGN America. Salem continues tonight with Episode 11 - Cat and Mouse . Great news on Salem , the freshman series has been renewed for a second season after just 3 episodes of airing. WGN America reportedly renewed the series with another 13 episodes order . Read the related article with official press release: WGN AMERICA’S SPELLBINDING DRAMA “SALEM” RENEWED FOR SECOND SEASON The 13-episode second season will begin production later this year for a 2015 debut . Starring Janet Montgomery, Shane West, Seth Gabel, Xander Berkeley, Ashley Madekwe, Tamzin Merchant , Elise Eberle and Iddo Goldberg, “Salem” continues for ten episodes , airing Sundays at 10 p.m. ET / 9 p.m . CT....

Costumes for the 2005   Pride & Prejudice  film were designed by Academy Award winner*   Jacqueline Durran  ( Anna Karenina *), which was nominated for an Academy Award in Best Achievement in Costume Design  in 2006. Despite not winning her first Oscar nomination for P&P , Jaqueline ’s designs (See Pride & Prejudice (2005) Costumes designed by Jacqueline Durran ) have gone on to be used in several Regency era dramas, including   Becoming Jane ,  Sense and Sensibility and   Northanger Abbey . Here are some images   that the P&P costumes were reused   in other period dramas via   Recycled Movie Costumes  (including captions) below...

Opening in select cities (New York and Los Angeles) today is  Keira Knightley 's new romantic-comedy/musical film   Begin Again   (formerly titled as   Can A Song Save Your Life?   In theaters everywhere   July 2nd ).  Mark Ruffalo , Catherine Keener , Hailee Steinfeld , and Adam Levine  also star.  Also,   " Begin Again "  Soundtrack   featuring Keira Knightley  (in 6 tracks !) is available July 1st ! You can pre-order the soundtrack on iTunes and can hear a few sample tracks of Keira 's songs ( Lost Stars , Like A Fool , and Tell Me If You Wanna Go Home ). Here’s the official synopsis for  Begin Again : The latest film from writer-director John Carney (ONCE), BEGIN AGAIN is a soul-stirring comedy about what happens when lost souls meet and make beautiful music together. Gretta ( Keira Knightley ) and her long-time boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) are college sweethearts and songwriting partners who decamp...

According to Deadline , Jena Malone   will star in a lead role in Claire , an American remake of Eric Rohmer's French film Le Beau Mariage . Jena Malone To Star In ‘Le Beau Mariage’ Remake ‘Claire’ EXCLUSIVE :  The Hunger Games ‘  Jena Malone  has taken the lead role in  Claire , an American remake of Eric Rohmer’s 1982 French pic  Le Beau Mariage  that’s gearing up with Rilean Pictures. Story follows an eccentric young woman in her 20s living in Long Island with her aunt and teenage cousin. Fed up with her married painter lover, Claire sets her sights on a man she barely knows with aims to get herself married. Project marks the feature debut of Grammy-nominated music video helmer Dori Oskowitz (Vice Media’s  Blackout ), who is directing a script by Juan Iglesias and Jonathan Saba. Iglesias and Saba also are producing for their new shingle Rilean Pictures. Malone appears in the next two installments of Lionsgate’s  Hunger Games  f...

Kelly Reilly 's new limited ( 13 episodes ) and first U.S. TV series, Black Box is back after a 3-week hiatus (due to NBA Finals) and continues tonight with  Episode 8 - Free Will on ABC on its new 8 PM time slot. Last Thursday's Ratings : On its first telecast in three weeks and moving into its new 8-9 PM time period, ABC’s  Black Box  returned up in total viewers ( 4.0 million vs. 3.8 million) and paced within 1/10th in adults 18-49 (0.7/3 vs. 0.8/2). (via Deadline ) Catch up on past Black Box Episodes...

Keira Knightley 's new film  Begin Again   (formerly titled as  Can A Song Save Your Life? ) opens in select cities (New York & LA) tomorrow (June 27th) and everywhere July 2nd! Keira,  along with her co-stars James Corden , Mark Ruffalo , Adam Levine and director John Carney attended the New York premiere of the Weinstein company's BEGIN AGAIN , sponsored by Delta Airlines and Budweiser at SVA Theater on June 25, 2014 in New York City. Knightley  will be a guest on The View this morning. See new photos of KK at both NYC Premiere and After party below...

Keira Knightley 's new film   Begin Again   (formerly titled as  Can A Song Save Your Life? ) opens in select US theaters this Friday  June 27th and everywhere July 2nd ; And in UK Cinemas  July 11th .  Keira will be attending the New York Premiere today ( or tomorrow ). Also, she will be on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central tonight and on The View tomorrow morning to promote this film. In the meantime, you can hear Keira singing her version of Lost Stars in the video below. The song is one of the songs and theme song from the film's soundtrack. She sounds great on it and it's catchy! Keira  sings 6 (out 16) tracks from Begin Again Soundtrack , which will be released July 1st !  " Begin Again "  Soundtrack  - apple.com‎   Pre-order the " Begin Again " film   soundtrack   today on iTunes! (You can sample a few tracks Keira sings including Lost Stars ). Song Titles Keira Knightley sings in Be...

Belle  ( Penelope Wilton   co-stars   as  Lady Mary Murray ), which opened in U.S. Theaters early last month and currently still playing in theaters will be released on Digital HD on August 12th and Blu-ray and VOD August 26th , according to its official Facebook page . No details on the extras for the Blu-ray Disc as of yet, but you can  Pre-Order your Blu-ray copy here ! Belle  starring  Gugu Mbatha-Raw ,  Matthew Goode ,  Sam Reid ,  Sarah Gadon ,  Tom Wilkinson ,  Emily Watson ,  Tom Felton ,  James Norton ,  Miranda Richardson , and  Penelope Wilton . Directed by BAFTA Award winner Amma Asante .

Variety reports that BBC's A Poet In New York starring Tom Hollander has been acquired by BBC America and will premiere in the Fall. BBC America  has acquired the film “ A Poet in New York ,” starring  Tom Hollander . Hollander plays Dylan Thomas, the famous poet known for his wild, hard-drinking lifestyle.  Written by screenwriter Andrew Davies (“House of Cards”), the drama explores how Thomas’ experiences made his life virtually untenable and examines how his destructive personality played into his own demise.  The film is directed by Aisling Walsh and also stars Essie Davis, as Dylan’s wife Caitlin, Ewen Bremner and Phoebe Fox.  The film will premiere in the U.S. this fall on BBC America. It premiered on BBC Two in the UK recently (last month), see more info., watch the BBC trailer and production stills below...

A new poster (and new movie title) of Lost In Karastan  (formerly titled Epic ) starring  Matthew Macfadyen (see new poster above) has been added via Stealth Media Group's website . The film made the  Official Selection: The Montreal World Film Festival 2014   and will be screening there, but no dates announced yet. The festival runs from  August 21st to September 1st . Here's more info. on Matthew 's upcoming Epic Lost In Karastan   movie below...

The marketing for  The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1   has started with propaganda Panem posters for the districts, now the first viral video marketing with  Donald Sutherland 's character President Snow has just been released today with an official Panem Address "Together as One" with captured district 12's victor Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson). Mockingjay: Part 1 , the penultimate chapter of the third film (from The Hunger Games trilogy) will be opening in theaters nationwide November 21st . The film also stars  Jena Malone   (as Johanna Mason ), Jennifer Lawrence ,  Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci , and  Julianne Moore . Via The Hunger Games FB page: Panem Today, Panem Tomorrow, Panem Forever. Watch President Snow 's official Panem Address , “Together as One” and register for Capitol TV updates at The Capitol   #OnePanem Watch the teaser video with ...

Two  new   The Imitation Game  stills  has been released yesterdayday via  EmpireOnline , one of them featured  Keira Knightley  (as  Joan Clarke )  with  Benedict Cumberbatch  ( Sherlock ), and Mark Strong ( Sherlock Holmes , The Young Victoria ) . The Imitation Game English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II. Also starring   Matthew Goode ,   Allen Leech ,  Rory Kinnear ,  Charles Dance , and  Matthew Beard , the film opens  November 21st, 2014 .   See the Empire Online released  The Imitation Game  still  below...

Heaven Is For Real  starring Greg Kinnear and  Kelly Reilly   arrives on Blu-ray July 22nd and Digital July 8th . Pre-Order your copy here . This film was a big success with $12 million production budget and has now grossed (since it opened in theaters April 16th ) in the U.S. Box Office with a very impressive $89.8 million and foreign gross (in small markets, so far) with $3.1 million with a worldwide total of $92.9 million as of June 22, 2014 , according to Box Office Mojo . No details for the Blu-ray extras featurette just yet, but will update this post as soon as it's available!

Three-time Oscar Nominee and winner *  Jacqueline Durran  ( Pride & Prejudice , Atonement , and * Anna Karenina ) was the Costume Designer for Pride & Prejudice (2005) film directed by Joe Wright. She scored her first Oscar nomination for Best Achievement in Costume Designs for Pride & Prejudice movie and was nominated for two more including a win for AK . Here are some images (I've compiled here) for P&P (2005) costumes (images via Pemberley State of Mind on tumblr and P&P costumes display via  Austen Only  and  Let's Dream A Dream ) below...

A new trailer has been released for Rosamund Pike 's upcoming film, Hector and the Search for Happiness , a dramedy, in which she co-stars (again) with Simon Pegg . The film opens in the U.K. on August 15th , and also stars  Christopher Plummer ,  Toni Collette ,  Stellan Skarsgard , and  Jean Reno . Here's the official synopsis for Hector and the Search for Happiness  Pegg plays Hector, an eccentric yet irresistible London psychiatrist in crisis: his patients are just not getting any happier! He’s going nowhere. Then one day, armed with buckets of courage and an almost child-like curiosity, Hector breaks out of his sheltered vacuum of a life into a global quest to find out if happiness exists. More importantly, if it exists for Hector. And so begins a colorful, exotic, dangerous and hysterical journey.  Watch the trailer (and some  screen captures featuring Rosamund Pike ) below...

Tamzin Merchant  co-stars with  Shane West  ( Nikita ) in  WGN America 's new original scripted period TV drama series  Salem , which premiered last April 20th  at 10/9c to a solid start in ratings (and according to Deadline:  WGN’s ‘Salem’ Debut Surges In Live+3 Results ) for WGN America. Salem continues tonight with Episode 10 - The House of Pain . Great news on Salem , the freshman series has been renewed for a second season after just 3 episodes of airing. WGN America reportedly renewed the series with another 13 episodes order . Read the related article with official press release: WGN AMERICA’S SPELLBINDING DRAMA “SALEM” RENEWED FOR SECOND SEASON The 13-episode second season will begin production later this year for a 2015 debut . Starring Janet Montgomery, Shane West, Seth Gabel, Xander Berkeley, Ashley Madekwe, Tamzin Merchant , Elise Eberle and Iddo Goldberg, “Salem” continues for ten episodes , airing Sundays at 10 p.m. ET / 9 p.m ....

Kelly Reilly 's new limited ( 13 episodes ) and first U.S. TV series, Black Box is back after a 3-week hiatus (due to NBA Finals) and continues tonight with  Episode 7 - Kodachrome on ABC on its new 8 PM time slot. UPDATE :  On its first telecast in three weeks and moving into its new 8-9 PM time period, ABC’s  Black Box  returned up in total viewers ( 4.0 million vs. 3.8 million) and paced within 1/10th in adults 18-49 (0.7/3 vs. 0.8/2). (via Deadline ) Speaking of Miss Reilly , she just joined Twitter yesterday! You can follow and welcome her (if you're on twitter, that is) here: @KellyReillybbox . She'll be live-tweeting on tonight's Black Box return in a new time slot. Here are screen caps of her first two tweets on why she joined twitter and new selfie photo of herself (for those, including her Black Box co-star who didn't believe it's the real her)...   (Source: Kelly Reilly on Twitter ) Catch up on past Black Box Episodes... ...

  Keira Knightley 's upcoming film   Begin Again   (formerly titled as  Can A Song Save Your Life?  In select US theaters June 27th and everywhere July 2nd ; And in UK Cinemas  July 11th ) with  Mark Ruffalo  and  Adam Levine has released a couple new clips featuring Keira . The first clip was Keira Knightley as Gretta sings - as she breaks up with Adam Levine's Dave over voicemail (via People ) and the second clip was Gretta with Dan (Mark Ruffalo) talking about a demo . Also, a BTS interview with Keira talking about the film. And a new Graham Norton Show interview she recently did (last week), which (as usual) was hilarious. She mentioned about Joe Wright 's funny sex scenes instructions from their Atonement film and being often mistaken as Natalie Portman (which, of course, we all know as she played her decoy in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace ) and strangely as Britney Spears too, lol... Here’s the  official syn...

Happy Father's Day to (my own Dad) and to all the fathers around the world! (And old post worth reposting with new header ^!) A Father's Day tribute to Mr. Bennet

Tamzin Merchant  co-stars with  Shane West  ( Nikita ) in  WGN America 's new original scripted period TV drama series  Salem , which premiered last April 20th  at 10/9c to a solid start in ratings (and according to Deadline:  WGN’s ‘Salem’ Debut Surges In Live+3 Results ) for WGN America. Salem continues tonight with Episode 9 - Children Be Afraid . Great news on Salem , the freshman series has been renewed for a second season after just 3 episodes of airing. WGN America reportedly renewed the series with another 13 episodes order . Read the related article with official press release: WGN AMERICA’S SPELLBINDING DRAMA “SALEM” RENEWED FOR SECOND SEASON The 13-episode second season will begin production later this year for a 2015 debut . Starring Janet Montgomery, Shane West, Seth Gabel, Xander Berkeley, Ashley Madekwe, Tamzin Merchant , Elise Eberle and Iddo Goldberg, “Salem” continues for ten episodes , airing Sundays at 10 p.m. ET / 9 p.m ....

The first trailer for the upcoming romantic-comedy film, What We Did On Our Holiday starring Rosamund Pike   and  David Tennant has just been released as well as a new poster and two new stills (via Lionsgate Films UK). The film opens in UK Cinemas on Friday, September 26th . No U.S. release date announced yet. What We Did On Our Holiday What We Did On Our holiday  is about a feuding couple, Doug and Abi, who are taking their three children on a trip to Scotland for a big family gathering. They are in the midst of a difficult divorce, and have asked the kids to keep it a secret from their extended family. But as the inevitable feuds kick in, a completely unexpected turn of events involving the children causes further tensions to rise to the surface. And with the repercussions that ensue - hilarious and emotional in equal measure - the family are forced to put aside their differences and work together or else risk losing what they hold most dear. ...

I recently saw two movies that were not only great, they were both worth watching and inspiring films with an excellent cast each. The films were Belle ( Penelope Wilton co-stars as Lady Mary Murray ) and Heaven Is for Real ( Kelly Reilly co-stars as Sonja Burpo ). I highly recommend you see both films (if you haven't already) this Father's Day weekend as they're both still playing in theaters nationwide. I wrote and posted my film reviews these two films in my other movies blog here . Read parts of my film reviews of both Belle and Heaven Is For Real below.

On this day, 10 years ago ( June 11th, 2004 ), Matthew Macfadyen was announced and cast in the iconic role of Mr. Darcy , opposite Keira Knightley 's protagonist Elizabeth Bennet (Darcy's love interest. See Keira's retrospect casting announcement here ) in Joe Wright 's first feature film, Pride & Prejudice (2005) . I've compiled here a few of Joe Wright 's P&P-era interviews as well as a few old articles (I could find) of his casting announcement including Rosamund Pike and Jena Malone , who were also announced (on the same day as Matthew ) as joining the cast to play Keira 's older sister Jane ( Pike ) and youngest sister Lydia Bennet ( Malone ). Read Rosamund and Jena 's casting here: Joe Wright On Casting P&P '05 Actors More on Matthew's Darcy casting info. below...

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit starring Chris Pine & Keira Knightley was released on Digital HD last month, which you can purchase your copy via iTunes here . Meanwhile, the Blu-ray Combo Pack ( DVD+Blu-ray+Digital HD ) discs is released today, June 10th ! Speaking of Jack Ryan movie, I've seen it last January when it was released here in U.S. theaters ( January 17th ). You can read my Film Review: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit . (via my Movies Blog ) More info. via DVD Active :

On this day,  10 years ago  ( June 8, 2004 ),  Keira Knightley  was  confirmed  to star in the lead as  Elizabeth Bennet  (in which she received both a  Golden Globe  and  Oscar nominations  for  Best Actress  in the role) in  Joe Wright 's first feature film,  Pride & Prejudice (2005) . Also, the first of many  Joe Wright  and  Keira Knightley  films ( Atonement  and  Anna Karenina ) and Chanel TV commercials collaborations together. I've compiled here a few  Joe Wright  past  P&P-era interviews  on his casting  Keira  as  Elizabeth Bennet  in his  P&P  directed film. Also, I've included a few old articles of  press/media announcements  of  KK 's  P&P casting  (thanks to  Paul 's  KeiraWeb 's detailed  P&P promo page  archive for saving those articles as they're no...

Tamzin Merchant  co-stars with  Shane West  ( Nikita ) in  WGN America 's new original scripted period TV drama series  Salem , which premiered last April 20th  at 10/9c to a solid start in ratings (and according to Deadline:  WGN’s ‘Salem’ Debut Surges In Live+3 Results ) for WGN America. Salem continues tonight with Episode 8 - Departures . Great news on Salem , the freshman series has been renewed for a second season after just 3 episodes of airing. WGN America reportedly renewed the series with another 13 episodes order . Read the related article with official press release: WGN AMERICA’S SPELLBINDING DRAMA “SALEM” RENEWED FOR SECOND SEASON The 13-episode second season will begin production later this year for a 2015 debut . Starring Janet Montgomery, Shane West, Seth Gabel, Xander Berkeley, Ashley Madekwe, Tamzin Merchant , Elise Eberle and Iddo Goldberg, “Salem” continues for ten episodes , airing Sundays at 10 p.m. ET / 9 p.m . CT. ...

Two new   The Imitation Game  stills has been released today via EW , one of them featured Keira Knightley  (as  Joan Clarke )  with Benedict Cumberbatch ( Sherlock ),  Matthew Goode ( Belle , Death Comes To Pemberley ), and Allen Leech (aka Tom Branson of Downton Abbey ) The Imitation Game English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II. Also starring   Mark Strong,   Rory Kinnear ,  Charles Dance , and  Matthew Beard , the film opens November 21st, 2014 .   See the EW released The Imitation Game still below...

A new still and first poster  from Cannes featuring  Rosamund Pike   and  David Tennant  (see poster above ^) in their upcoming new film,  What We Did On Our Holiday  has been released (poster via  David Tennant News ). The film opens in UK Cinemas on Friday, September 26th . No U.S. release date announced yet. Also, according to Scotland Now : What We Did on Our Holiday , which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, has secured deals to be shown across Europe, the Middle East, Japan, Australia and Russia.  Andrew Orr of distribution company Independent said: “It’s extremely funny and very charming.”  The family tale, shot in Glasgow, Perthshire and the Highlands, is due for UK release in September. See still and read synopsis below...

Kelly Reilly 's current limited ( 13 episodes ) and first U.S. TV series,  Black Box  has aired six episodes in a row the last six weeks, but now it's taking a few weeks of hiatus, not because it's being cancelled. No word on that yet. Hopefully, not and that ABC will give it a chance and air all 13 episodes they ordered (which they have aired 6, thus far). This series has been getting very good in every episode and doing well ratings-wise. It's only taking a break due to NBA Finals, which is taking its Thursday night times slot for a few weeks starting tonight.  Speaking of Black Box , according to Deadline  this afternoon: ABC Tweaks Summer Sched: ‘Celebrity Wife Swap’ Stays Put, ‘Black Box’ Moves To 8 PM  

Here's part II of my two-part post here about Period Dramas on TV and Films starring Pride & Prejudice actors . See Period Dramas in Films starring Pride & Prejudice actors (Part I) . I love watching period dramas, where I'm transported to a different time and a different era (with gorgeous costumes and regal manor homes) in the past! Be it made for a TV movie , a TV series/mini-series , or in a feature film you see in the big screen (in theaters). After watching so many period dramas over the years (including one of my all-time favorites, Pride & Prejudice (2005) film), I discovered so many more great period movies especially the ones starring/co-starring any one or more of my favorite P&P (2005) ensemble cast . I knew I've seen them before, but I just didn't know where or couldn't put a finger to where I've seen them before. A lot of them appeared in various period TV series or movies prior to, during, and after they all ap...

Celebrating a birthday today ( June 3rd ) is  Downton Abbey 's Penelope Wilton   ( co-stars as   Isobel Crawley ), best known to us P&P movie fans as Mrs. Gardiner , Elizabeth Bennet 's favorite aunt in the Pride & Prejudice (2005) film . She also played Tom Hollander 's mother in Wives and Daughters mini-series and co-starred with Judi Dench in Iris and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films. She's currently seen as Lady Mary Murray (auntie to both Dido Belle and Elizabeth Murray) in Belle movie, now showing in U.S. theaters nationwide! Happy Birthday Penelope Wilton! Born:   Penelope Alice Wilton June 3 ,  1946  in  Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Last April, I posted here the First Photo of Carey Mulligan on 'Suffragette' set in London . Today, the first first official still has been released (via Pathe International ) featuring Carey as Maud . The film is currently in post-production and also stars Helena Bonham-Carter , Brendan Gleeson , Anne Marie Duff , Ben Whishaw , Meryl Streep . Here’s the official synopsis for Suffragette : SUFFRAGETTE is a thrilling drama that tracks the story of the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State. These women were not primarily from the genteel educated classes, they were working women who had seen peaceful protest achieve nothing. Radicalized and turning to violence as the only route to change, they were willing to lose everything in their fight for equality – their jobs, their homes, their children and their lives. MAUD was one such foot soldier. T...

Have you ever seen a period movie where you kept wondering about a familiar actor starring in that period drama and thought you had seen him or her before, but you just can't remember nor recognized the actor from where or which other movie you've seen seen him or her before? If your answer is yes to the question above...well, you're not the only one. I know I have and sure enough, I've found out, not only that he or she looked familiar, but I've also seen him/her in Pride & Prejudice (2005) movie. Of course, it started way back in 2005 when I just saw the amazing ensemble cast of Joe Wright 's P&P movie . It was interesting that I hadn't noticed before that I've seen at least some of them in other movies, but didn't know nor put the two and two together because I didn't know who they were nor was I familiar with their faces (with the exceptions of the well-known ones such as Keira Knightley , Jena Malone , Judi Dench , Brenda Ble...

Tamzin Merchant  co-stars with  Shane West  ( Nikita ) in  WGN America 's new original scripted period TV drama series  Salem , which premiered last April 20th  at 10/9c to a solid start in ratings (and according to Deadline:  WGN’s ‘Salem’ Debut Surges In Live+3 Results ) for WGN America. Salem continues tonight with Episode 7 - Our Own Private America . Great news on Salem , the freshman series has been renewed for a second season after just 3 episodes of airing. WGN America reportedly renewed the series with another 13 episodes order . Read the related article with official press release: WGN AMERICA’S SPELLBINDING DRAMA “SALEM” RENEWED FOR SECOND SEASON The 13-episode second season will begin production later this year for a 2015 debut . Starring Janet Montgomery, Shane West, Seth Gabel, Xander Berkeley, Ashley Madekwe, Tamzin Merchant , Elise Eberle and Iddo Goldberg, “Salem” continues for ten episodes , airing Sundays at 10 p.m. ET / 9 ...