Pride & Prejudice (2005) FAN Blog

BBC recently released a press release for a new TV project that Matthew Macfadyen has signed on to co-star. Read the press release article below: Acclaimed actress Helena Bonham Carter (Harry Potter, Sweeney Todd) leads the cast in Enid Blyton (working title), a major one-off drama from Carnival Film & Television for BBC Four . Matthew Macfadyen and Denis Lawson also star. Helena Bonham Carter says: "It's a long time since I have read such a well written script with as complex and fascinating a character as Enid. I hope I do her justice. And I hope I get to drink lashings of ginger beer." One of the most recognised storytellers of all time, Enid Blyton's charming characters and classic tales have enchanted countless generations of children all over the world for almost 80 years. Having sold over 500 million books in 40 countries, this one-off drama follows the woman behind the enduring and compelling stories such as...

New Poll is now up! The current poll ( #15 ) is now up (scroll down at the bottom) right side bar under the Weekly Poll for the new poll question: Which one of the following DVD Extras NOT on P&P DVD would you have liked to have been included? Many thanks to all of you who voted in the last poll. Below is the result from last week's poll. Which one of the following DVD Special Features From P&P movie did you enjoy watching the most? A Bennet Family Portrait 2 (33% ) Jane Austen, Ahead of Her Time 0 (0%) Behind-the-Scenes at the Ball 0 (0%) Feature Commentary with Director Joe Wright 2 (33%) Pride & Prejudice: HBO First Look 1 (16%) On Set Diaries 1 (16%) The Stately Homes of Pride & Prejudice 0 (0%) Pride & Prejudice Family Tree 0 (0%) other 0 (0%) Votes so far: 6 Poll closed

Finally, Matthew Macfadyen 's Little Dorrit will premiere here in the U.S. on PBS 's Masterpiece starting tonight ( March 29 - April 26 ) episode 1. It will be shown in 5 episodes . Here are the episodes' airdates schedule: March 29 - Part 1 (120 minutes) April 5 - Part 2 (90 minutes) April 12 - Part 3 (90 minutes) April 19 - Part 4 (90 minutes) April 26 - Part 5 (90 minutes) Little Dorrit Airing March 29 - April 26, 2009 on PBS Check local listings Synopsis Amy "Little" Dorrit lives in the Marshalsea Prison for Debt caring for her father William Dorrit. To aid her family, Amy works for stern shut-in Mrs. Clennam. Son Arthur Clennam returns from China after his father's death, haunted by his father's final, mysterious words. Is there a long-buried family secret and does it somehow involve Amy and her family? Settling back into English life, Arthur gets reacquainted with former sweetheart Flora Finching, although true affections are saved fo...

Today ( 3/26 ) marks the 24th Birthday of the lovely, beautiful, talented, and Oscar / Golden Globe Nominated British actress Keira Knightley . Keira's upcoming film projects for 2009/2010 . The Beautiful and the Damned (2010) ( in production ) .... Zelda Sayre My Fair Lady (2010) ( announced ) (rumored) .... Eliza Doolittle Never Let Me Go (2010) ( pre-production ) London Boulevard (2010) ( pre-production ) .... Lillian Palmer Last Night (2009) ( post-production ) .... Joanna Reed P.S. -> Speaking of birthdays or in this case anniversary, my P&P (2005) Forum turns 3 years online today too! I created the P&P fan forum the same day as Keira 's birthday 3 years ago today (of course, unaware at the time that it was her birthday, lol). So, yeah, there are 2 reasons to celebrate today and every year... KK 's b-day and the P&P forum . How cool, eh? Happy 3 Years Online P&P Forum!

New Poll is now up! The current poll ( #14 ) is now up (scroll down at the bottom) right side bar under the Weekly Poll for the new poll question: Which one of the following DVD Special Features from P&P movie did you enjoy watching the most? Many thanks to all of you who voted in the last poll. Below is the result from last week's poll. If a sequel to the 2005 P&P movie is made in the near future would you be interested in watching it? Yes - as long as KK, MM, P&P director JW and the rest of the cast are on board. 9 (75%) No - I loved the P&P '05 movie just the way it was. No sequel will compare to its original adaptation. 3 (25%) Total Votes: 12 Poll closed All previous Weekly Polls are archived here .

Keira Knightley was interviewed by New York's Time Out for the upcoming U.S. release of her film, The Edge of Love . She talks about singing and trying to avoid her upcoming birthday ( March 26th ) among other things. Read parts of he interview below: Time Out New York : Happy early birthday. Keira Knightley: Thank you. I was kind of trying to ignore it. You’re not old enough to try and ignore it yet. No, I am. I’ll ignore it now, and when I’m properly old enough to ignore it I’ll have been ignoring it for so long that I won’t even notice. Is it true that you were shy about singing in the new film? I was frightened of it, yes [ Laughs ]. I had to go into this very posh studio in London and record it, which was fucking frightening. Just before I was going onto the set, John [Maybury] the director came down and said, “I actually want you to do it live.” I nearly died, really. There were about a hundred extras, and about 50 crew. I sounded a bit like a pubescent boy, I think, on t...

The Daily Mail talked to Carey Mulligan about the new film, Never Let Me Go that she and P&P co-star Keira Knightley will be co-starring and filming begins next month. Read the article below: Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley have developed their own sign language which may or may not be useful on their new film, which starts shooting next month. The two young actresses played sisters in Pride And Prejudice and now they will star opposite each other in the film version of Kazuo Ishiguro's haunting novel Never Let Me Go , where they play students who are cocooned at a strange private school in an unsettling version of deepest Norfolk. 'We play best friends in the movie and it's the nicest thing to get to work with one of your really good friends,' Carey told me. 'It won't feel like work really.' The two actresses recently had a 'getting to know you' supper with director Mark Romanek and their leading man, Andrew Garfield. ' Keira an...