Joe Wright's 'Anna Karenina' film starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen set for a November 9th, 2012 US release date!

Great news! Focus Features has just announced via its official twitter page that Joe Wright's upcoming film Anna Karenina starring Pride & Prejudice stars Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen now has a set US theatrical release date of November 9th, 2012 (a full two months after its UK September 7th release date)!

Yay, finally, a US release date! Bring on MM's first photo as Oblonsky next!  Here's the AK tweet via Focus Features on Twitter. (Also, Box Office Mojo has updated its scheduled release date for AK from Fall 2012 to November 9th!)...

Focus Features ‏ @FocusFeatures

#AnnaKarenina sets release date – Nov. 9, 2012 –– for #JoeWright’s sweeping romance w/ #KeiraKnightly, #AaronJohnson & #JudeLaw

Anna Karenina
Jude Law, Aaron Johnson, Kelly Macdonald, Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, and Ruth Wilson also star in the adaptation of Anna Karenina, directed by Joe Wright (Hanna/Atonement/Pride & Prejudice).

Here’s the official synopsis:

The third collaboration of Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley with director Joe Wright, following the award-winning box office successes “Pride & Prejudice” and “Atonement,” is the epic love story “Anna Karenina,” adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel by Academy Award winner Tom Stoppard (“Shakespeare in Love”). The story unfolds in its original late-19th-century Russia high-society setting and powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart, from the passion between adulterers to the bond between a mother and her children. As Anna (Knightley) questions her happiness, change comes to her family, friends, and community.

Also, I've updated the Anna Karenina (2012) extra page here with a countdown timer for the movie's US release date! Check it out! Just 240 Days (8 months) from today until the movie opens in theaters!