Pride & Prejudice (2005) Blog

Wishing all the P&P fans , readers , and visitors of this blog (especially to all of you who celebrate Easter with your family and friends) today a wonderful, fun, and blessed... Happy Easter!!!

A first TV spot has been released for the upcoming  The Great Gatsby  (in  3D !) film starring  Carey Mulligan  as  Daisy Buchanan  with   Joel Edgerton ,  Tobey Maguire , and  Leonardo DiCaprio , which   will be opening  The 66th Cannes Film Festival  in  May 15th and in US theaters May 10th . Watch The Great Gatsby TV spot below...

Today ( March 26th ) is the Golden Globe and Academy Award ® Nominee (for Best Actress performance of her iconic role, Elizabeth Bennet in the 2005 Pride & Prejudice film) Keira Knightley 's 28th Birthday! Miss Knightley has two new films coming up soon or later this year, Can a Song Save Your Life? (no theatrical release date yet) with Maroon 5 's Adam Levin , Mark Ruffalo , and Haille Steinfeld and Jack Ryan (opens nationwide in theaters December 25th ) with Chris Pine , Kevin Costner , and co-star/director Kenneth Branagh . Plus Keira Knightley to play Coco Chanel in a short film with Karl Lagerfeld in the helm Born March 26, 1985 in Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK , Keira Christina Knightley is the daughter of actor Will Knightley and playwright Sharman Macdonald . After she requested an agent at the age of three, her parents allowed her to work on productions in her summer holidays. Her first role was at the age of 9, in Moira Armstrong ...

Some new stills (via Kino Gallery ) has been released for Byzantium  starring Saoirse Ronan ( Hanna, Atonement ), Gemma Arterton ( Prince of Persia , Lost In Austen ), Tom Hollander ( Hanna , Pride & Prejudice ) and Jonny Lee Miller ( Elementary , Emma 2009, Mansfield Park 1999 ). Directed by Neil Jordan ( Interview with the Vampire ). One of these new Byzantium stills features Tom Hollander , as you can see above. Byzantium opens in theaters June 28, 2013 !

As previously posted here , a brief preview video   via  rednoseday  2013 and some stills   has been released of  2-time Academy Award Nominee  Brenda Blethyn  and  two-time Academy Award Winner Hillary Swank  as  Martha and Mary  in the new  HBO  (and  BBCOne  in the UK) tele pic  Mary and Martha . Now, HBO Films has released a trailer and two teasers ( teaser 1 and teaser 2 ) with a premiere date on Saturday, April 20th , on HBO at 8/7 c. Mary and Martha premiered in the UK's BBCOne last Friday, March 1st , ahead of its Comic Relief,  Red Nose Day 2013 . If you're in the UK, you can watch it here:  Mary and Martha . Watch the HBO trailer for Mary and Martha and listen to the audio interview of Brenda Blethyn below...

Keira Knightley , who is the face of   Chanel 's Coco Mademoiselle fragrance ,   is going to play the late French designer Coco Chanel in an upcoming short film, which will be directed by fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld . Keira had previously done two  Coco Mademoiselle fragrance  mini-film commercials, which were both directed by   Joe Wright . Read more info. about the short film in the article below via UK's The Telegraph ...

Just announced today that The Great Gatsby (in 3D !) film starring Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan with Joel Edgerton , Tobey Maguire , and Leonardo DiCaprio will be opening The 66th Cannes Film Festival in May 15th . Here's more info. via Cannes ' website : Baz Luhrmann, Leonardo DiCaprio and Scott Fitzgerald to inaugurate the Festival de Cannes It is on The Great Gatsby by Australian director Baz Luhrmann , that the curtain will rise at the inauguration of the 66 th Festival de Cannes, on Wednesday 15 th May, in the Grand Théâtre Lumière of the Palais des Festivals,  out of Competition in the Official Selection.

According to DVD Active , Rosamund Pike 's Jack Reacher film with Tom Cruise will be released on DVD and Blu-ray/DVD Combo on May 7th.  You can pre-order your copy of either DVD or Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo +Digital Copy +UltraViolet via Amazon . Jack Reache r, with a reported $60 million production budget did very well at both its US domestic (with $79.9 million gross as of March 11th ) and foreign (with $136.4 million gross) with a worldwide total of $216.4 million+ (as of March 11th ) box-office gross, according to Box Office Mojo . A sequel is said to be in the works. See the DVD and DVD/Blu-ray combo cover arts and further DVD/Blu-ray info via   DVD Active below...

Tonight, BBC America 's 8-part crime mini-series Ripper Street starring Matthew Macfadyen (as Detective Inspector Edmund Reid ) continues with Episode 8 (Season 1 Finale) .   Jerome Flynn , and Adam Rothenberg also star. Great news! Ripper Street starring Matthew Macfadyen has been renewed for Season 2! Also, if you missed the previous 5 episodes , Get Episodes on Sale at iTunes NOW! BBC America 's Ripper Street synopsis “Ripper Street” is a riveting new crime series set to premiere within BBC America’s Dramaville on January 19, 2013 at 9/8c. The eight-part series is set in and around Whitechapel in London’s East End in 1889, during the aftermath of the infamous Jack the Ripper murders. Episode 8  - What Use Our Work? Reid is adrift. His team is in pieces and Leman Street is shaken to its foundations following recent events. A kidnapping offers him cause to assemble his men and tackle the white slavery ring operating in their midst. But Reid is grippe...

The last official portrait poster from Capitol Portraits ( character posters ) has been released this afternoon (over 30 minutes ago or so) and its Donald Sutherland as President Snow via Yahoo! Movies for the upcoming The Hunger Games: Catching Fire film ( Donald Sutherland as President Snow and Jena Malone as Johanna Mason co-star in the sequel to the mega-blockbuster The Hunger Games ). The film has been releasing character posters through various websites with hints of which character portraits where revealed via Capitol Couture - Tumblr and Instagram social network sites.   This past Wednesday, we got to see the First look of Jena Malone as Johanna Mason in a Capitol Portrait for 'Catching Fire' Also, other official Catching Fire character portraits from Katniss Everdeen ( Jennifer Lawrence ), Effie Trinket ( Elizabeth Banks ), Haymitch Abernathy ( Woody Harrelson ), Caesar Flickerman ( Stanley Tucci ), Cinna ( Lenny Kravitz ), Beetee ( J...

Pride & Prejudice (2005)   (director: Joe Wright ) starring Keira Knightley & Matthew Macfadyen Continuing the 200th anniversary celebration of Jane Austen 's classic Pride and Prejudice novel, with my thoughts, opinions, and review of Pride & Prejudice (2005) film (director: Joe Wright ) starring Keira Knightley & Matthew Macfadyen . I thought I'd saved the best for last...or rather my all-time favorite film adaptation of Jane Austen 's Pride and Prejudice . Here's my long (and admittedly biased...well, this is after all, my most favorite P&P adaptation and this blog was named after and had started because of my love for this film) P&P 05 film review below...

The exciting Capitol Couture has been releasing Capitol Portraits ( character posters ) every 2-3 hours a day this week for the upcoming The Hunger Games: Catching Fire film ( Donald Sutherland and Jena Malone co-star in the sequel to the mega-blockbuster The Hunger Games ) through various websites with hints of which character portraits is revealed next via Capitol Couture - Tumblr and Instagram social network sites. So far, character portraits from Katniss Everdeen ( Jennifer Lawrence ), Effie Trinket ( Elizabeth Banks ), Haymitch Abernathy ( Woody Harrelson ), Caesar Flickerman ( Stanley Tucci ), Cinna ( Lenny Kravitz ), and Beetee ( Jeffrey Wright ) has been released. This morning it was hinted that... Jena 's Catching Fire character Johanna Mason was next with the following character description... capitolcouture Don’t let her fool you, she’s #SlyAndCunning . 3pm PT @HuffingtonPost , @Moviefone , @Cambiogram Prior to that, Jena tweeted 1...

As one of Jena Malone 's upcoming film projects Lonely Hunter has been delayed (she's still attached to star on it) due to scheduling conflicts, according to Jena herself. She is currently starring (and possibly filming) in a new indie film, a ghost/psychological thriller Angelica , which Deadline reported recently (with an article below). Jena has confirmed her casting in this film with an instagram/twitter post: Jena Malone ‏ @ MaloneJena And so it begins... # angelicafilm # justabundleofnerves http:// instagr.am/p/WcjffdIhQW/ And I'm guessing this was a rehearsal photo of her in character in the same movie via her Instagram account .   More info. of Jena 's new film Angelica via Deadline article below...

  Birthday girl Tamzin Merchant , as previously posted here , has two new upcoming TV and film projects for 2013 . First, in a new ITV drama Murder on the Home Front , she co-stars with Patrick Kennedy ( Boardwalk Empire and Atonement ) and in another titled , Copenhagen . Here's an update of Miss Merchant 's upcoming ITV1 drama Murder on the Home Front , a first still (see above) from the two-part drama has been released (via its MOTHF_ITV on Twitter ) featuring Tamzin as Molly . According to Tamzin on twitter :   "Murder on the Home Front is coming out some time in April on ITV1..." Related articles: Behind the scenes of London's most gruesome crime scenes in wartime Britain TV tribute to the ice-cool blonde who helped catch scores of killers Also, watch ITV Drama Lives 2013 preview montage featuring a glimpse of Tamzin Merchant below...

Today ( March 4th ) is the 26th birthday of Tamzin Merchant (aka Georgiana Darcy in the 2005 Pride & Prejudice film). Born: Tamzin Claire Merchant March 4 , 1987 in UK Tamzin Merchant was born in the UK, but spent part of her childhood in Dubai. She attended Windlesham School and Brighton College, and had been planning to study at Nottingham University, when she was cast in Pride & Prejudice a year before finishing her A-levels. She deferred entry to university to work on TV projects in the UK... See full bio (via IMDB)  Happy Birthday Tamzin Merchant !

  Some stills has been released of 2-time Academy Award Nominee  Brenda Blethyn and two-time Academy Award Winner Hillary Swank as Martha and Mary in the new HBO (and BBCOne in the UK) telepic Mary & Martha . No air date for HBO yet, other than it'll be showing sometime in 2013. Mary and Martha premiered in the UK's BBCOne last Friday, March 1st , ahead of its Comic Relief, Red Nose Day 2013 . If you're in the UK, you can watch it here: Mary and Martha . Related article: Richard Curtis on his new film Mary and Martha (via UK's The Telegraph ) The trio of Working Title Films ' Tim Bevan , Eric Fellner , and Liza Chasin, the executive producers of Joe Wright 's Pride & Prejudice , Atonement , and the recent Anna Karenina films (as well Love Actually with its writer/director Richard Curtis ) are producing this alongside the director of Salt ! In addition to Brenda Blethyn and Hilary Swank, Sam Claflin (who previously co-starred with Ma...

Tonight, BBC America 's 8-part crime mini-series Ripper Street starring Matthew Macfadyen (as Detective Inspector Edmund Reid ) continues with Episode 7 .   Jerome Flynn , and Adam Rothenberg also star. Great news! Ripper Street starring Matthew Macfadyen has been renewed for Season 2! Also, if you missed the previous 5 episodes , Get Episodes on Sale at iTunes NOW! BBC America 's Ripper Street synopsis “Ripper Street” is a riveting new crime series set to premiere within BBC America’s Dramaville on January 19, 2013 at 9/8c. The eight-part series is set in and around Whitechapel in London’s East End in 1889, during the aftermath of the infamous Jack the Ripper murders. Episode 7  - A Man of My Company An international shipping magnate arrives in town with his Pinkerton retinue to complete the acquisition of an ailing London shipping line. Meanwhile, the murdered body of an engine inventor draws Reid’s attention just as Jackson and Long Susan’s past comes b...

According to Deadline , F ocus Features and Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman are closing a deal to acquire the new Neil Gaiman novel The Ocean At The End Of The Lane . With Joe Wright said to be attached to helm the film adaptation and his Shoebox Films partner Paul Webster (one of the producers of JW 's films: Pride & Prejudice , Atonement , and the most recent Anna Karenina ). More info. via Deadline article below...