Pride & Prejudice (2005) Blog

More than a dozen new stills  via Collider of  Gone Girl  starring  Rosamund Pike   &  Ben Affleck had been released. And more than half of them featured Rosamund as Amy Dunne .  Official synopsis  for  Gone Girl : GONE GIRL  – directed by David Fincher and based upon the global bestseller by Gillian Flynn – unearths the secrets at the heart of a modern marriage. On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his beautiful wife,  Amy  ( Rosamund Pike ), has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick’s portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?     Gone Girl  opens in wide U.S theater release  October 3rd ! Check out some stills of RP in GG below...

The first TV spot for   Gone Girl  starring  Rosamund Pike   &  Ben Affleck  aired on TV last night during commercials of the Emmys 2014 telecast. Rosamund 's character Amy Dunne seems a bit of a mystery, but she reveals a very interesting inspiration for her character:  Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy , the late JFK Jr's late wife. “There’s not much out there about her. You never heard her speak,” Pike told  EW . “You just see those pictures of her hiding her face. The way she moved—I used quite a lot of that body language and mood. She’s the dream girl. That’s what Amy was for Nick. She’s the one you can’t get out of your head because she’s perfect.” Gone Girl opens in wide U.S theater release October 3rd ! Watch RP in GG TV Spot  (and see a few  screen captures  and BTS photo of Rosamund and director David Fincher ) below...

Available now on DVD, Blu-ray, Digital HD, and VOD is  Belle  ( Penelope Wilton   co-stars   as  Lady Mary Murray ), which opened in U.S. Theaters early last May. A must-see and most definitely worth-watching. I saw it and loved it. I'll be getting my own copy of this, for sure, to add this movie in my favorite and must-watch period movies collection.  Read my  Film Review: Belle .  Go get your copy and see it, if you haven't yet!  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 .

Today ( August 25th ), is Pride & Prejudice 's own brilliant director Joe Wright 's 42nd Birthday ! I found out 2 years ago that his birthday's today and he shares the same birthday as Tom Hollander ! They've worked together 3 times in 3 ( Pride & Prejudice , The Soloist , and Hanna ) of his 5 feature films . He's currently filming and directing  Pan  (Warner Bros. Picures) starring Hugh Jackman, Rooney Mara, Garrett Hedlum, and Amanda Seyfried, and is slated in theaters July 17, 2015 .

Today ( August 25th ) is Tom Hollander (aka P&P 's Mr. Collins )'s 47th birthday !  He shares the same birthday as director Joe Wright , whom he'd worked with in 3 films : Pride & Prejudice (2005), The Soloist (2009), and Hanna (2011). Here's TH 's brief Bio (via his IMDB profile )... Tom Hollander was born the second child of educated parents, both teachers. He grew up in Oxford, (UK). Hollander credits the happy atmosphere of the Dragon School with his childhood introduction to acting. There, encouraged by an influential teacher named Andrew Roberts, he won the title role in "Oliver"... See full bio  » Born: August 25 , 1967 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK Happy Birthday Tom Hollander!    

Some new movies, casting, release dates, and filming news info. featuring some  P&P actors  here that I thought I'd post them all in the same post... Here's this weekend's quick  news round up  of  TV  and  film news  (including  casting calls , a  film synopsis ,  trailers ,  release dates ,  festival news ,  etc. ) of the following  P&P (2005) actors:  Keira Knightley ,  Rosamund Pike ,  Kelly Reilly ,  Donald Sutherland ,  Jena Malone ,   Carey Mulligan ,   Tom Hollander ,  Rupert Friend ,   Judi Dench ,  Penelope Wilton , and director  Joe Wright )all in one post! First up...

New promotional stills for  Season 5 of  Downton Abbey  ( Penelope Wilton  co-star as  Isobel Crawley ) has just been released. Two of them includes Penelope Wilton , one the new S5 cast promo photo and the other one a new solo episode still of her character Isobel Crawley . Downton Abbey 's Season 5 premieres on ITV in the UK in the Fall (2014) and on PBS Masterpiece in the U.S. on January 4, 2015 ! See the new S5 cast promo and still featuring Penelope Wilton below...

The lead stars of  Gone Girl , Rosamund Pike   & Ben Affleck are, once again (they previously appeared on the First EW Gone Girl cover here last January), on the cover of Entertainment Weekly magazine. This time they were in character as Amy & Nick Dunne (in what looks like their wedding photo in the movie!) and featured in EW's Fall Movie Preview guide. Gone Girl Directed by  David Fincher  and based upon the global bestseller by  Gillian Flyn n – unearths the secrets at the heart of a modern marriage. On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne  ( Ben Affleck ) reports that his beautiful wife Amy  ( Rosamund Pike ), has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?   Gone Girl  opens in theaters October 3, ...

Some new movies, casting, release dates, and filming news info. featuring some  P&P actors  here that I thought I'd post them all in the same post... Here's today's quick  news round up  of  TV  and  film news  (including  casting calls , a  film synopsis ,  trailers ,  release dates ,  festival news ,  etc. ) of the following  P&P (2005) actors  Keira Knightley ,  Rosamund Pike ,  Kelly Reilly ,  Donald Sutherland ,  Rupert Friend , Judi Dench   and  Penelope Wilton ), all in one post! First up...

Fox Searchlight just released today the first trailer to The Second Best Marigold Hotel . The cast from the 2011 film has reunited for the follow-up including  Judi Dench , ( Evelyn ), Maggie Smith (Muriel), Bill Nighy (Douglas), Dev Patel (Sonny), Celia Imrie (Madge), Ronald Pickup (Norman),  Penelope Wilton  ( Jean ), Diana Hardcastle (Carol), Tena Desae (Sunaina) and Lillete Dubey (Mrs. Kapoor). Making their debut in the sequel are Richard Gere, David Strathairn and Tamsin Greig. This is the first ever sequel made by Fox Searchlight, and the rare adult-themed prestige film to get an encore. The first film was a surprise global hit which grossed $135 million worldwide. The sequel was directed by  John Madden  and written by  Ol Parker . The film hits theaters on March 6th, 2015 . Watch  The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel   trailer , see screen captures of Judi Dench and Penelope Wilton , and read synopsis below!  

After yesterday's news about Pride and Prejudice and Zombies movie moving forward and finally going into production , another Jane Austen related film project that's been in development since 2011 that the late Screenwriter/Director Nora Ephron was working on, writing the script and was supposed to be directing the film , but unfortunately, she passed away in 2012. The unfinished script and project has been on hold after the news of Ephron's death, but now it looks like it's back on as “Portlandia” star and co-creator  Carrie Brownstein  has come on board to write   Lost in Austen   movie, based on the original 2008 U.K. ITV series, according to  Variety . The film version will have the same premise as the ITV series, but will be set in Brooklyn, New York (USA) instead of in England and the heroine character will be American (I think...but I don't know about the P&P characters) instead of British.  Skyfall director Sam Mendes , who was once attached...

UPDATED 8/12/14 :  ‘Boardwalk Empire’s Jack Huston Joins ‘Pride And Prejudice And Zombies’ via Deadline Jack Huston just closed his deal to play Wickham in the Burr Steers-directed adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride And Prejudice And Zombies .  Read full article here . Here's something unexpected...since there was no news about this for a long time after the casting announcement last year of Lily Collins starring in the lead as Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice And Zombies , Seth Grahame-Smith 's film adaptation of Jane Austen 's classic Pride and Prejudice , the project looked to be DOA and a no go. It looks like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies   has resurrected and is back on (after so many false starts) and it's happening for real this time with a few  new casting , new director , and filming news . According to Deadline , Lily Collins is out while Downton Abbey 's Lily James (aka Lady Rose ) is in! She will be playing the lead role...

The first trailer was hilarious, but not much Rosamund Pike on it. Now, a new  trailer #2  for the upcoming romantic-comedy film, What We Did On Our Holiday starring Rosamund Pike   and  David Tennant has been released (via Lionsgate Films UK) along with another new poster (see above) and Miss Pike appears a little more with her name first on credits in both trailers and posters. 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 (David Tennant) and Abi ( Rosamund Pike ), 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 surfa...