Pride & Prejudice (2005) Blog

Today ( October 17th ) is Matthew Macfadyen 's 42nd  birthday! Matthew , best known to us P&P Fans as Mr. Darcy  (forever) of the 2005 Pride & Prejudice film , was born David Matthew Macfadyen in Great Yarmouth, Northfolk, England, UK in 1974 (42 years ago today!). Happy Birthday Matthew Macfadyen!!! (Mr. Darcy!) Some interesting MM quotes talking about his iconic Darcy role/character (while you watch an MM Birthday tribute video ...though in Spanish, but it included an English translation/subtitles below) worth re-posting here again and again as well as updated MM in various characters collage below...

I've always wanted  Keira Knightley   &   Matthew Macfadyen  to work together again in another movie whether they pair up as a couple or just co-stars. Well, good news! It may not be the former, but looks like the latter is happening,  Keira & Matthew are reuniting and co-starring together in a new Walt Disney Pictures feature film titled The Nutcracker and the Four Realms , a live-action adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffman’s Christmas Eve tale about a young girl who finds a Nutcracker doll among the family’s gifts and is charged by her parents to take special care of it.  This will be their third film together since Pride & Prejudice and Anna Karenina ! The only one missing is director Joe Wright , but unfortunately, he's not directing this one, Lasse Hallström ( Chocolat , The Hundred-Foot's Journey ) is. Still, I'm glad KK & MM are going to be in the same movie. So, yeah, I'm even more excited and looking forward for this movie now, which is curr

Ripper Street   starring  Matthew Macfadyen  (as  Detective Inspector Edmund Reid ) will have its fifth and final season premiere on Amazon Prime Video in the UK on Wednesday October 12th ! Read more info. via Den of Geek  as well as watch the Amazon Prime Video's trailer (and screen captures featuring MM) for Ripper Stree t's Season 5 below...

Dame  Judi Dench   joined the starry cast of Sir Kenneth Branagh 's new film adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1934 mystery novel , Murder on the Orient Express , BBC News reports. Read more info. including which character JD will play in the new film adaptation below...

Sony Pictures Classics has confirmed via Deadline ’s scoop out of Toronto that it has acquired The Leisure Seeker , director Paolo Virzi’s road-trip film starring Helen Mirren  (who just co-starred with Keira Knightley and Kate Winslet in the upcoming movie Collateral Beauty ) and  Donald Sutherland . Read SPC’s official announcement below.

According to Variety ,  Carey Mulligan   and Jake Gyllenhaal , whom she previously co-starred with in Brothers  (along with Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire ) are co-starring in a new movie,  Wildlife , which will be a directorial debut for fellow actor Paul Dano . Read more info. Wildlife movie (via Variety article) below...

Today ( October 1st ) is the 35th birthday of Emmy Award Nominee Rupert Friend (aka P&P 05 's own Mr. Wickham ). Rupert  was born Rupert William Anthony Friend on October 1st, 1981 in Oxfordshire, England, UK. Rupert is currently   on the mend after his injury on set (as according to People.com ,  Homeland Season 6 Production Delayed After  Rupert Friend Injured ). He is seen on TV weekly in the 10th - time Emmy Award and 5-time Golden Globe winning drama series Homeland ( Season 6 ), which will premiere its upcoming Sixth Season in January 15, 2017  at 9PM  ET/PT on Showtime .   He plays agent Peter Quinn , which he scored an Emmy Award nomination  for Outstanding Guest Actor .  Rupert , officially joined  Twitter (in 2013):  @rupertfriend  and blogs on  WhoSay .  He's on Facebook   and Instagram  too. If you're a fan, you can follow him in social media and be sure to wish him a Happy Birthday today. Happy Birthday Rupert Friend!!! Worth re-postin