Lifetime to adapt 'Pride and Prejudice' TV Movie with an all-Black Cast!

Looks like there's another new Pride and Prejudice adaptation for the small screen in 2019 with a few familiar faces in the ensemble cast! According to Deadline earlier this month, Lifetime (cable network) has greenlighted a TV movie adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice aptly titled Pride & Prejudice: Atlanta, a modern contemporary take of Austen's timeless classic novel, based in Atlanta, Georgia. The movie recently finished filming and is set to debut on Lifetime in 2019.

Read more info. below via Deadline...

Lifetime Sets Telefilms ‘Pride And Prejudice: Atlanta’ & ‘Very Valentine’

Pride and Prejudice: Atlanta features an African-American cast led by Reginald VelJohnson as Reverend Bennet, a pastor of a prominent Southern Baptist church, and his wife, Mrs. Bennet (Jackée Harry), author of a self-help book on how to find the perfect husband. Needless to say, Mrs. Bennet is less than thrilled that all five of their daughters — Lizzie (Tiffany Hines), Jane (Raney Branch), Mary (Brittney Level), Lydia (Reginae Carter) and Kitty (Alexia Bailey) — are still single. When the very eligible Will Darcy (Juan Antonio) arrives in town, Mrs. Bennet sets her sights on the handsome bachelor for daughter Lizzie, leading to a comedic modern-day take on themes familiar to fans of the novel.

Directed by Rhonda Baraka from a script by Tracy McMillan, its cast also includes Kellee Stewart, Victoria Rowell and Keshia Knight Pulliam. Pride and Prejudice: Atlanta is produced by Big Dreams Entertainment and Swirl Films, with Leslie Greif, Naomi Despres and Tracy McMillan serving as executive producers.


Pride and Prejudice: Atlanta

Cast


Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bennet --- Tiffany Hines
Will Darcy --- Juan Antonio

Mrs. Bennet ---Jackée Harry
Reverend Bennet --- Reginald VelJohnson
Jane --- Rainey Branch

Mary --- Brittney Level
Kitty --- Alexia Bailey
Lydia --- Reginae Carter



Caroline --- Keshia Knight Pulliam
Catherine --- Victoria Rowell

Charlotte --- Kellee Stewart
George Wickham --- Philip Mullings, Jr.






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