Pride & Prejudice (2005) FAN Blog

Focus Features  has announced recently (about a month ago) that their big screen adaptation of  Jane Austen ’s  Sense And Sensibility  starring  Daisy Edgar Jones will be released in U.S. Theaters on September 11, 2026! Starring: Daisy Edgar-Jones ,  Esmé Creed-Miles ,  Caitríona Balfe , Frank Dillane, George MacKay, Herbert Nordrum, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Fiona Shaw Screenplay:  Diana Reid Director:  Georgia Oakley Producers:  Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, India Flint, Jo Wallett Sense and Sensibility , a new film adaptation and a fresh take on Jane Austen’s classic from Focus Features and Working Title Films (Pride & Prejudice 2005 and Emma 2020). 

The  Hallmark Channel is honoring the beloved English author  Jane Austen  with a  Loveuary with Jane Austen , a month of 4 original movie premieres inspired by Austen's timeless and classic literary work.  Starting on February 3, the network will premiere four all-new original movies with a Jane Austen theme every Saturday at 8/7c. "Jane Austen's stories are timeless and continue to resonate with readers and viewers of all ages," Lisa Hamilton Daly, Executive Vice President of Programming at Hallmark Media, said in a statement via People.com  "Our movies will bring her beloved characters to life in fresh, new ways and honor the many women who continue to be inspired by them."  The Austen tribute will start this Saturday, February 3rd with the premiere of Paging Mr. Darcy starring Mallory Jansen and Will Kemp .  Here are the more info. and list of four original movies with their brief synopsis and premiere dates (via Hallmark Channel)...

Happy 248th Birthday  to the lovely, genius and way ahead of her time, beloved English novelist, the one and only,  JANE AUSTEN ! Worth re-posting every year (and slightly edited and updated) for your FYI... Remembering and  celebrating her birthday  today,  Jane Austen , the woman who wrote the original  Pride and Prejudice   novel (which had been made into  several TV and Film adaptations  including the  2005 film,  Pride & Prejudice ), which was her first (can you believe  unsuccessful ?!) submission to a publisher back in  1797  ( 226  years ago) titled  "First Impressions"  (later changed to  "Pride and Prejudice" ). She revised " First Impressions " and published it entitled " Pride and Prejudice " in  1813  ( 210  years ago, 11 months ago this year!).

Happy 246th Birthday  to the lovely, genius and way ahead of her time, beloved English novelist, the one and only,  JANE AUSTEN !   (JA Bday image ^ by BookMania on Tumblr) Worth re-posting every year (and slightly edited and updated) for your FYI... Remembering and  celebrating her birthday  today,  Jane Austen , the woman who wrote the original  Pride and Prejudice   novel (which had been made into  several TV and Film adaptations  including the  2005 film,  Pride & Prejudice ), which was her first (can you believe  unsuccessful ?!) submission to a publisher back in  1797  ( 223  years ago) titled  "First Impressions"  (later changed to  "Pride and Prejudice" ). She revised " First Impressions " and published it entitled " Pride and Prejudice " in  1813  ( 207   years ago, 11 months ago this year!).

Netflix recently released the first look photos of its upcoming film adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion starring Dakota Johnson & Cosmo Jarvis. The film is currently in production and filming on location in the UK and is slated for a 2022 released.  Here are a few first look images (via Netflix) of Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliot, Cosmo Jarvis as Captain Fredrick Wentworth, and Henry Golding as Mr. Elliot (Anne’s cousin).

Two new film adaptations of Jane Austen’s Persuasion are currently in development or in the works. First from today’s Netflix’s Persuasion announcement... Read more info. via Variety below...

The first teaser trailer with the official movie poster (see above) has been released yesterday by Focus Features for the upcoming 2020 film adaptation of Jane Austen 's Emma (Note: this new Emma movie is the second film version since Gwyneth Paltrow's Emma 1996 film and the fifth Emma adaptations including two well-known TV versions: Emma 1996 TV Movie with Kate Beckinsale and Emma 2009 TV Miniseries with Romola Garai. Plus a modern re-imagining, the popular Clueless 1995 film starring Alicia Silverstone), which is produced by Working Title Films and will be released and distributed by Focus Features (same production company and film distributor of Joe Wright's Pride & Prejudice 2005 film). It stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Emma Woodhouse , Johnny Flynn as Mr. Knightley , Bill Nighy as Mr. Woodhouse , Rupert Graves as Mr. Weston , Miranda Hart as Miss Bates , Mia Goth as Hariet Smith , and Callum Turner as Frank Churchill . This new Emma film (has an officia...

The first trailer  was released last March and now a new trailer #2 has been released for Bridget Jones's Baby (the third movie from the Bridget Jones trilogy) starring Renée Zellweger , Colin Firth , and Patrick Dempsey . Also, a movie poster and a few character posters has been released as well (see all of them below!). The film opens in US Theaters and UK Cinemas on September 16, 2016 . Watch the trailer #2  for Bridget Jones' Baby below...

The first trailer has just been released for the upcoming movie Love & Friendship  (aka Jane Austen 's Lady Susan ) starring the lovely Kate Beckinsale (best known to Austen fans as Emma Woodhouse in the 1996 TV movie Emma ) as Lady Susan Vernon Martin , Chloë Sevigny as Alicia Johnson , Morfydd Clark (Georgiana Darcy in the recently released Pride and Prejudice and Zombies movie) as Lady Susan's daughter Frederica , Emma Greenwell ( Caroline Bingley in also recently released Pride and Prejudice and Zombies movie) as Catherine Vernon , and Stephen Fry as Mr. Johnson . Whit Stillman wrote (the screenplay), produced, and directed this movie. The film opens in US Theaters May 13th and UK Cinemas May 27th . Watch the trailer for Love & Friendship below...

The first trailer has been released for Bridget Jones's Baby (the third movie from the Bridget Jones trilogy) starring Renée Zellweger , Colin Firth , and Patrick Dempsey . The film opens in US Theaters and UK Cinemas on September 16, 2016 . Watch the trailer for Bridget Jones' Baby below...

Another new Jane Austen screen adaptation to look forward to! According to Screen Daily , Oscar-nominee Charlotte Rampling ( 45 Years ) is to star in a film adaptation of Jane Austen ’s never-before dramatised final novel Sanditon .  FYI: Charlotte Rampling previously co-starred twice with Keira Knightley in Never Let Me Go (along with Carey Mulligan ) and The Duchess movies. Read more info. via Screen Daily below...

In addition to 3 New Pride and Prejudice inspired and related movies (Unleashing Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and Bridget Jones's Baby) to see in 2016! A new Jane Austen related movie coming soon, sometime this year. The new movie is titled Love & Friendship starring the lovely Kate Beckinsale (best known to Austen fans as Emma Woodhouse in the 1996 TV movie Emma ) as Lady Susan Vernon Martin , Chloë Sevigny as Alicia Johnson , Morfydd Clark (Georgiana Darcy in the upcoming Pride and Prejudice and Zombies movie) as Lady Susan's daughter Frederica , Emma Greenwell ( Caroline Bingley in the upcoming Pride and Prejudice and Zombies movie) as Catherine Vernon , and Stephen Fry as Mr. Johnson . Whit Stillman wrote (the screenplay), produced, and directed this movie. Read more info. and see a new poster for L&F as well as another still (see one above and another below via IMDB ) featuring KB ...

I wouldn't have noticed there's a new movie with Mr. Darcy 's name as part of the movie's title, had I not been following and watching Hallmark channel's annual Countdown to Christmas movies a lot lately and, of course, my social media feed. The P&P fan in me instantly notices anything P&P/Austen and Darcy related things or mentions, lol. Yes, I'll admit, I love Hallmark and their typical romantic (with happy ending) movies (after all, P&P's timeless story probably inspired them all) and their feel-good original Christmas movies that I love watching (my guilty pleasure) and gets me into the Christmas holiday spirit and mood. I didn't see the title of this new movie on their promo preview until I saw the list of Hallmark movies in the WinterFest 2016  movies Schedule that will be airing in the New Year as part of Hallmark's WinterFest 2016 of new original movies for all of January 2016.

A new international trailer was recently released for the upcoming Seth Grahame-Smith 's  Pride and Prejudice and Zombies   film  starring  Lily James ,  Sam Riley ,  Bella Heathcote ,  Douglas Booth ,  Jack Huston  and  Matt Smith . The new trailer is basically the same, an extended version o f the US trailer with a few new footage that's slightly spoilerish (or not if you already know the story of P&P). There's a new poster featuring Elizabeth & Darcy and the rest of the main/supporting  characters as well as new Funko Pop! Vinyl figures of PPZ Movie characters including Darcy & Elizabeth. Screen Gems/Sony will release  PPZ  in  US Theaters  on   February 5th, 2016 . Watch the new international trailer and see the new posters and images of Funku Pop! Vinyl figures below...

Last March, I posted here , the former slated release date for the upcoming Pride and Prejudice and Zombies film with a first solo still of Lily James ( Cinderella , Downton Abbey ) as a well-armed with sword Elizabeth Bennet . Now, another new theatrical release date for PPZ has been updated via Box Office Mojo . The film's US release date now has been moved up a week early from February 19th to February 5th, 2016 ! Also, there's a first photo of Sam Riley (above ^ or below in full) in costume as Mr. Darcy on PPZ set via UK's Glamour Magazine . See a full image of Sam Riley as Mr. Darcy on set of PPZ below...

The first Pride and Prejudice and Zombies solo still of Lily James ( Cinderella , Downton Abbey ) as a well-armed with sword Elizabeth Bennet (See pic above!) has been released recently through the facebook page of PPZ film's production company, Cross Creek Pictures .

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...

Happy 238th Birthday to the lovely, genius and way ahead of her time, beloved English novelist, the one and only, JANE AUSTEN ! Worth re-posting (and slightly edited and updated) for your FYI... Remembering and celebrating her birthday today, Jane Austen , the woman who wrote the original Pride and Prejudice novel (which had been made into several TV and Film adaptations including the 2005 film, Pride & Prejudice ), which was her first (can you believe unsuccessful ?!) submission to a publisher back in 1797 ( 215 years ago) titled "First Impressions" (later changed to "Pride and Prejudice" ). She revised " First Impressions " and published it entitled " Pride and Prejudice " in 1813 ( 200 years ago 11 months ago this year!).  Jane Austen was born on this day back on December 16th, 1775 (she would've been 238 years old!!! today...) to the local rector, Rev. George Austen (1731-1805), and Cassandra Leigh (1739-1827)....

  Several movie stills are now online for Austenland  starring Keri Russell as it opens in limited release this Friday with more U.S. cities added soon after. See Austenland theater listing here for a city screening it near you . It'll be showing in UK Cinemas next month, September 27th . Austenland 30-something, single Jane Hayes ( Keri Russell ) is a seemingly normal young woman with a secret: her obsession with all things Jane Austen . But when she decides to spend her life savings on a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-crazed women, Jane's fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman suddenly become more real than she ever could have imagined. Check out several Austenland stills below...