Pride & Prejudice (2005) FAN Blog

Great news, this movie is going to happen after all! It looked like it wasn't going to happen with no news about it until now. According to Cineuropa (via Jim Sturgess Online ), the site for European Cinema, Michael Winterbottom ’s latest project, The Promised Land , will begin filming in Israel in March 2011 . The film is described as a political crime thriller set in British-ruled Palestine at the end of World War II - circa 1948, when the partition of Palestine and the subsequent creation of the state of Israel, it stars Jim Sturgess , Colin Firth , and Matthew Macfadyen .

Double Darcy alert!  No, not in another P&P movie , lol... Variety and Hollywood Reporter both reported that P&P Actors ( 2005 and 1995 's Mr. Darcy s)  Matthew Macfadyen and Colin Firth are co-starring in a new film titled, The Promise Land . Colin Firth and Matthew Macfadyen have boarded Michael Winterbottom's "The Promised Land." The thesps join Jim Sturgess for the project, which recounts the months leading up to the 1948 partition of Palestine and the subsequent creation of the state of Israel. Pic is bound to raise eyebrows on both sides of the divide with its depiction of Jewish militant groups launching terror attacks against British forces and Palestinian civilians during their campaign for statehood. The $5 million project, which is set to start lensing on location in the summer, will be produced by Winterbottom's partner Andrew Eaton through their Revolution Films shingle. Fortissimo Films will handle worldwide sales. R...