Thursday, September 3, 2009
Article: Weinstein Crowned Rights to 'King's Speech' Starring Colin Firth (IndieWire)
Rights to "'The King's Speech" which will be directed by Emmy Award winner Tom Hooper ("John Adams","Elizabeth I") have been picked up by The Weinstsein Company from See-Saw Films and Bedlam Productions. David Glasser, TWC's president of international distribution and Tom Ortenberg, president of theatrical films made the announcement of the deal, which includes all rights for North America, Germany, France, Benelux, Scandinavia, China, Hong Kong and Latin America. The script is written by David Seidler ("Tucker: The Man and His Dream") and stars Colin Firth ("Bridget Jones, "Girl With a Pearl Earring") and Academy Award-winner Geoffrey Rush ("Shine, "Elizabeth) more
Monday, August 17, 2009
Column: "If Jane Austen had a laptop" by Joan Wickersham (Boston Globe)
But no: here is something called “Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife.’’ Oh, my. Does he ever. He takes his wife over and over and over, according to the customer reviews Jane reads as she scrolls down the page. Apparently this purported “Pride and Prejudice’’ sequel lets everything rip, especially bodices.
Also DVDs. She downloads some. She watches Colin Firth’s Mr. Darcy trying to cool his passion for Elizabeth by diving into a pond and emerging in a wet, clingy, see-through shirt. She watches Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen as Elizabeth and Darcy, kissing in their pajamas. She sees her characters wearing more modern attitudes, and fewer pieces of clothing.
She looks up from the computer and utters the Regency equivalent of “What the - ?’’
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