After hiring Ella Bruccoleri as the lead, BBC and BritBox continue casting for their THE OTHER BENNET SISTER which tells the story of Mary Bennet, the seemingly unremarkable and overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.Richard E. Grant and Ruth Jones will play her parents, with Indira Varma and Richard Coyle set as Mr and
Richard Coyle, Laurie Davidson, Donal Finn have join the cast
Mrs Gardiner, Mary’s worldly aunt and uncle. The Gardiners take Mary under their wing as governess to their three children, Marianne (Roisin Bhalla), George (Reggie Absolom), and Rebecca (Jasmine Sharp), introducing her to a new social world that includes Mr Hayward (Donal Finn), Mr Ryder (Laurie Davidson), and Ann Baxter (Varada Sethu).
BBC One has announced last year that they will produce THE OTHER BENNET SISTER period set series and now we have news that Ella Bruccoleri will take the lead role. Ten half hour episodes will follow one of Jane Austen’s most unassuming characters: Mary Bennet, the seemingly unremarkable and overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The series takes as its premise that when it comes to the Bennet sisters, while women dream of being Lizzy, in reality most of them are more like Mary. The series follows Mary as she steps out of her sisters’ shadows in search of her own identity and purpose – finding herself in the middle of an epic love story along the way. Her journey will see her leave her family home in Meryton for the soirees of Regency London and the peaks and vales of the Lake District, all in search of independence, self-love and reinvention. It will also stream on BritBox.
Earlier today we had a trailer for his new western movie Tornado and now rumour around the town is that our dearest Jack Lowden is in negotiations to
Netflix has not yet confirmed the news
play Mr. Darcy in new TV series adaptation of Jane Austen's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE over at Netflix. Dolly Alderton has already written the scripts for the 19th
century novel adaptation that tells the story of Elizabeth Bennet and
Fitzwilliam Darcy, who eventually fall in love but have to navigate
various obstacles as Elizabeth’s father seeks a male heir. That is third Austen project recently beside The Other Bennet Sister series from BBC and recently aired Miss Austen series with Keeley Hawes also at BBC and PBS.
Or at least that is the gossip around the town: beside The Other Bennet Sister series from BBC mentioned earlier this week and Miss Austen series with Keeley Hawes over at BBC and PBS, it seems we are getting a TV series adaptation of Jane Austen's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE as well but this time over at Netflix. Dolly Alderton has already written the scripts for the 19th century novel adaptation that tells the story of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, who eventually fall in love but have to navigate various obstacles as Elizabeth’s father seeks a male heir. According to Deadline, the series has not been greenlit yet and Netflix has not confirmed the news. They already had an unsuccessful adaptation of Persuasion with Dakota Johnson a few years ago.
We're all British, ITV, Mammoth Screen today, people! I've already announced that those last two are preparing a mini series based on
Tom Bateman is Captain Rawdon Crawley
Thackeray's classic novel VANITY FAIR and that Olivia Cooke will take the lead role of Becky Sharp, a girl from the 19th century who attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English Society, and now Da Vinci's Demon's star Tom Bateman has been cast as Rawdon Crawley in the series that will also air on Amazon. He and his brother are at risk of losing their family and fortune through their passion and desire to be with Becky Sharp! The seven part series is set in the background of Napoleonic wars in Europe. Bateman already work with ITV on Jekyll and Hyde series which flopped massively. He also appears in Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express.
'VICTORIA' TV SERIES
SECOND SEASON TRAILER OUT!
While the buzz around the finale of the latest season of BBC's Poldark was reaching its zenith yesterday, rival ITV did something deliciously naughty: they released the first trailer for the second season of their
There will also be a two hour Victoria Christmas Special this year
VICTORIA series (which won ratings battle last year when it aired together with Poldie on Sunday nights). You can check it out below featuring lead stars Jennna Coleman as queen Victoria, Tom Hughes as her husband and David Oakes as his dashing brother
Jenna Coleman's own grandfather will appear in the second season too
Prince Ernest, as well as some new faces like Diana Rigg who arrives as Victoria's new Mistress of Robes! In the new season that starts this Autumn, the queen will be struggling with motherhood, marriage and ruling an evil monarchy.
NEW 'PRIDE AND PREJUDICE' ITV has also announced their work on a new mini series version of
Jane Austen's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE which will be a bit darker this time
and will be done by Mammoth Screen, who are also producing
The series airs on PBS in USA next year, in UK this Autumn
all the other
three epic series mentioned today. Playwright Nina Raine has been hired
to write the script and she claims she's never seen any of the previous
adaptations.
