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Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Pride and Prejudice gets a starry makeover as Marisa Abela, Harris Dickinson and Glenn Close lead all-star Audible adaptation for Jane Austen's 250th anniversary
Is this the most A-list audiobook ever? Forget screen credits - some of Britain's biggest stars are lending their voices to a new audio adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, released by Audible to mark the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth. Marisa Abela plays a sharp-tongued Elizabeth Bennet opposite Harris Dickinson's brooding Mr Darcy. Jessie Buckley voices the snide Caroline Bingley, Bill Nighy brings Mr Bennet to life and Glenn Close takes on the formidable Lady Catherine de Bourgh. While some fans are mourning the fact this dream cast never appears together on screen, Ms Abela confirmed they did come together in the studio. 'Recording this with such a phenomenal cast and team was such a true joy,' she said. Staying 'faithful to the original text', the production adds what Audible calls a 'unique interior perspective' from Elizabeth Bennet, offering insight into the heroine's inner world. The audiobook will be released in English on September 9 in the UK, US, Canada, India and Australia, with translations in Castilian Spanish, French, German, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese to follow. Ms Abela, 28, known for Industry and the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black, said: 'Elizabeth Bennet is one of the most fiercely intelligent and iconic characters in literature, and stepping into her shoes has been an incredible honour. 'What I love about this adaptation is how it lets us hear her inner world in such a vivid, intimate way - it feels both timeless and fresh.' Mr Dickinson, 28, whose credits include The Iron Claw and Babygirl, added: 'Playing Mr Darcy was an amazing experience. I've always known him as this iconic character, but getting to really dive into the novel through this process gave me a whole new appreciation for him and the world. 'Being part of such a talented cast made it even better. It's a real privilege to be part of something so timeless.' The supporting cast includes Will Poulter as Mr Wickham, Toheeb Jimoh as Mr Bingley, David Gyasi as Mr Gardiner, Rosalind Eleazar as Mrs Gardiner, Bertie Carvel as Mr Collins and Leah Harvey as Charlotte Lucas. Other members of the Bennet family are voiced by Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Mrs Bennet, Sophie Wilde as Jane, Antonia Salib as Kitty, Patricia Allison as Lydia and Aasiya Shah as Mary. 'It's remarkable how Pride and Prejudice has stood the test of time globally to be one of every generation's favourite love stories,' said Aurélie de Troyer, Audible's head of regional content for Europe. Netflix announced the cast for its upcoming six-part limited series based on Jane Austen's beloved 1800s novel Pride & Prejudice with Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden in lead roles 'Lulu Raczka's script is thrilling and conveys all of Jane Austen's energy in an engaging, modern way. Through the intimacy of audio, we have the unique ability to make the passion and romance truly electric, and Marisa Abela and Harris Dickinson's chemistry as Elizabeth and Darcy is undeniable.' This latest production joins Audible's growing roster of high-profile audio dramas, including 1984 with Andrew Garfield, Tom Hardy, Cynthia Erivo and Andrew Scott, The Mysterious Affair at Styles starring Peter Dinklage and a trilogy of Dickens adaptations produced by Sam Mendes. The company is also preparing new versions of all seven Harry Potter books, with the first due out in late 2025. Details of the cast are yet to be announced. And for those who still prefer their Austen on screen, Pride and Prejudice is set to return to television in a new limited series for Netflix. Dolly Alderton, the bestselling author of Everything I Know About Love, has written a six-part adaptation directed by Heartstopper's Euros Lyn. 'Once in a generation, a group of people get to retell this wonderful story and I feel very lucky that I get to be a part of it,' Alderton said. The series will stay true to the period setting and features a high-profile cast. The Crown's Emma Corrin stars as Elizabeth Bennet, with Slow Horses actor Jack Lowden as Darcy and Oscar winner Olivia Colman as Mrs Bennet.
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
When Is Pride & Prejudice Leaving Netflix & Why?
Pride & Prejudice revolves around the life of a feisty and sensible woman named Elizabeth Bennet. Her life ends up taking an interesting turn when she crosses paths with the wealthy and arrogant Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy. While the film is currently streaming on Netflix, it will exit soon. So, when and why is Pride & Prejudice leaving Netflix? Here is everything you need to know about the departure of the popular romantic drama from the streaming platform. Pride & Prejudice is leaving Netflix on May 31, 2025, due to the expiry of the license on the streaming platform. For the unversed, the film is not a Netflix original. Additionally, the film's license is now nearing its end. Netflix allows licenses for films to stream on its platform for a limited period of time. If any film begins displaying its removal date, it means the license of the film is about to expire. Pride & Prejudice is facing a similar trajectory, with its license about to expire soon. Netflix has already started showing its last day as May 31, 2025. Netflix can also renew licenses for titles, but it is mostly a rare case. In recent times, many titles have been taken off Netflix due to similar reasons. Annie (2014), Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982), Spider-Man's first three parts, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), and many others were removed on May 1, 2025. (via What's on Netflix) While Pride & Prejudice is leaving Netflix in 17 days, fans can easily catch the film on other online platforms. Aside from Netflix, the romantic comedy is also available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. For the unaware, Prime Video also offers a 30-day free trial for its new subscribers. After the free trial comes to an end, fans need to buy the platform's subscription to continue watching their favorite content. However, the film is produced by Universal. As such, Pride & Prejudice might go to Peacock or some other streaming platform if someone pays for its license. The post When Is Pride & Prejudice Leaving Netflix & Why? appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
India Today
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
7 must-watch films adapted from Jane Austen novels
7 must-watch films adapted from Jane Austen novels 13 May, 2025 Jane Austen, the beloved English novelist known for her wit and timeless tales of love, was born today. To celebrate her legacy, here are some movies inspired by her novels. Based on Jane Austen's classic novel exploring love, class, and misunderstandings in 19th-century England, it follows the spirited Elizabeth Bennet and the proud Mr Darcy as they overcome their prejudices to find true love. Pride and Prejudice Tells the story of Fanny Price, a poor girl raised by wealthy relatives in a grand estate. As she grows up, she quietly challenges the values and morals of the world around her. Available to watch on Amazon Prime Video. Mansfield Park Clueless is a modern take on Jane Austen's Emma, set in a Beverly Hills high school. It follows Cher, a fashionable teen who loves matchmaking—with mixed results. Available to watch on Amazon Prime Video. Clueless A comedy based on Jane Austen's early novella Lady Susan. It follows the clever and manipulative Lady Susan as she schemes to secure wealthy matches for herself and her daughter. Love and Friendship It is a satirical novel by Jane Austen that playfully critiques gothic fiction. It follows the naïve Catherine Morland as she navigates romance, imagination, and reality during her stay at a mysterious estate. Northanger Abbey It is a modern romantic comedy inspired by Pride and Prejudice, following the chaotic life of a single woman in London. With humor and heart, it traces Bridget's journey through love, career struggles, and self-discovery. Available to watch on Amazon Prime Video. Bridget Jones Diary It is a charming adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about a clever, wealthy young woman who loves matchmaking. Her meddling in others' love lives leads to both comedy and self-discovery. Available to watch on Jio Hotstar. Emma
The Guardian
12-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Olivia Colman to star in Netflix's Pride and Prejudice written by Dolly Alderton
She has played spies, detectives and two queens of England. Now Olivia Colman is to take the part of Mrs Bennet, the scheming mother of five daughters, in a Netflix adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The six-part series will also star Emma Corrin as Elizabeth Bennet, and Jack Lowden as Mr Darcy. The adaptation will be written by the author and Sunday Times columnist Dolly Alderton. Production on the series is scheduled to begin in the UK later this year. It will be directed by Euros Lyn, who also directed David Tennant in Doctor Who, three episodes of Broadchurch starring Colman and Tennant, and Happy Valley. Mona Qureshi, a Netflix executive, said: 'Pride and Prejudice is the ultimate romantic comedy. 'Dolly's fierce intelligence and enormous heart, twinned with her genuine love of the Austen novel, means she is able to bring new insights, whilst celebrating all that the generations of fans hold so dear. 'The calibre of a cast led by Emma, Jack and Olivia is testament to this precious story being in the best possible hands.' Corrin, who played Diana, Princess of Wales, in the Netflix series The Crown, said: 'Playing Elizabeth Bennet is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. To be able to bring this iconic character to life, alongside Olivia and Jack, with Dolly's phenomenal scripts, is truly the greatest honour. I can't wait for a new generation to fall in love with this story all over again.' Alderton said: 'Once in a generation, a group of people get to retell this wonderful story and I feel very lucky that I get to be a part of it.' Austen's 1813 novel was the 'blueprint for romantic comedy', she said, adding: 'It has been a joy to delve back into its pages to find both familiar and fresh ways of bringing this beloved book to life. 'The book is a gift to adapt – packed with drama and depth as well as comedy and charm. In it lies the opportunity to examine the complexities of love, family, friendship and society, while aspiring to Austen's delightfully observational voice. Sign up to The Guide Get our weekly pop culture email, free in your inbox every Friday after newsletter promotion 'With Euros Lyn directing our stellar cast, I am so excited to reintroduce these hilarious and complicated characters to those who count Pride and Prejudice as their favourite book, and those who are yet to meet their Lizzie and Mr Darcy.' Pride and Prejudice's themes of love, social conventions, reputation, wealth and class have endured for more than two centuries. The novel, Austen's second after Sense and Sensibility two years earlier, has been adapted for the big screen at least 17 times and made into television series in English, Italian, Dutch and Spanish. A 1995 BBC adaptation propelled Colin Firth to stardom after he emerged from a lake with his wet shirt clinging to his torso. He later said the scene 'tended to create this image that can restrict what kind of roles you are going to be able to find'. A 2005 film version starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen is due to be rereleased this year for its 20th anniversary.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Netflix Lodges Appeal to France's Council of State Over Windowing Rules: ‘Taking a Stand Against an Imbalanced and Unfair System' (EXCLUSIVE)
Netflix has lodged an appeal to France's Council of State to call out the windowing rules which force the streamer to wait 15 months to access newly released films. Such rules, which have largely been responsible for the absence of Netflix at the Cannes Film Festival, apply to all pay and free TV channels and subscription-based services. Simply put, their level of investment in theatrical movies determines their access to films after their release in cinemas. More from Variety Why 'Black Mirror' Season 7 Might Be Its Best Shot at Emmy Gold Emma Corrin Cast as Elizabeth Bennet, Olivia Colman as Mrs. Bennet in Netflix's 'Pride and Prejudice' Series Netflix and BBC's Brutal Media to Adapt Acclaimed Spanish Novel 'El Mapa de los Anhelos' as Miniseries These windowing guidelines are intertwined with France's application of the E.U.'s Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS), which sets local content quotas for streamers across Europe starting 2022. Back then, Netflix was the only streamer to sign a three-year agreement to invest 20% of its revenues in France on local content. As such, the streamer gained an access to films 15 months after their theatrical release rather than the 36-month wait that applied previously. But three years later, with their pact concluding at the end at 2025, Netflix laments that they're still having to wait 15 months, despite dramatically increasing the volume of their investment in French movies. The streamer now invests €50 million per year in French cinema, which represents 4% of its local turnover, while its total investment in French content (taking into account TV movies, series and documentaries) is at €250 million. Last year, Netflix financed or co-financed 27 films in France, followed by Disney+ with 10 films, Prime Video with six and Max with two, according to a report unveiled by the National Film Board this week. 'Through investments in the French production industry, Netflix has contributed over 1.7 billion euros to the French creative economy and supported more than 25,000 jobs over the last four years,' states Netflix's VP of content in France, Pauline Dauvin, in the letter to the Council of State which was sent to Variety exclusively. Yet, Netflix hasn't been able to move up in the windowing schedule because their percentage of investment in theatrical movies has remained at 4%. Even though they've pointed out that they spent more money than any other services, French film guilds have argued that Netflix would need to commit to a higher investment percentage in theatrical movies in order to be granted the 12-month window they have been lobbying for. 'Today, we're reluctantly taking a stand against an imbalanced and unfair system. Despite numerous attempts to find common ground, we've filed a legal challenge before the Conseil d'État regarding France's media chronology rules,' Dauvin wrote. 'Because while we're investing more than ever in French theatrically released films, our members face a 15-month wait to watch the very films they have helped bring to the screen. Our request is simple and has remained unchanged since 2022: reduce the window for films we've pre-financed at our current level of investment. ' Netflix has indeed been negotiating with film guilds for many months and talks reached a deadlock after news broke that Disney+ had been granted a nine-month window in spite of the fact that its overall investment in French content is much lower than Netflix's. However, Disney+ signed an agreement to invest 25% of their French turnover in French content and 14% in French theatrical movies, proportionally more than Netflix, but less in absolute value. Disney+ will be buying or pre-buying a minimum of 70 films over the next three years. Under French laws, if one streamer signs, it applies to all, so with Disney+'s signature, the windowing rules have been extended to Netflix which meant that it's technically stuck at 15 months for the next three years (2016-2028). But Netflix isn't willing to let it go. French newspaper Le Figaro was first to report the news of the appeal. Variety has obtained the letter written by Netflix's VP of content in France, Pauline Dauvin, addressed to the the Council of State. Netflix and French Cinema: Building the Future of Creativity Together By: Pauline Dauvin Millions of French people watch Netflix every day. We're a committed and locally embedded partner and are privileged to work with the best French producers as well as exciting new talent, bringing French films and series to audiences and celebrating French creativity in all its forms. The proof is in our growing slate of local hits: Lupin became a phenomenon and won French hearts; Under Paris took French genre filmmaking worldwide; and Class Act even earned the recognition of les rosbifs with a BAFTA for Best International Series in 2024. Our work with French institutions including La Cinematheque has seen us finance the restoration of Abel Gance's masterpiece Napoleon. Our support of La Fémis, Gobelins and Cinéfabrique ensures the next generation of French creators can thrive. We've partnered with France's creative community for over a decade now and have become a key contributor to the French creative industries, investing over 250 million euros annually. Through investments in the French production industry, Netflix has contributed over 1.7 billion euros to the French creative economy and supported more than 25,000 jobs over the last four years. We've also ramped up our commitment to French cinema, with over 50 million euros invested every year since 2022 in theatrically released films—from the lavish historical world of Jeanne du Barry to the powerful Flo, from the laugh-out-loud comedy of Les Segpa au ski to the edge-of-your-seat thrills of Vermines. All of this, despite theatrical distribution not being our business. As a responsible partner, we were the first streaming service to sign the media chronology and a bilateral agreement with French cinema unions — because we believe in showing up for storytellers and we want to enable local creative success. But today, we're reluctantly taking a stand against an imbalanced and unfair system. Despite numerous attempts to find common ground, we've filed a legal challenge before the Conseil d'État regarding France's media chronology rules. Why? Because while we're investing more than ever in French theatrically released films, our members face a 15-month wait to watch the very films they have helped bring to the screen. Our request is simple and has remained unchanged since 2022: reduce the window for films we've pre-financed at our current level of investment. We're not looking to disrupt the ecosystem—we want to enhance it. Theatrical experiences remain important for film discovery and enjoyment. But in a world where technology has opened up new possibilities for audiences and filmmakers alike, making Netflix members in France wait longer than anywhere else in the world to enjoy the films they have funded just isn't sustainable. French cinema deserves partners like Netflix who are 'all in'. As we have long demonstrated, we're committed to being part of this journey. All we ask in return are fair rules that reflect today's viewing habits as well as our contribution to French creativity. 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