4 d. ago Olivia Colman to star in Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice written by Dolly Alderton

Latest adaptation of Jane Austen classic will include Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden as Elizabeth and Mr DarcyShe 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. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Pride and Prejudice: Jack Lowden, Emma Corrin and Olivia Colman cast in Netflix's Jane Austen adaptation

The six episode limited series will be written by author Dolly Alderton and directed by Heartstopper’s Euros Lyn.

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5 d. ago Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden, and Olivia Colman all set to take on leading roles in Pride & Prejudice as Netflix announces cast for the adaptation

Netflix has announced the cast for its upcoming six-part limited series based on Jane Austen's beloved 1800s novel Pride & Prejudice.

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5 d. ago Olivia Colman and Emma Corrin to star in Pride And Prejudice series on Netflix

Corrin said playing Elizabeth Bennet ‘is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’.

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6 d. ago Could we have a Scottish Mr Darcy? Jack Lowden in talks to star in Netflix's Pride and Prejudice adaptation

The Slow Horses actor could follow in the footsteps of stars such as Colin Firth and Matthew Macfadyen for Netflix.

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2 w. ago Academy board to meet as response to No Other Land director’s arrest decried

Meeting follows letter signed by prominent members urging more forceful response on Hamdan Ballal’s arrestThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has convened an extraordinary meeting to address a crisis over its tepid response to the arrest and detention of the Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal, of the documentary No Other Land, by Israeli authorities.The meeting on Friday morning Pacific time, first reported by Deadline, follows a strongly worded letter signed by many prominent members – including the actors Olivia Colman, Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Penélope Cruz and Emma Thompson, directors Ava DuVernay, Alfonso Cuarón, Adam McKay and Jonathan Glazer and writer Tony Kushner – calling for a more forceful response from the Academy’s board of governors than an initial statement that did not refer to Ballal or No Other Land by name and cited the Academy membership’s “many unique viewpoints”. Continue reading...

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