In the Netflix smash hit Bridgerton, the not-so-polite London regency society serves as the backdrop for a whole lotta drama. Adapted from Julia Quinn's novels, Shonda Rhimes's show offers an inclusive twist on the whitewashed period dramas of Jane Austen's time. The essence of Austen's writing - the wit, the snark, and the undercurrent of knowing - is present, too, in Rhimes's series. Astute viewers can locate all six of Austen's works in Bridgerton's themes and characters. While the late Ms. Austen might have blushed at some of the (ahem) positions in which Rhimes's characters find themselves, there's no denying her influence.
How Bridgerton References Sense and Sensibility
In Sense and Sensibility, sisters Marianne and Elinor differ in almost every way. Elinor is reserved, polite, and introspective. Marianne is fiery and prone to the occasional social faux pas. Similarly, Daphne, the diamond of her social circle, is the epitome of grace,...
How Bridgerton References Sense and Sensibility
In Sense and Sensibility, sisters Marianne and Elinor differ in almost every way. Elinor is reserved, polite, and introspective. Marianne is fiery and prone to the occasional social faux pas. Similarly, Daphne, the diamond of her social circle, is the epitome of grace,...
- 1/12/2021
- by Katy Fabrie
- Popsugar.com
Exclusive: Fledgling La film production and distribution outfit Forrest Films is gearing up on mixed martial arts movie drama Mickey Kelley, which will star Sean Patrick Flanery (Powder), Katrina Bowden (30 Rock) and Dennis Quaid (The Day After Tomorrow) alongside Mma fighters Renzo Gracie, Edson Barboza, and Mickey Gall.
Set in 1990, the film follows Mickey Kelley (Flanery), one of the first American black belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, who gets pulled away from everything he loves and into an unsanctioned Mma tournament, where his dreams of providing for his family come to a halt with a split-second decision. His life goes off the rails until years later he gets a shot at redemption.
Alex Ranarivelo (American Wrestler) will direct the pic, currently in pre-production. Flanery and Alex Ranarivelo teamed to co-write the screenplay, from a story Flanery created.
Supporting cast includes Maurice Compte (Narcos), Reno Wilson (Transformers) and Currie Graham (Pompeii). Ali Afshar...
Set in 1990, the film follows Mickey Kelley (Flanery), one of the first American black belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, who gets pulled away from everything he loves and into an unsanctioned Mma tournament, where his dreams of providing for his family come to a halt with a split-second decision. His life goes off the rails until years later he gets a shot at redemption.
Alex Ranarivelo (American Wrestler) will direct the pic, currently in pre-production. Flanery and Alex Ranarivelo teamed to co-write the screenplay, from a story Flanery created.
Supporting cast includes Maurice Compte (Narcos), Reno Wilson (Transformers) and Currie Graham (Pompeii). Ali Afshar...
- 7/16/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Roster includes Motocross drama Bennett’s War.
Radiant Films International has kicked off talks on a pair of titles with Us theatrical deals in place – Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges action drama The Ride, and Bennett’s War.
The Ride recounts the life of Glaswegian pro BMX rider and author John Buultjens, who grew up with an abusive father and wanted to ride ever since he watched E.T.
When he was adopted by foster parents, Buultjens received a bicycle on his tenth birthday and a lifelong love affair began. He moved to Australia and eventually California, where he became the global...
Radiant Films International has kicked off talks on a pair of titles with Us theatrical deals in place – Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges action drama The Ride, and Bennett’s War.
The Ride recounts the life of Glaswegian pro BMX rider and author John Buultjens, who grew up with an abusive father and wanted to ride ever since he watched E.T.
When he was adopted by foster parents, Buultjens received a bicycle on his tenth birthday and a lifelong love affair began. He moved to Australia and eventually California, where he became the global...
- 5/16/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Grace Van Dien stars alongside Sean Patrick Flanery, Christina Moore.
Arclight Films has added the female-led racing film Lady Driver starring Grace Van Dien to its sales slate heading into Cannes.
Van Dien, who starred as Sharon Tate opposite Matt Smith in Mary Harron’s Charles Manson drama Charlie Says, will play the lead alongside Sean Patrick Flanery and Christina Moore (Disney’s Jessie).
Forrest Films, the new distributor launched by Forrest and Charlotte Lucas of Lucas Oil and actor-producer Ali Afshar, will release the film theatrically in the Us on October 25.
Lady Driver is set in the world of...
Arclight Films has added the female-led racing film Lady Driver starring Grace Van Dien to its sales slate heading into Cannes.
Van Dien, who starred as Sharon Tate opposite Matt Smith in Mary Harron’s Charles Manson drama Charlie Says, will play the lead alongside Sean Patrick Flanery and Christina Moore (Disney’s Jessie).
Forrest Films, the new distributor launched by Forrest and Charlotte Lucas of Lucas Oil and actor-producer Ali Afshar, will release the film theatrically in the Us on October 25.
Lady Driver is set in the world of...
- 5/2/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Grace Van Dien stars alongside Sean Patrick Flanery, Christina Moore.
Arclight Films has added the female-led racing film Lady Driver starring Grace Van Dien to its sales slate heading into Cannes.
Van Dien, who starred as Sharon Tatte opposite Matt Smith in Mary Harron’s Charles Manson drama Charlie Says, will play the lead alongside Sean Patrick Flanery and Christina Moore (Disney’s Jessie).
Forrest Films, the new distributor launched by Forrest and Charlotte Lucas of Lucas Oil and actor-producer Ali Afshar, will release the film theatrically in the Us on October 25.
Lady Driver is set in the world of...
Arclight Films has added the female-led racing film Lady Driver starring Grace Van Dien to its sales slate heading into Cannes.
Van Dien, who starred as Sharon Tatte opposite Matt Smith in Mary Harron’s Charles Manson drama Charlie Says, will play the lead alongside Sean Patrick Flanery and Christina Moore (Disney’s Jessie).
Forrest Films, the new distributor launched by Forrest and Charlotte Lucas of Lucas Oil and actor-producer Ali Afshar, will release the film theatrically in the Us on October 25.
Lady Driver is set in the world of...
- 5/2/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
A love of Jane Austen is a habit the world just can’t seem to kick.
This week marks the 200th anniversary of famed author (and hopeless romantic) Jane Austen’s death. The author continues to bring England’s Regency period to life (and romanticize it) to her countless fans. In a sign of her legacy’s tremendous influence, the Bank of England debuted a 10 pound note with her face on it this week.
But to call Austen lovers simply “fans” is underselling their devotion. Fanatics, perhaps, is more accurate. They join clubs for Austen lovers in droves — the Jane Austen...
This week marks the 200th anniversary of famed author (and hopeless romantic) Jane Austen’s death. The author continues to bring England’s Regency period to life (and romanticize it) to her countless fans. In a sign of her legacy’s tremendous influence, the Bank of England debuted a 10 pound note with her face on it this week.
But to call Austen lovers simply “fans” is underselling their devotion. Fanatics, perhaps, is more accurate. They join clubs for Austen lovers in droves — the Jane Austen...
- 7/22/2017
- by Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
Los Angeles was the host to the Esx Entertainment special screening of “The Wrong Side of Right.” The film premiered Tuesday at Hollywood’s Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres. In attendance were several of the film’s stars, including Lea Thompson, Allison Paige, Christina Moore and Jayson Blair, Brandon Eaton and Annabelle Kavanaugh, as well as director Alex Ranarivelo, producer/actor Ali Afshar, and the man who’s the basis for the film, Daniel Christensen. Other guests included Missi Pyle, John Ducey, Lucas Oil Porducts’ Forrest Lucas and Charlotte Lucas, Jeff Probst, fashion designer Ashley Michaelsen, Caitlin O’Connor, Alice Aoki, radio personality Trent Loos and Caitlyn Carver. Take a look at a gallery of photos [ Read More ]
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- 7/15/2015
- by monique
- ShockYa
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls
by Steve Hockensmith
Illustrated by Patrick Arrasmith
Quirk Books; March 2010; $12.95
A year ago, Seth Grahame-Smith and Quirk Books initiated the Quirk Classics series with the bestselling Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which blended the text of Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice with new scenes. The result was part romantic comedy of manners, part over-the-top action thriller in which the bloodthirsty Bennet sisters used their highly trained martial skills to confront zombies and ninjas, in between searching for husbands. Other authors in the series moved on with Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters and the soon-to-be published Android Karenina. Mr. Grahame-Smith has since moved on to other undead pursuits, but here is author Steve Hockensmith to take up the slack with this prequel to P & P & Z, set four years before those fateful events.
After a lull of many years,...
by Steve Hockensmith
Illustrated by Patrick Arrasmith
Quirk Books; March 2010; $12.95
A year ago, Seth Grahame-Smith and Quirk Books initiated the Quirk Classics series with the bestselling Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which blended the text of Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice with new scenes. The result was part romantic comedy of manners, part over-the-top action thriller in which the bloodthirsty Bennet sisters used their highly trained martial skills to confront zombies and ninjas, in between searching for husbands. Other authors in the series moved on with Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters and the soon-to-be published Android Karenina. Mr. Grahame-Smith has since moved on to other undead pursuits, but here is author Steve Hockensmith to take up the slack with this prequel to P & P & Z, set four years before those fateful events.
After a lull of many years,...
- 3/5/2010
- by Amy Goldschlager
- Comicmix.com
link: http://makingof.com/posts/watch/1297/the-cast-of-winter-s-bone
Director Debra Granik's film "Winter's Bone" won big last month at the Sundance Film Festival. Not only did the independent movie secure distribution with Roadside Attractions, it also was awarded the dramatic competition grand jury prize. The ensemble cast sat down with MakingOf to share how they got involved with the project, what filming in the Ozarks was like and how they each connected with Granik and their characters.
The film, which tells the story of an Ozark Mountain girl who hunts down her missing father in hopes of saving their home, was adapted from the Daniel Woodrell novel of the same name. The cast includes Jennifer Lawrence, Dale Dickey, Lauren Sweetser, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Tate Taylor, Casey MacLaren, Cody Brown and Charlotte Lucas.
To watch the full interview click here
To watch an exclusive interview with director Debra Granik click...
Director Debra Granik's film "Winter's Bone" won big last month at the Sundance Film Festival. Not only did the independent movie secure distribution with Roadside Attractions, it also was awarded the dramatic competition grand jury prize. The ensemble cast sat down with MakingOf to share how they got involved with the project, what filming in the Ozarks was like and how they each connected with Granik and their characters.
The film, which tells the story of an Ozark Mountain girl who hunts down her missing father in hopes of saving their home, was adapted from the Daniel Woodrell novel of the same name. The cast includes Jennifer Lawrence, Dale Dickey, Lauren Sweetser, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Tate Taylor, Casey MacLaren, Cody Brown and Charlotte Lucas.
To watch the full interview click here
To watch an exclusive interview with director Debra Granik click...
- 2/16/2010
- Makingof.com
My affection for fictional characters knows no sexual orientation — but I do have a queer sixth sense when I watch TV and movies: I see gay people.
It was no surprise, then, that Drew Barrymore's grrrl-powered roller derby flick, Whip It, played itself out on two levels in my mind when I saw it last weekend. The first was Bliss Cavendar's (Ellen Page) coming-of-age story. The second was Bliss Cavendar's subversively sexual coming out story.
What is surprising is that Jeremy Clyman, a columnist at Psychology Today, agrees with me. He wrote an article about Whip It on Psychology Today's Side Reel blog entitled "Lesbian Fantasy, Disguised."
In it he says:
[Whip It] purports to be the story of a small town adolescent who rebels and finds her genuine identity as roller derby star athlete. But I think this film is also a secret communication to closeted lesbians living in hostile...
It was no surprise, then, that Drew Barrymore's grrrl-powered roller derby flick, Whip It, played itself out on two levels in my mind when I saw it last weekend. The first was Bliss Cavendar's (Ellen Page) coming-of-age story. The second was Bliss Cavendar's subversively sexual coming out story.
What is surprising is that Jeremy Clyman, a columnist at Psychology Today, agrees with me. He wrote an article about Whip It on Psychology Today's Side Reel blog entitled "Lesbian Fantasy, Disguised."
In it he says:
[Whip It] purports to be the story of a small town adolescent who rebels and finds her genuine identity as roller derby star athlete. But I think this film is also a secret communication to closeted lesbians living in hostile...
- 10/13/2009
- by stuntdouble
- AfterEllen.com
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