Hollywood To Get Lost In Austen ITV drama for Mendes big screen do-over Source: Guardian
Sam Mendes is to produce a movie based on ITV's regency time-travel drama Lost in Austen. The series followed modern girl Amanda, who swaps places with Pride and Prejudice heroine Elizabeth Bennet.
The movie is being developed by Mammoth Screen, producers of the TV series, along with Mendes' Neal Street Productions with a script from orignial writer Guy Andrews. Mendes will not be directing, but the Oscar winneris sure to bring gravitas to the surprising adaptation.
The series, starring Jemima Rooper and Alex Kingston, was a massive success for ITV and, should a high-profile cast come together, this could translate similarly to the big screen. Recent forays into the world of Austen have been very profitable including Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightley and Becoming Jane, starring Anne Hathaway as the authoress.
Casting has yet to begin for this project, but answers on a postcard as to who you think should play the Austen obsessed Amanda.
Wow. Very excited about a movie being made. Now for the role of Amanda Price... hmmm... Isla Fischer .... Billie Piper perhaps ... or just me :o) ... Read More
I thought the series was one of the best things ITV has done in many a year! I hope they don't go down the American route though, it would just be weird.
I think Emily Blunt may just be a little too old for the Amanda. ... Read More
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Well if its been made for the big screen we all know that it'll most likely end up being an American actress playing Amanda...maybe Isla Fisher or Amy Adams? Unless of course they stick with the Brit in which case I'd maybe say Emily Blunt?
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Isn't Isla Fisher Australian? ... Read More
Well if its been made for the big screen we all know that it'll most likely end up being an American actress playing Amanda...maybe Isla Fisher or Amy Adams? Unless of course they stick with the Brit in which case I'd maybe say Emily Blunt? ... Read More
