It is a truth universally acknowledged that any new Jane Austen adaptation is guaranteed to get our attention. We finally have our first glimpse of Netflix’s new adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice, which is currently in production in the UK. The photo shows the full lineup of the cast of Bennet sisters and Mrs Bennet. …
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Rufus Sewell, Louis Partridge Join Netflix’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’
Rufus Sewell, Louis Partridge, Fiona Shaw, and Daryl McCormack are among the big U.K. names to have joined the cast of Netflix‘s Pride and Prejudice series. Production is now underway in the U.K., the streamer said, with Everything I Know About Love producer-writer Dolly Alderton attached. Directed by Heartstopper‘s Euros Lyn, the series will be a “faithful, classic adaptation” of …
Read More »Netflix’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ First Look, Full Cast Revealed
Netflix has unveiled a first look at its upcoming “Pride and Prejudice” limited series and revealed its supporting cast as production begins in the U.K. Joining the Jane Austen adaptation are Rufus Sewell (“The Diplomat”) as Mr. Bennet, Freya Mavor (“Industry”) as Jane Bennet, Jamie Demetriou (“Stath Lets Flats”) as Mr. Collins, Daryl McCormack (“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives …
Read More »Netflix’s Adam Sandler Sequel Had Big Marketing Moves
With Friday’s streaming launch of Adam Sandler‘s comedy sequel Happy Gilmore 2, Netflix has made sure to tap the movie into the public consciousness. Ever since Netflix confirmed last year that it was making a sequel to Adam Sandler’s popular 1996 feature, Happy Gilmore, fans have been eagerly awaiting the follow-up. Director Kyle Newacheck‘s new film sees Sandler reprise his …
Read More »Malin Akerman in Netflix’s Sudsy Drama
In the third episode of Netflix’s The Hunting Wives, Sophie (Brittany Snow) posits a theory as to why her glamorous new best friend, Margo (Malin Akerman), might be sleeping with an inappropriately younger man. Perhaps, Sophie suggests, Margo sees the tryst as a second chance, a redo of her lonely and impoverished high school years. Margo listens politely, even allowing …
Read More »Netflix’s Live-Action ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Series Is Finally Happening
It’s been nearly five years in the making, but the live-action Assassin’s Creed series at Netflix is finally greenlit with Roberto Patino (Westworld, Sons of Anarchy) and David Wiener (Halo, The Killing) as creators, showrunners and executive producers, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The blockbuster Assassin’s Creed gaming franchise from French video game publisher Ubisoft first launched in 2007. The …
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