Chuck Bass is going to play Heathcliff?!?Bwahahaha!
Labels: Emily Bronte, Movie Adaptations
Friday, May 15, 2009
Monday, May 12, 2008
Hollywood matchmaking
There's been action on the Bronte movie adaptation front: according to Variety, Natalie Portman will NOT be playing the heroine in the upcoming Wuthering Heights movie, and according to BuzzSugar, Ellen Page WILL be playing Jane Eyre.
To which I reply: meh.
I have always found Natalie Portman to be an irritatingly over-hyped actress, but I've always found Wuthering Heights to be an irritatingly over-hyped book, so they seemed like a great fit. (It's not like I was planning to actually watch the movie... I just appreciated the symmetry of actor and subject.) I'm more attached to Jane Eyre, and am therefore concerned about the Page casting. I've never actually watched one of her movies*, but one wonders how an American hipster darling is going to handle period clothes and a British accent.
*I remember seeing the Juno trailer and wondering who decided the world needed a knocked-up teen girl version of Seth Cohen. Wasn't the original one overplayed enough?
To which I reply: meh.
I have always found Natalie Portman to be an irritatingly over-hyped actress, but I've always found Wuthering Heights to be an irritatingly over-hyped book, so they seemed like a great fit. (It's not like I was planning to actually watch the movie... I just appreciated the symmetry of actor and subject.) I'm more attached to Jane Eyre, and am therefore concerned about the Page casting. I've never actually watched one of her movies*, but one wonders how an American hipster darling is going to handle period clothes and a British accent.
*I remember seeing the Juno trailer and wondering who decided the world needed a knocked-up teen girl version of Seth Cohen. Wasn't the original one overplayed enough?
Labels: Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Movie Adaptations
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posted by Yulianka at 8:51 AM
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Friday, February 01, 2008
Why, movie gods? WHYYYY?!?
Variety is reporting that Hollywood is making ANOTHER film adaptation of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. Now, as longtime Wordcandy readers know, I am not a fan of Wuthering Heights (classic love story or not, it is totally whiny, ridiculous, and stupid), and I don't understand why--if they MUST make over-the-top movie versions of classic gothic love stories--nobody seems to be willing to adapt Mary Stewart's Nine Coaches Waiting for the big screen. C'mon, Hollywood, what is wrong with you? The French countryside may not have the same gloom-factor as the English moors, but Nice Coaches Waiting is smart, sexy, and gloriously creepy! It even has a hero named Raoul! What more could a producer ask for?Labels: Emily Bronte, Mary Stewart, Movie Adaptations
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posted by Yulianka at 12:22 PM
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