On DVD and Blu-ray Today: Jane Eyre

Available now on DVD, Blu-ray, and digital downloads is Focus Features' (Pride & Prejudice and Atonement)' latest film adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre starring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench (Pride & Prejudice's Lady Catherine),  Sally Hawkins, (2007 Persuasion' Anne Elliot), and (Pride & Prejudice's Georgiana Darcy). 

 DVD Extras will include an audio commentary with director Cary Fukunaga,deleted scenes, and 3 featurettes ("A Look Inside Jane Eyre", "To ScoreJane Eyre - Cary Fukunaga and Dario Marianelli Team Up", "TheMysterious Light of Jane Eyre"). The Blu-ray release will also includeadditional BD-Live features.

Go get your copy today! Buy it, rent it, Netflix it, or order either the DVD or Blu-ray versions of this film at Amazon.com.

See DVD/Blu-ray cover artwork below...

 (source: Amazon.com)

Amazon.com

Charlotte Brontë's Victorian romance is no stranger to the silver screen, but Sin Nombre director Cary Fukunaga's affecting and beautifully mounted adaptation is among the best. Sometimes, casting can make all the difference. In this case, Australia's Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) plays the determined Jane Eyre opposite Ireland's Michael Fassbender (Fish Tank) as the world-weary Edward Rochester (neither actor betrays their country of origin). Fukunaga begins with Jane's escape from Rochester's High Gothic Thornfield Hall before flashing back to the days when the plainspoken orphan lived with her cruel and resentful aunt (an unsympathetic Sally Hawkins). The aunt ships her off to a loveless charity school, where she still manages to receive a fine education, after which she lands a position as governess for Rochester's ward, Adèle. Though his housekeeper (Dame Judi Dench, excellent) makes Jane feel welcome, the brooding Rochester attempts to mock and demean her, but the quick-witted 19-year-old can hold her own. What might offend a more superficial man intrigues her employer (played by a gent more handsome than the author intended). Sparks fly, but he expresses greater interest in a local beauty. Just as Jane finally pierces Rochester's armor, she discovers his terrible secret, and hits the road. She meets a kindly missionary (Jamie Bell) and his sweet sisters, who offer her the family she never had, before a sequence of well-plotted developments allow Jane to forge her own future. For once, no one can stop her, making for a swoon-worthy, if bittersweet conclusion. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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Judi Dench honored at Czech film festival

According to BBC News, Judi Dench has just been honored by the Czech Republic's film festival with the Crystal Globe award for her outstanding contribution to world cinema.

Read the article below (via BBC News):

Dame Judi Dench honoured at Czech film festival

Veteran British actress Dame Judi Dench is to be honoured by the Karlovy Vary film festival as the annual event gets underway in the Czech Republic.

The 76-year-old Oscar winner is in the picturesque spa city to introduce the opening night film, a new adaptation of Jane Eyre, in which she appears.

Dench will receive the Crystal Globe award for her outstanding contribution to world cinema at a ceremony later.


The festival, renowned for its relaxed atmosphere, has been running since 1946.
This latest honour is one of several that Dame Judi - known to millions for her role as M in the James Bond films - has accepted recently.

Last month, she received a fellowship from the British Film Institute and was given the Freedom of the City of London.

Speaking of the always busy Judi Dench, two of her many upcoming films have the following theatrical relase dates...

Coming Soon:
My Week With Marilyn - November 4, 2011
J. Edgar - December 14, 2011


Her recent (Jane Eyre) and cameo (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) films:
'Pirates Of The Caribbean 4' Passes $1 Bil
DVD News: Jane Eyre coming to DVD and Blu-ray August 16th

Upcoming films:
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)- with P&P co-star  
Stainless Steel (2012) - with P&P/Jane Eyre co-star
Bond 23 (2012)The Curse of The Buxom Strumpet (2012) 
Better Living Through Chemistry (2013) 

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DVD News: Jane Eyre coming to DVD and Blu-ray August 16th

According to Jane Eyre's official facebook page, Jane Eyre is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on August 16th!

Jane Eyre Exciting news! Jane Eyre will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray on August 16th!

Focus Features (Pride & Prejudice and Atonement)' latest film adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre starring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench (Pride & Prejudice's Lady Catherine),  Sally Hawkins, (2007 Persuasion' Anne Elliot), and (Pride & Prejudice's Georgiana Darcy).

No DVD and Blu-ray details (though the cover artwork for both are now available) yet, but will post and update here as soon as it does...For now, you can pre-order the DVD or Blu-ray versions of this film at Amazon.com.

See DVD/Blu-ray cover artwork below...

 (source: Amazon.com)

Amazon.com

Charlotte Brontë's Victorian romance is no stranger to the silver screen, but Sin Nombre director Cary Fukunaga's affecting and beautifully mounted adaptation is among the best. Sometimes, casting can make all the difference. In this case, Australia's Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) plays the determined Jane Eyre opposite Ireland's Michael Fassbender (Fish Tank) as the world-weary Edward Rochester (neither actor betrays their country of origin). Fukunaga begins with Jane's escape from Rochester's High Gothic Thornfield Hall before flashing back to the days when the plainspoken orphan lived with her cruel and resentful aunt (an unsympathetic Sally Hawkins). The aunt ships her off to a loveless charity school, where she still manages to receive a fine education, after which she lands a position as governess for Rochester's ward, Adèle. Though his housekeeper (Dame Judi Dench, excellent) makes Jane feel welcome, the brooding Rochester attempts to mock and demean her, but the quick-witted 19-year-old can hold her own. What might offend a more superficial man intrigues her employer (played by a gent more handsome than the author intended). Sparks fly, but he expresses greater interest in a local beauty. Just as Jane finally pierces Rochester's armor, she discovers his terrible secret, and hits the road. She meets a kindly missionary (Jamie Bell) and his sweet sisters, who offer her the family she never had, before a sequence of well-plotted developments allow Jane to forge her own future. For once, no one can stop her, making for a swoon-worthy, if bittersweet conclusion. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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Tamzin Merchant stars in Syfy's 'Red Faction: Origins' and premieres June 4th

, best known to us P&P movie fans as Georgiana Darcy, Mr. Darcy's little sister in the 2005 film, Pride & Prejudice is currently seen as Mary Rivers in a new adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, where she co-starred alongside Mia Wasikowska (in the title role), Michael Fassbender, Sally Hawkins, Jamie Bell, and Judi Dench (Georgiana Darcy's aunt Lady Catherine de Bourgh...though interesting, they didn't have any scenes together in P&P movie) and will be seen next on cable TV here in the U.S. this early summer in a new TV movie (Her former P&P co-star Keira Knightley will be seen as Tinker Bell in Neverland on Syfy later this year)...

According to recent press release via TV By The Numbers, Tamzin Merchant is co-starring in a new Syfy TV's live-action movie...

Syfy Movie 'Red Faction: Origins' To Premiere Saturday, June 4
SYFY AND THQ ORIGINAL MOVIE RED FACTION: ORIGINS TO PREMIERE ON SYFY SATURDAY, JUNE 4, AT 9PM (ET/PT)

ALL-STAR CAST LED BY BRIAN J. SMITH (Stargate Universe), ROBERT PATRICK (TERMINATOR 2) AND KATE VERNON (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA)

RED FACTION ARMAGEDDON VIDEO GAME SET TO BE RELEASED MAY 31

New York, NY, and Agoura Hills, CA – April 15, 2011 – Part of a first-of-its-kind transmedia deal, the THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) and Syfy Original Movie Red Faction^®: Origins^TM, based on the highly successful Red Faction® video game franchise, will premiere on Syfy Saturday, June 4, at 9PM (ET/PT), less than a week after the Red Faction^® Armageddon™ video game is released.

Red Faction: Origins follows the children of rebel hero Alec Mason, set during a period between the Red Faction^® Guerrilla™ and Red Faction Armageddon video games.

Directed by Peabody-Award winner Michael Nankin (Caprica, Battlestar Galactica, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), Red Faction: Origins stars Brian J. Smith (Stargate Universe), Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgment Day), Kate Vernon (Battlestar Galactica), Danielle Nicolet (The Starter Wife), Gareth David-Lloyd (Torchwood), Tamzin Merchant (The Tudors) and Devon Graye (Dexter)


RED FACTION: ORIGINS
Twenty-five years have passed since Alec Mason (Robert Patrick) led the Martian Colonies to freedom …and 12 years since vengeful enemies killed his wife, kidnapped his daughter Lyra (Tamzin Merchant), and left a broken hero in their wake.

Jake Mason (Brian J. Smith), Alec’s last surviving son and an officer in the Red Faction Militia, has his world turned inside out when he discovers that now, 12 years after her kidnapping, his sister is still alive.  As a powerful new enemy swarms across the planet, Jake goes out to find her, only to learn that his lost sister is one of them…a cold-blooded soldier sworn to destroy the Red Faction.

Jake must now battle the relentless regime and somehow reunite a family torn apart by war.

Kate Vernon portrays The Matriarch, leader of the tribal Marauders sect.
Red Faction: Origins is produced by Universal Cable Productions (UCP) and UFO Films (Lake Placid 2 & 3).

The Red Faction: Origins screenplay was written by notable writer and producer Andrew Kreisberg (Warehouse 13, Fringe, Eli Stone), based on a story developed by THQ Director, Fiction Development Paul DeMeo (The Rocketeer, The Flash, Viper) and THQ Executive Vice President, Core Games, Danny Bilson (The Sentinel, Human Target, The Flash). Kreisberg also serves as executive producer. Read full press release here!

Check out two stills of Tamzin below via Comic Book Movie and see more Red Faction: Origins images here!

Red Faction: Origins production stills

 featuring Tamzin Merchant as Lyra Mason

(source: Comic Book Movie | Syfy)

Speaking of Tamzin Merchant and Jane Eyre...her Jane Eyre co-stars Mia Wasikowska, Judi Dench, and Jamie Bell reunited and co-starred with her again in another new crime drama/mystery film written by Judd Apatow titled Stainless Steel...

Stainless Steel Storyline (via IMDB):
Former underground out-law, John Steel is hired from the CIA to bring down 4 members of a silent corrupt group within the FBI.

Tamzin Merchant as Tammy Watts
Judi Dench as Ms Begley
Mia Wasikowska as Scarlet
Jamie Bell as Paul Rufus

It is listed as completed on IMDB with a 2012 release.

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In Theaters Today: Jane Eyre

Now showing in two select cities (New York and Los Angeles) today is Focus Features (Pride & Prejudice and Atonement)' new film adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre starring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench (Pride & Prejudice's Lady Catherine),  Sally Hawkins, (2007 Persuasion' Anne Elliot), and (Pride & Prejudice's Georgiana Darcy).

Jane Eyre (directed by Cary Fukunaga), while it's showing in two select cities (and four theaters count) today, worry not, it'll eventually expand to more theaters starting next Friday. Find Theatres listing for Jane Eyre here! For JE fans who want to see this new JE film sooner (and not later), you can plan a group screening of the film at a theatre near you! For more information, Call 1-855-4JANEEYRE

Read a Jane Eyre: Film Review - The Hollywood Reporter, The Playlist'sReview: ‘Jane Eyre’ A Hauntingly Effective Gothic Drama, and JE review from Entertainment Weekly. See photos of "Jane Eyre" New York Premiere - Inside Arrivals as well as "Jane Eyre" New York Premiere - After Party


Synopsis

Based on Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel, the romantic drama stars Mia Wasikowska (“Alice in Wonderland”) and Michael Fassbender (“Inglourious Basterds”) in the lead roles. In the story, Jane Eyre flees Thornfield House, where she works as a governess for wealthy Edward Rochester. The isolated and imposing residence – and Mr. Rochester’s coldness – have sorely tested the young woman’s resilience, forged years earlier when she was orphaned. As Jane reflects upon her past and recovers her natural curiosity, she will return to Mr. Rochester – and the terrible secret that he is hiding…

Watch the trailer for Jane Eyre below...

(source: Yahoo! Movies)

Jane Eyre screen caps featuring Judi Dench as Mrs. Fairfax

and Sally Hawkins as Mrs. Reed...

Also, check out Jane Eyre stills here! 

Larger Jane Eyre stills of Tamzin Merchant (Mary Rivers) and Sally Hawkins (Mrs. Reed)... 

'Jane Eyre' Stills

 (source: Photo by Laurie Sparham/Focus Features | Yahoo! Movies)

More Jane Eyre video links (or visit Focus Feature's Jane Eyre website for more videos and clips) below...

• Jane Eyre: Featurette
• Watch the featurette featuring Judi Dench for Jane Eyre, a Focus Features release. 
• Clip: Just the Housekeeper
  Watch a clip featuring Judi Dench as Mrs. Fairfox from Jane Eyre, a Focus Features release 
• Clip: Is This How You Perceive Me
  Watch a clip featuring Tamzin Merchant as Mary Rivers from Jane Eyre, a Focus Features release.
• To Score Jane Eyre: Cary Fukunaga and Dario Marianelli Team Up
  Director Cary Fukunaga recounts working with Academy-Awarding winner composer Dario Marianelli (Atonement and Pride & Prejudice) to unlock the musical soul of the Jane Eyre. 

Jane Eyre's original soundtrack is now available in various music stores as well as through iTunes and Amazon.com!

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On Set Photos: Judi Dench and Leonardo DiCaprio in 'J. Edgar' film

Dame Judi Dench who is constantly busy with several new movies (every year and more) coming soon (ie. Jane Eyre with , The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel with , and My Week with Marilyn to name a few) was seen on set recently filming J. Edgar (directed by Clint Eastwood) with co-star Leonardo DiCaprio. Judi Dench plays Dicaprio's title character J. Edgar’s mother Anna Marie Hoover. Naomi Watts is set to portray Helen Gandy, a loyal secretary of Hoover, and Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl) is cast for the role of Agent Smith, a clean-cut operative hired by Hoover to write his biography.

Check out a couple J.Edgar on set photos of JD with Leo Dicaprio below...

(source: screencrave)

View more JD and Dicaprio on set photos here!

Speaking of Miss Dench, in other movie news, Michelle Monaghan And Judi Dench Join Better Living Through Chemistry, and book news, she has a new book just released last Tuesday (February 15) titled, And Furthermore by Judi Dench (photo source: USA Today).

Check out and read these articles from USA Today and NY Times about her new book:
'And Furthermore,' Judi Dench has a lot to say (USA Today)
Taking Her Art Seriously, Not Herself (New York Times)

Also, here are...

JD's upcoming films for 2011/2012 (via IMDB):

• Bond 23 (pre-production) M (2012 ) 
• J. Edgar (filming) (2012) Anne Marie Hoover
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (post-production)(2011)
• My Week with Marilyn (post-production)Dame Sybil Thorndike 2011  
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (post-production) 2011
• Jane Eyre (completed) Mrs. Fairfax (March 11th, 2011)

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Two of five new 'Jane Eyre' Clips featuring Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant

Focus Features (Pride & Prejudice and Atonement)' upcoming new film adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre starring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench (Pride & Prejudice's Lady Catherine), Sally Hawkins (2007 Persuasion' Anne Elliot), and (Pride & Prejudice's Georgiana Darcy) will be in select theaters March 11th, just a month from today.

Focus Features has released 5 new clips from the new JE film with one of them featuring Judi Dench as Mrs. Fairfax and the other with Tamzin Merchant, who plays Mary Rivers.

Check out and watch them below!

Watch Clip #5 - Just The Housekeeper
featuring Judi Dench as Mrs. Fairfax

(source: Focus Features)

 Clip #2 - Is This How You Perceive Me?
featuring Tamzin Merchant as Mary Rivers 

(source: She Knows | Focus Features)

If you missed the trailer for Jane Eyre, watch it here!

Charleybrown's
Enchanted Serenity has more info on Jane Eyre here!
Also, at Enchanted Serenity, you can watch Video: 2 NEW FILM CLIPS  and Video: 2 MORE FILM CLIPS  

Plus...
Jane Eyre Soundtrack music by Dario Marianelli 
to be released March 8th! 

DARIO MARIANELLI - JANE EYRE (2011) (CD)
 

 Scoremagacine reports that the soundtrack for Jane Eyre 2011 music by Academy Award Winner composer Dario Marianelli (He received Best Original Score nominations for Pride & Prejudice and Atonement, in which he won Best Original Score twice for Atonement at thet 80th Academy Awards [See a photo of him and his acceptance speech here] and Golden Globe Awards. He has collaborated with director Joe Wright 3 times for his 3 films from Focus Features: P&P, Atonement, and The Soloist) featuring violinist Jack Liebeck can be already pre-ordered on Amazon and will be released on March 8. See Jane Eyre tracklisting here!  

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Jane Eyre stills and character images featuring Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins, and Tamzin Merchant

Focus Features (Pride & Prejudice and Atonement)' upcoming new film adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre starring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench (Pride & Prejudice's Lady Catherine), Sally Hawkins (2007 Persuasion' Anne Elliot), and  (Pride & Prejudice's Georgiana Darcy) will be in select theaters March 11th.

As the theatrical release for Jane Eyre (directed by Cary Fukunaga) approaches just two months away, Focus Features' site for the film now has more info, in depth articles, synopsis, trailer, and new stills of the JE. Check out Jane Eyre stills here! Updated 1/26/10 Scroll down for larger Jane Eyre stills of Tamzin Merchant (Mary Rivers) and Sally Hawkins (Mrs. Reed)...

One of those stills features Dame Judi Dench as Mrs. Fairfax.

Another one...

 

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People in Film Dame Judi Dench
Get the inside line on the Oscar-winning British actress who plays Mrs. Fairfax in Focus Features’ adaptation of Jane Eyre. Read More »

Judi Dench as Mrs. Fairfax

Sally Hawkins as Mrs. Reed

In Depth A Classic Novel, A Passionate Adaptation: The Production of Jane Eyre
Production notes from the movie Jane Eyre, a Focus Features release.
Read More » 


And a first look (and a nice cast biography) of ...

Tamzin Merchant as Mary Rivers

Tamzin Merchant | Mary Rivers

As a teenager, Tamzin Merchant realized a dream; her great admiration for author Jane Austen spurred her to phone the casting director of the pending movie version of Pride and Prejudice to ask to audition for a part in the film. After meetings, she was indeed offered a role – Georgiana Darcy – even though she had no previous acting experience. The then-novice threw herself into the work, even learning to play the piano selections that her character would be playing on-screen in the Focus Features release directed by Joe Wright. She played the part, acting opposite Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and Judi Dench of Jane Eyre.


Since that debut performance, she has continued to cultivate an acting career while also completing her university studies. She has made more films, including Andrew Silver’s A Touch of Love (a.k.a. Radio Cape Cod); and Marc Forby’s Princess Ka’iulani (a.k.a. Barbarian Princess), opposite Q’orianka Kilcher.

Ms. Merchant is best known for her portrayal of Henry VIII’s fifth wife, Catherine Howard, in the hit series The Tudors. Her telefilm credits include Sheree Folkson’s My Family & Other Animals, with Imelda Staunton; Bryn Higgins’ Casualty 1906; and Syd Macartney’s [The] Good Housekeeping [Guide], with Alan Davies. (Source: Jane Eyre | Focus Features Film)

Updated 1/26/10
Larger Jane Eyre stills of Tamzin Merchant (Mary Rivers) and Sally Hawkins (Mrs. Reed)... 

'Jane Eyre' Stills

 (source: Photo by Laurie Sparham/Focus Features | Yahoo! Movies)

Related links:

• Rope of Silicon Ties Knot with Jane Eyre and Hanna 
• THE PLAYLIST lists Jane Eyre as “most anticipated” 2011 film

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Update: Jane Eyre movie poster, synopsis, and trailer featuring Judi Dench

A movie poster and synopsis for Jane Eyre starring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins, and has just been released through its official facebook page for the movie.

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In select theatres March 11, 2011

Synopsis

Based on Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel, the romantic drama stars Mia Wasikowska (“Alice in Wonderland”) and Michael Fassbender (“Inglourious Basterds”) in the lead roles. In the story, Jane Eyre flees Thornfield House, where she works as a governess for wealthy Edward Rochester. The isolated and imposing residence – and Mr. Rochester’s coldness – have sorely tested the young woman’s resilience, forged years earlier when she was orphaned. As Jane reflects upon her past and recovers her natural curiosity, she will return to Mr. Rochester – and the terrible secret that he is hiding…

Updated 11/10/2010

Watch the trailer for Jane Eyre below...

(source: Yahoo! Movies)

Jane Eyre screen caps featuring Judi Dench as Mrs. Fairfax

and Sally Hawkins as Mrs. Reed...

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