Casting News: Jena Malone to play Carson McCullers in biopic 'Lonely Hunter'

According to Collider.com, Jena Malone has just been cast in a leading role as writer Carson McCullers in the upcoming feature film, the biopic Lonely Hunter based on the author's life story. Great casting! Wow, Jena looks a lot like her especially with bangs! Sounds like an interesting project that would get the talented and versatile Miss Malone noticed for next year's award season!

Jena Malone to Play Author Carson McCullers in LONELY HUNTER

Underrated actress Jena Malone (Sucker Punch) is set to play southern author Carson McCullers in the biopic Lonely Hunter.  Written, produced, and directed by Deborah Kampmeier, the film will span 35 years of McCullers’ life and show how her writing helped her cope with crippling illness and torrid marriages.  Lonely Hunter will also “feature notable figures including her best friend Tennessee Williams, her protégé Truman Capote, her roommate Gypsy Rose Lee and collaborator Ethel Waters,” so start your fan-casting!

Malone’s other upcoming films include the love story Jack and Diane with Juno Temple, the indie drama For Ellen with Paul Dano, and The Wait with Chloe Sevigny.  Filming on Lonely Hunter is set to begin in spring 2012. 

In addition to those upcoming films, Jena Malone was recently cast in History Channel's miniseries 'Hatfields and McCoys'

Read the official press release (via Collider) below...

New York, NY – October 7, 2011 – Writer/Director/Producer Deborah Kampmeier and Producer Troy Johanson of Full Moon Films announced today that Jena Malone will portray Southern gothic writer Carson McCullers in “Lonely Hunter” the feature film based on her life story.  A wild woman who transgressed gender laws and the color bar searching to understand her own mysterious passions, McCullers is the author of the classic novels “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter” and “The Member of the Wedding.”

Deborah Kampmeier will direct, as well as produce the film with Johanson and Blair Breard.  Abigail Disney of Fork Films will executive produce. A shoot is scheduled for Spring 2012. Additional casting is under way.

An actress and musician, Jena Malone made her film debut in “Bastard Out of Carolina.”  She garnered an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Debut Performance and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance for her performance.  Since then she has gone on to memorable roles in films including “Pride and Prejudice” and a lead in the cult favorite, “Donnie Darko.”  Upcoming projects include “Jack and Diane” with Juno Temple, “For Ellen” with Paul Dano and “The Wait” with Chloe Sevigny.

“Lonely Hunter” is the true story of novelist and playwright Carson McCullers, a woman who overcame tremendous odds to become one of the most influential writers of her time.  Plagued by crippling illness and torrid marriages, her imagination provided a sanctuary that she shared with us all. ‘Lonely Hunter’ will span 35 years in McCullers’ life and feature notable figures including her best friend Tennessee Williams, her protégé Truman Capote, her roommate Gypsy Rose Lee and collaborator Ethel Waters

Deborah Kampmeier stated, “Jena’s vulnerability, curiosity, and passion are perfect for Carson. She is extremely gifted and I’m thrilled to be working with Jena in what I’m sure will be a very creative and exciting process.”

Jena Malone is represented by The Gersh Agency and Robert Wallerstein at Hirsch Wallerstein Matlof & Fishman.

Related article: 
Jena Malone To Play Author Carson McCullers In Biopic ‘Lonely Hunter’ (via The Playlist)  

Speaking of Jena and her movies, her other film, which she co-starred with Twilight's Cam Gigandet, 5 Star Day gets American distribution from Breaking Glass Pictures (via indieWire)

Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired the American distribution rights to “5 Star Day,” from first-time director Danny Buday. In the film, Cam Gigandet (Easy A, Burlesque) plays Jake Gibson, a man bent on disproving Astrology after his horoscope proves to be horribly disproved. Among the people Gibson meets to help confirm his suspicions is a single mom played by Jena Malone (Saved!, Donnie Darko). “5 Star Day” is slated to be released in theaters on November 2nd and available through video on-demand two days later.

Jena Malone was most recently seen in the sci-fi pic, Sucker Punch, and has portrayed a slew of memorable characters in films such as Saved!, Donnie Darko, and Pride & Prejudice. Read full article here!

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P&P NewsBits: Casting Updates for 'One Shot' and 'Flight' films, Jena Malone cast in 'Hatfields and McCoys,' and more!

Here's this week's quick news round up of various TV and film news (including casting calls, a film synopsis, trailers, release dates, festival news, etc.) of the following P&P actors (Rosamund Pike, Kelly Reilly, Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan,  Keira Knightley and P&P 95's Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle), all in one post!

Here are a few TV and Film casting news updates... 

As previously posted here, Rosamund Pike landed the female lead role opposite Tom Cruise in One Shot!

Kelly Reilly was in negotiations for the lead female role in Robert Zemeckis’ Flight opposite Denzel Washington.



First, let's get to Rosamund Pike's One Shot...

Richard Jenkins Will Take 'One Shot' With Tom Cruise (via The Playlist)
Variety reports that Jenkins has joined the upcoming “One Shot.” Based on the best-selling book by Lee Child (one of many in the series), and set to be directed and written by Christopher McQuarrie,the story finds ex-military man and drifter Jack Reacher (Cruise) drawninto the case of a military sniper accused of five murders anddiscovers a twisty cover-up along the way. Rosamund Pike is onboard as Helen Rodin, the attorney who defends the accused man andJenkins will play her father Alex Rodin, the District Attorney in townwho is prosecuting the case. David Oyelowo rounds out the current cast, playing a homicide detective in charge of investigating the killings.UPDATE: Alexia Fast Joins Tom Cruise's 'One Shot' (Exclusive) (via Hollywood Reporter)

  
Don Cheadle and Bruce Greenwood Join Robert Zemeckis’ FLIGHT; Kelly Reilly Confirmed as Female Lead (via Collider)

Director Robert Zemeckis is filling out the cast for his return to live-action. Denzel Washington is set as the lead in Flight,where he will play an a pilot who is heralded as a hero after safelylanding a damaged plane. His newfound hero status comes under scrutinyas an investigation is launched to determine whether or not he wasdrunk while flying. Now Movieholereports that Don Cheadle and Bruce Greenwood have joined the cast. Noword on what their roles entail. The report also confirms that KellyReilly (Sherlock Holmes), who was in negotiations to take on the female lead, is officially onboard as a drug addict who befriends Washington’s character. Filming on the project is set to get underway next month in Atlanta. 

Jena Malone latest to join 'Hatfields and McCoys' (via CN's The Marquee Blog)

The History Channel’s upcoming project “TheHatfields and McCoys” is sounding better all the time. Jena Malone hassigned on to the star-studded miniseries about America’s biggest familyfeud, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Malone (“Bastard Out of Carolina,” “Stepmom,” “Into the Wild”) willplay Nancy McCoy, a conniving cousin who exacts revenge on theHatfields for murdering her father.

Kevin Costner (Anse Hatfield) and Bill Paxton (Randall McCoy) lead the cast as the heads of the clashing clans. Tom Berenger, Powers Boothe and Lindsay Pulsipher have also joined the cast.

Kevin Reynolds (“Red Dawn,” “The Count of Monte Cristo,” “RobinHood: Prince of Thieves”) is on board to direct the dramaticminiseries, which will shoot in Romania.

The project will air next year to coincide with the 150thanniversary of the bloody Hatfield and McCoy battle, which attractedinternational headlines.

Carey Mulligan changes gear in Drive (via BBC)

Nicolas Winding Refn'snew film Drive has brutal killings, nerve-jangling car chases andbone-breaking violence. So why did fresh-faced Carey Mulligan beg forpart in it?

"I'm in a film with guns - which is rare!" says Carey Mulligan of her role in the Danish director's crime thriller.
"Iwanted to do something that would be a bit of a stretch," adds the starof An Education and Never Let Me Go, "like playing a mother, andexploring a different genre."

Drive is now showing in theaters near you and at #3 (with $11M+) in its first weekend of release. 

In other P&P/Austen Actors' related news...

Blake Lively Offered Lead Role in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES?

Oscar Hopeful Shorts Screening in LA - Colin Firth, Keira Knightly, Julia Stiles
(via the Examiner.com)

Out of the 12 shorts shown, Steve with Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) and Keira Knightly (Pride and Prejudice)was one of the highlights. The story follows a middle-age man, whoregularly visits his neighbors for very odd reasons with surprisingtwists. This event was held as part of the Oscar qualifying process,which requires three consecutive days (Tuesday-Thursday) of paidscreenings at least twice a day in a Los Angeles County theater.

Jennifer Ehle: A Gifted Man's Leading Lady (via The Daily Beast)

Many viewers will forever associate Jennifer Ehle with her career-making role as Elizabeth Bennet in the BBC’s Pride & Prejudice, the sumptuous adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel. But the 41-year old actress, the daughter of the actress Rosemary Harris and the writer John Ehleand now a mother of two, has been producing a steady body of work forboth the stage and film, since she first donned a curly black wig toplay Austen’s outspoken romantic heroine back in 1995. On Broadway, shewon a Tony award in 2000 for The Real Thing and another in 2007 for The Coast of Utopia.

The Daily Beast sat down with Ehle, and in these excerpts we discussed A Gifted Man, why she left Game of Thrones, attachment parenting, why she’s never recognized on the street, and ghost sex. Read her full interview here!

Speaking of JE, Tonight (and every Friday nights at 8/7C) watch Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995's Elizabeth Bennet) on the series premiere of A Gifted Man on CBS!

Colin Firth claims to have 'no memory' of winning best actor Oscar
(via Metro)

Firth said it was 'completely extraordinary' that he could notremember receiving the statuette, but added: 'I think when major thingshappen to us, whether good or bad, there's a slight shock.
'It has a slightly numbing effect.'

 Colin Firth, Helen Fielding Confirm Bridget Jones 3 (via Lez Get Real)
Can lightning strike a third time? Colin Firth has let it slip thatthere will be a Bridget Jones 3. So far, there has been no confirmationas to whether or not Hugh Grant, who was in the first and secondmovies, will be back for the third, but Firth has had something of aninsider’s knowledge about the direction of the script.

Talking to Marie Claire, the Oscar winner did indicate that theentire cast will be returning saying that “It does become a bit of afamily at the time, it’ll be like one of those rather fraught familyreunions at Christmas.”

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Frequent co-stars of P&P (2005) Actors

 

What do all of these familiar faces and famous Hollywood/International/A-list actors all have in common? Well, other than them being rich, famous, and talented actors, of course. They all have co-starred with our favorite P&P (2005) actors in some of their TV/films and stage play projects either more than once (and or with more than a few P&P actors) or multiple times with the same or different P&P actor(s). If you've seen the following movies (some I've recommended here for you to check out and watch!) they've done with our P&P actors either they were co-starring, appearing with a small (but still important roles) and or making a cameo appearances...then, you probably noticed (or perhaps not until now) that they were all in those movies (whether they were made for Television or Feature films) and stage plays frequently co-starring with P&P 05 actors. I thought I'd compiled and list them here as I've been noticing them in all these movies I've seen and it's very interesting that all have co-starred with them not just once, but twice or even a few times or more with some of our favorite P&P actors listed here...kind of like a six degrees of P&P 05 actors game, where each of these famous actors have a connection with just about everyone of them.

Check out below the familiar names and faces (images included) with a list of films they co-starred/appeared more than once with our P&P (2005) actors...


The following P&P (2005) actors featured here (with their frequent co-stars as well as being directed by Joe Wright in his films such as Atonement, The Soloist, Hanna, and the upcoming Anna Karenina) are: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan, Talulah Riley, Rupert Friend, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Judi Dench, Tom Hollander, Simon Woods, Kelly Reilly, , , and Claudie Blakley

In random order

Colin Firth - The Importance of Being Ernest and Shakespeare In Love with Judi Dench, Love Actually with Keira Knightley, The Last Legion with Rupert Friend, When Did You Last See Your Father? with Carey Mulligan, St. Trinians 1 and 2 with Talulah Riley, Steve (short) with Keira Knightley and Rupert Friend (director)
Emma Thompson - Maybe Baby with Matthew Macfadyen, Tom Hollander, and Kelly Reilly, Love Actually with Keira Knightley, An Education with Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike
Johnny Depp - Pirates 1-3 with Keira Knightley, Pirates 2-3 with Tom Hollander, The Libertine with Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, Rupert Friend, and Kelly Reilly
Ryan Gosling - The United States of Leland with Jena Malone, Fracture with Rosamund Pike, Drive with Carey Mulligan
Sam Worthington - Last Night with Keira Knightley, Wrath of the Titans with Rosamund Pike
Liam Neeson - Love Actually with Keira Knightley, Wrath of the Titans with Rosamund Pike
Rupert Everett - The Importance of Being Ernest with Judi Dench, St. Trinians 1 and 2 with Talulah Riley
Leonardo DiCaprio - Inception with Talulah Riley, J.Edgar with Judi Dench, The Great Gatsby with Carey Mulligan
Maggie Smith - Ladies in Lavender and A Room with a View with Judi Dench (as well as Stage and other films with JD), Downton Abbey (season 1 and 2) with Penelope Wilton, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley
Pierce Brosnan - Bond movies with Judi Dench, Die Another Day with Judi Dench and Rosamund Pike, The Greatest with Carey Mulligan
Daniel Craig - The Jacket with Keira Knightley, Casino Royale/Quantum of Solace/Bond 23 (Bond movies) with Judi Dench
Jonathan Rhys Meyers - Bend it Like Beckham with Keira Knightley, Match Point with Penelope Wilton, The Tudors (season 3 and 4) with Tamzin Merchant
Hayley Atwell - The Duchess with Keira Knightley, The Pillars of the Earth with Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland, Any Human Heart with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander
Sam Clafin - The Pillars of the Earth with Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland, Any Human Heart with Mathew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander, Pirates 4 with Judi Dench
Rufus Sewell - The Last King with Simon Woods and directed by Joe Wright, The Pillars of the Earth with Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland, The Sea with Rosamund Pike
Gillian Anderson - Bleak House with Carey Mulligan, Any Human Heart with Tom Hollander and Matthew Macfadyen, Johnny English Reborn with Rosamund Pike
Rowan Atkinson - Love Actually with Keira Knightley, Johnny English Reborn with Rosamund Pike
Ralph Fiennes - Land of The Blind with Donald Sutherland and Tom Hollander, The Duchess with Keira Knightley, Wrath of the Titans with Rosamund Pike
Joseph Fiennes - Shakespeare In Love with Judi Dench, The Very Thought of You with Tom Hollander
Ray Stevenson - Rome (series) with Simon Woods, The Three Musketeers 3D with Matthew Macfadyen
Helena Bonham Carter - A Room With The View with Judi Dench, Enid with Matthew Macfadyen
Romola Garai - Angel with Simon Woods, Atonement with Keira Knightley and Brenda Blethyn
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement with Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn and director Joe Wright, Hanna with Tom Hollander and Joe Wright(director)
Michael Fassbender - Eden Lake with Kelly Reilly, Angel with Simon Woods, Jane Eyre with Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant, A Dangerous Method with Keira Knightley, Shame with Carey Mulligan
Ciaran Hinds - Calendar Girls with Penelope Wilton, Rome (TV series) with Simon Woods, Above Suspicion (TV series) with Kelly Reilly, The Sea with Rosamund Pike
Sally Hawkins - An Education with Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike, Never Let Me Go with Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley, Made In Dagenham with Rosamund Pike, Jane Eyre with Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant
Miranda Richardson - The Young Victoria with Rupert Friend, Puffball with Kelly Reilly and Donald Sutherland, Made in Dagenham with Rosamund Pike
Robert Downey Jr. - The Soloist with Tom Hollander, Jena Malone and directed by Joe Wright, Sherlock Holmes 1 and 2 with Kelly Reilly
Jude Law - Cold Mountain with Donald Sutherland, Sherlock Holmes 1 and 2 with Kelly Reilly, Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and director Joe Wright
Dan Stevens - Downton Abbey (TV miniseries) seasons 1-2 with Penelope Wilton
Keeley Hawes - Spooks/MI-5 with Matthew Macfadyen, Wives and Daughters with Rosamund Pike and Tom Hollander, Death at a Funeral with Matthew Macfadyen, Ashes to Ashes with Matthew Macfadyen
Andrea Riseborough - Never Let Me Go with Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan, Made In Dagenham with Rosamund Pike, Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and director Joe Wright
Michael Gambon - Wives and Daughters with Rosamund Pike and Tom Hollander, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Perfect Strangers/Almost Strangers with Matthew Macfadyen, The Lost Prince with Tom Hollander, Joe's Palace with Kelly Reilly, Cranford with Judi Dench and Simon Woods
Bill Nighy - Lawless Heart with Tom Hollander, Love Actually with Keira knightley, Pirates 2-3 with Keira Knightley and Tom Hollander, Valkyrie with Tom Hollander, The Boat That Rocked/Pirate Radio with Talulah Riely, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel with Judi Dench and Penelope Wilton, Wrath of the Titans with Rosamund Pike, This Beautiful Fantastic with Rupert Friend
Albert Finney - A Rather English Marriage with Rosamund Pike, A Good Year with Tom Hollander
Alfred Molina - Undertaking Betty/Plot with a View with Brenda Blethyn, Silk with Keira Knightley, An Education with Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike
Bob Hoskins - The Sleeping Dictionary with Brenda Blethyn, Mrs. Henderson Presents with Judi Dench and Kellly Reilly, Made In Dagenham with Rosamund Pike
Charlotte Rampling - The Duchess with Keira Knightley, Never Let Me Go with Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley, The Sea with Rosamund Pike
Dominic Cooper - The Duchess with Keira Knightley, An Education with Rosamund Pike and Carey Mulligan
Marion Cottilard - A Good Year with Tom Hollander, Inception with Talulah Riley, Nine with Judi Dench
Susan Sarandon - StepMom with Jena Malone, The Greatest with Carey Mulligan, Wallstreet: Money Never Sleeps with Carey Mulligan
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon with Matthew Macfadyen, Wallstreet: Money Never Sleeps with Carey Mulligan
Eddie Redmayne - Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander, The Pillars of The Earth with Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland, My Week with Marilyn with Judi Dench
Kim Catrall - My Boy Jack with Carey Mulligan, Private Lives (stage play) with Matthew Macfadyen, Any Human Heart with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander
Orlando Bloom - Pirates 1-3 with Keira Knightley, Pirates 2-3 with Tom Hollander, The Three Musketeers with Matthew Macfadyen
Gemma Arterton - St. Trinian's 1 and 2 and Pirate Radio with Talulah Riley, Quantum of Solace (Bond film) with Judi Dench, The Little Dog Laughed (stage play) with Rupert Friend
Jim Broadbent - Little Voice with Brenda Blethyn, Iris with Judi Dench, When Did You Last See Your Father? with Carey Mulligan, The Young Victoria with Rupert Friend, Any Human Heart with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander
Rupert-Penry Jones - Cambridge Spies with Tom Hollander, Match Point with Penelope Wilton, Agatha Christie's Poirot (Sad Cypress) and Joe's Palace with Kelly Reilly
Kate Winslet - Iris with Judi Dench, Enigma with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander
Hugh Dancy - King Arthur with Keira Knightley, The Sleeping Dictionary with Brenda Blethyn
Jeremy Northam - Enigma with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Possession with Tom Hollander
Helen Mirren - Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Caludie Blakley, Calendar Girls with Penelope Wilton
Clive Owen - King Arthur with Keira Knightley, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Elizabeth: The Golden Agewith Tom Hollander
Kelly Macdonald - Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and director Joe Wright
Eileen Atkins - Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Robin Hood with Matthew Macfadyen, Cranford and Return to Cranford with Judi Dench, Cold Mountain with Donald Sutherland, Ask The Dust with Donald Sutherland
Rupert Graves - The Last King (TV miniseries) with Simon Woods and Joe Wright (director), Death at a Funeral and Miss Marple: Pocket Full of Rye with Matthew Macfadyen, A Room with the View with Judi Dench, Made In Dagenham with Rosamund Pike
Daniel Day-Lewis - The Ballad of Jack and Rose with Jena Malone, A Room with the View and Nine with Judi Dench
Jason Statham - The Italian Job and The Mechanic with Donald Sutherland
Nicole Kidman - Cold Mountain with Donald Sutherland and Jena Malone, Nine with Judi Dench
Tobey Maguire - Brothers and The Great Gatsby with Carey Mulligan
Natalie Portman - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace with Keira Knightley, Brothers with Carey Mulligan, Cold Mountain with Donald Sutherlandand Jena Malone
Jake Gyleenhaal - Dannie Darko with Jena Malone, Brothers with Carey Mulligan
Celia Imrie - Love In A Cold Climate with Rosamund Pike, Calendar Girls with Penelope Wilton, Doctor Zhivago with Keira Knightley, Cranford with Judi Dench, St. Trinians 1 and 2 with Talulah Riley, The Best Exotic Marigold with Judi Dench and Penelope Wilton
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal with Judi Dench, Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander, Robin Hood with Matthew Macfadyen, Hanna with Tom Hollander and director Joe Wright (director)
Rhys Ifans - Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander, Pirate Radio with Talulah Riley, This Beautiful Fantastic with Rupert Friend, Bond 23 with Judi Dench
Abbie Cornish - Elizabeth: The Golden Age and A Good Year with Tom Hollander, Bright Star with Caludie Blakley, Sucker Punch with Jena Malone
Samantha Morton - The Libertine with Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, Kelly Reilly, and Rupert Friend, Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander, The Messenger with Jena Malone
Geoffrey Rush - Shakespeare In Love with Judi Dench, Pirates 1-3 with Keira Knightley, Pirates 2-3 and Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander
Collin Farrell - Ask The Dust with Donald Sutherland, Triage with Kelly Reilly, London Boulevard with Keira Knightley, Horrible Bosses with Donald Sutherland

Also...
Jennifer Ehle - Bedroom and Hallways with Tom Hollander, Possession with Tom Hollander, The Greatest with Carey Mulligan
Francess O'Connor - The Importance of Being Ernest with Judi Dench, Piccadilly Jim with Brenda Blethyn and Tom Hollander
Hugh Bonneville - Iris with Judi Dench, Tomorrow Never Dies (Bond films) with Judi Dench, Downtown Abbey (TV miniseries; Season 1 and 2) with Penelope Wilton, Rev. (TV series), Legally Mad (TV Movie), and Freezing (TV series) with Tom Hollander, Piccadilly Jim with Brenda Blethyn and Tom Hollander, Doctor Zhivago with Keira Knightley
Sam Neill - Doctor Zhivago with Keira Knightley,
Cilian Murphy - The Way We Live Now with Matthew Macfadyen, The Edge of Love with Keira Knightley, Inception with Talulah Riley
James McAvoy - Penelope with Simon Woods, Atonement with Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, and director Joe Wright, Filth with Rupert Friend
Jamie Bell - The Eagle with Donald Sutherland, Jane Eyre with Tamzin Merchant and Judi Dench, Stainless Steel with Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant, Filth with Rupert Friend
Emily Barclay - In My Father's Den with Matthew Macfadyen, Stainless Steel with Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant
Brendan Coyle - The Jacket with Keira Knightley, Tomorrow Never Dies (Bond film) with Judi Dench, Larkrise to Candleford (TV series) with Claudie Blakley, Downtown Abbey (TV miniseries, season 1 and 2) with Penelope Wilton
Christina Ricci - Bastard Out of Carolina and Cheaters with Jena Malone, Penelope with Simon Woods
Jennifer Lawrence - Devil You Know with Rosamund Pike, Hunger Games with Donald Sutherland
Aaron Johnson - The Greatest with Carey Mulligan, Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and Joe Wright (director)
Paul Dano - The Ballad of Jack and Rose and For Ellen with Jena Malone
Jemima Rooper - Wives and Daughters with Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, and Penelope Wilton, Love In A Cold Climate with Rosamund Pike
Catherine Keener - Lovely & Amazing with Brenda Blethyn, The Ballad of Jack and Rose and Into The Wild with Jena Malone, The Soloist with Tom Hollander, Jena Malone, and Joe Wright (director)
Emile Hirsch - The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys and Into The Wild with Jena Malone
Kristin Scott Thomas - The Seagull (stage play) with Carey Mulligan, Life As A House with Jena Malone, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley
Juliet Stevenson - Bend It Like Beckham with Keira Knightley, When Did You Last See Your Father? with Carey Mulligan, Triage with Kelly Reilly
Emily Mortimer - Coming Home with Keira Knightley,  Lovely & Amazing and The Sleeping Dictionary with Brenda Blethyn, Match Point with Penelope Wilton
Claire Foy - Little Dorrit with Matthew Macfadyen, Night Watch (TV movie) with Claudie Blakley
JJ Feild - Northanger Abbey with Carey Mulligan, Night Watch (TV movie) with Claudie Blakley
Felicity Jones - Northanger Abbey with Carey Mulligan, This Beautiful Fantastic with Rupert Friend
Tom Mison - The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard (TV series) with Carey Mulligan,The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers (short film) with Rupert Friend and Keira Knightley, Steve with Keira Knightley and Rupert Friend (director)
Anna Maxwell Martin - Bleak House (TV miniseries) with Carey Mulligan, South Riding (TV Miniseries) with Penelope Wilton, Night Watch (TV movie) with Claudie Blakley
Jodie Foster - Contact and The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys with Jena Malone
Audrey Tautou - L'Auberge Spagnole (The Spanish Apartment) and Russian Dolls with Kelly Reilly
Michelle Williams - The United States of Leland with Jena Malone, Incendiary with Matthew Macfadyen, My Week with Marilyn with Judi Dench
Ewan McGregor - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace with Keira Knightley, Little Voice with Brenda Blethyn, Incendiary with Matthew Macfadyen
Kristen Stewart - Fierce People with Donald Sutherland, Into The Wild with Jena Malone
Rachelle LeFevre - Fugitive Pieces and Barney's Version with Rosamund Pike
Chris Evans - Saved! with Jena Malone, Fierce People with Donald Sutherland
Mark Strong - The Young Victoria with Rupert Friend, Sherlock Holmes with Kelly Reilly, The Eagle with Donald Sutherland
Paul Bethany - Coming Home (TV movie) with Keira Knightley, The Young Victoria with Rupert Friend
Russell Crowe - A Good Year with Tom Hollander, Robin Hood with Matthew Macfadyen
Tom Cruise - Valkyrie with Tom Hollander, One Shot with Rosamund Pike


And there you have it (boredom lead me to this, haha!)...I've attempted a long list here all in one post...phew! Did I miss anyone? I'm sure there's a movie or an actor I forgot to list here, but will add here if I see/noticed more films with familiar/famous actors co-starring with our P&P actors (at least twice or a few times) as soon as I spot them, lol...

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P&P Cast filming Pride & Prejudice film this summer 7 years ago

I posted here a year ago about the Principal photography for Pride & Prejudice film started this month six years ago. I thought I'd post here about it (again) this year with more cast interviews, on set, and behind the scenes info and images as it's been 7 years this month since they filmed the movie and shot entirely on location in the beautiful English countryside. I've been very fortunate to have visited at least two of those wonderful filming locations in Derbyshire (see some of my Photos: Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall as Pride & Prejudice's Pemberley and Inn at Lambton (P&P/Derbyshire filming locations)) almost a year ago (September 2010) when I went on My first European trip.

Anyway, the 4-time Academy Award (as well as 2-time Golden Globe and 6-time BAFTA) nominated 2005 film, Pride & Prejudice starring Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen began filming seven years ago last month (July 19th) and during this month (see P&P timeline below). The film was directed by Joe Wright and shot entirely on location in the UK, including Derbyshire, Wiltshire, Lincolnshire, and Kent. The P&P cast and crew spent their most fun and "happiest" summer (3 months!) filming the movie from July through October 2004.

In retrospect, for the nostalgia of this amazing film, here's another new compilation of various cast interviews (including director Joe Wright, which were not posted here last year. Mostly, a lot of them you've probably read/heard from the P&P DVD extras and P&P Diaries documentary) and what the cast said their experiences were like filming P&P movie and bonding with each other.

From P&P '05 Diaries (as well as from the P&P DVD's Bonus Exras: Conversations with the Cast and A Bennet Family Portrait featurettes) here are a compilation of what Joe Wright and some of his P&P cast said as they were discussing their favorite moments from the film's production (as well as a video, which you can watch here: P&P Diaries Special Moments via Focus Features) or below...



(source: Focus Features)

"It was lovely. What a joy of job. Three months skipping around the English countryside with loads of girls. It was heaven." (Joe Wright)

"Love Ros, Love Carey and Jena, and Talulah. And it's been lovely kinda having this very girly family. But then, you've got Brenda and Donald in the middle of it." (Keira Knightley)

"Glorious. Donald and Brenda and all of the girls. What a lovely family." (Matthew Macfadyen)

"Brenda, I love with an absolute passion. I think she's wonderful and Donald is very funny and always have a good stories to tell." (Talulah Riley)

"Really fun, 'cause I'm an only child, so I don't know what it's like to have that particular rivalry you have with a sister or that particular love or whatever and with this it feels like it has come alive." (Rosamund Pike)

"Donald's struggling with the great big pig. So, I've ushered in the pigs into the alley. It was heaven." (Brenda Blethyn)


"Well, I have to tell you. It was lovely to be here." (Donald Sutherland)

Watch The Pride & Prejudice Diaries: The Bennett Family
(via Focus Features) or watch it below...

 (Focus Features)

"You have no idea, you know, when you come into a picture what KeiraKnightley is going to be like. And it turns out she is as extraordinaryan actor as I've ever met in my life. Rosamund was...it's indescribablehow ethereally beautiful she was. Talulah was...Oh, I just embracedher. Carey...They were like children, you know. And Jena was...she justbecame this silly child. They were wonderful. It was just a wonderfulfamily, you know. Headed and embraced and supported and catalyzed byBrenda Blethyn." (Donald Sutherland)

"I feel like I've been so welcome here. Like, It's just been so nice." (Jena Malone)

"So, I don't know. I don't think I could pick my favorite person to work with as they're all so amazing. And I know everyone always says that, but you do go, 'No, this is such a special group of people.'" (Keira Knightley)

"Obviously, we've got people like Judi Dench and Donald Sutherland and Brenda Blethyn, and you work with these guys, and you just go...'the experience,' and the way they handled themselves...and you know, that's amazing." (Keira Knightley)


"Normally, before I'm in the scene I'm in the corner and I'm kinda going..." (Simon Woods)
"And I love it when we're a family unit rather than...I mean, we've been sort of split up in various things...but when we are presented as the Bennets. And that scene when we go to Netherfield...And it's a Miss Bennet, a Miss Bennet, a Miss Bennet, and a Mrs. Bennet. And it's like we're all together." (Carey Mulligan)

"Carey and I have been really good friends, because, obviously we're both new to this. So, it's been good to have somebody that doesn't know what's going on as well." (Talulah Riley)

"The most incredible thing has been seeing people like Carey Mulligan and Talulah Riley and whose first job this is and how they've taken it like ducks to water, you know, and how excited they've been." (Keira Knightley)

"We've become such friends, all of us, for real." (Brenda Blethyn)

"We were all very, very nice to each other at the beginning and suddenly, you know, we've started to sort of have real dynamics as well as sort of the character dynamics." (Rosamund Pike)

"Judi Dench, I adored watching. I was sitting there at that dinner table in Rosings and think, this is great." (Matthew Macfadyen)

"Some of the highlights are the things I wasn't even in and just standing and watching the others and seeing how beautiful it's looking." (Brenda Blethyn)

"I really enjoyed all the dancing stuff with Matthew. It was really odd. I thought I was going to completely hate it. And then you kind of accept that you're gonna be there all day and it's gonna be difficult and it's gonna be really, really lovely. So, I enjoyed that a lot." (Keira Knightley)

"I've just had a wonderful summer with this family. The little family of the Bennets and the bigger family of the whole crew." (Rosamund Pike)


"I've loved every minute of this film." (Brenda Blethyn)


Also, from HBO's First Look: Pride & Prejudice:

"On the last day of rehearsals, I took the whole of theBennet family to the house. They had to claim that house as their own.It was their space and the crew were guests. And we had a lovely timeas well." (Joe Wright)


"Joe brought us all down on a day when everything wasimmaculate. There was no equipment. Everything was dressed. It reallyis...It was enchanting. Really enchanting." (Rosamund Pike)

"We played sardines. We were there all day hiding and discovering the house." (Brenda Blethyn)

"We were allowed to do exactly what we wanted...and shout and screamand anything. It just worked. We just gelled completely in a way thatnone of us could have imagined." (Keira Knightley)

From Keira Knightley's P&P Promotional Video Interview...


Did you enjoy working on location in the British countryside?

"Yeah, definitely. I mean, I really enjoyed traveling. You have to, being in my profession, really. The opportunity of doing a film in Britain was definitely a huge bonus. And actually partly, because I really don't know the British countryside. It's weird, I'm born and bred Londoner. I know of Devon and Cornwall. But I don't know really, I didn't know Derbyshire. I've never been to Derbyshire before. I've never really been to Kent before. You know, and it's just really great opportunity to actually see my country for a change as opposed to seeing other people's, you know. So, it was a fantastic, It was a fantastic a summer. And I'm so glad to have seen all these really beautiful places." (Keira Knightley)

Watch Keira Knightley's P&P Promo Interview

 [source: KelsiKnightley]

Did you bond with the other Bennet sisters?

"Oh, yeah. No, Totally. I mean, this is the first time for me that I've worked with girls with my own age. You know, there were three of us who were 19 (Keira, Carey, and Jena) when we did it, one was 18 (Talulah) and Ros (Rosamund), you know is a tiny bit older. But we're all pretty much the same age. And it was just lovely for me to to work with people of my own age who share the same interest 'cause I've never had that before. So, yeah, I'm still friendly with a lot of people who worked on Pride & Prejudice. I'd actually count a lot of them as among my closest friends and it was a really special, special experience. Definitely, 'cause that rarely happens on a film set where everybody just loved each other and you can really see that on the film as well." (Keira Knightley)

Read More...
Behind The Scenes: Conversations with the Pride & Prejudice Cast
More Carey Mulligan Interviews
View More...
P&P '05 Diaries (Video Clips links)


Reposting this here...  Also, here's an interesting timeline (from KeiraWeb's P&P Promotional Page) to when it all started back in 2004...

Pride & Prejudice (2005) Timeline

• 2004 - January. WorkingTitle announce plans for a big screen version of Pride and Prejudice,the first since 1940. Joe Wright is confirmed as director, with thescreenplay written by novelist Deborah Moggach.  
• April 27th - ScreenInternational announce Keira Knightley is in advanced negotiations tostar as Elizabeth Bennet in the Working Title production.
• June 8th - Keira is confirmed in the role of Elizabeth Bennet.
• June 11th - Matthew MacFadyen is announced as Mr. Darcy.
• July 14th. Dame JudiDench, Penelope Wilton, Donald Sutherland and Brenda Blethyn areconfirmed as co-stars in the movie. A budget of $28million is revealed.
• July19th - Principal photography begins at Burghley House, near Stamford inLincolnshire. It will be seen as Rosings, the home of the De Bourghs.
• August 15th - Filming movesto Groombridge Place near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, which will be seenas the Bennets' home, Longbourn.
• August 23rd - Filming takesplace at Wilton House near Salisbury, to be seen as the interior ofPemberley - (This was the location for Colin Firth's famous wet shirtscene in the 1995 BBC production). Stourhead Gardens and Martin Downwere other places utilized while in Wiltshire.
• August 31st - Filmingreturns to Burghley House, and its local town of Stamford, withhundreds of locals used as extras. This will be seen as the village ofMeryton in the movie.
• September 8th. The cast andcrew film Netherfield scenes at Basildon Park in Berkshire. The WestFront, dining room and Octagon Drawing Room will be featured in themovie.
• September 13th - Keira is confirmed to play Domino Harvey in Domino,which starts filming in early October. Her hair is cut short inpreparation for the role, and the remaining scenes as Lizzie see hersporting a wig.
• September 27th - Filmingconcludes at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. The exterior shots ofPemberley were filmed here, and the grand staircase and SculptureGallery will also be seen. While in Derbyshire, dramatic clifftopscenes were filmed with Keira in the Peak District National Park.
• October 8th - Filming wraps on the movie, as early release date speculation suggest September 2005.

Read more at KeiraWeb.com's Pride & Prejudice Promotional Page 

Check out and view the following...


P&P (locations and behind the scenes) Photo albums

Photos: P&P Filming Locations

P&P Locations

P&P Behind The Scenes

Pride & Prejudice Diaries

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On DVD and Blu-ray Today: Sucker Punch

Jena Malone's Sucker Punch film is available on DVD and Blu-ray today (June 28t). Go get your own copy or rent or watch it on Netflix!

DVD Active has the following DVD/Blu-ray details and artwork, which you can pre-order your copies here: Standard DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray/DVD Combo and Digital copy ... 

Title: Sucker Punch (IMDb)
Starring: Emily Browning
Released: 28th June 2011
SRP: $28.98 (DVD)



Further Details:
Warner Home Video has announced DVD ($28.98) and Blu-ray/DVD Combo ($35.99) releases of Sucker Punch for June 28th. The only extra material on the DVD release will be an Animated Shorts: Sucker Punch Prequel Stories feature. The Blu-ray/DVD Combo release will include that, plus an extended cut of the film with an additional 18 minutes, a maximum movie mode hosted by director Zack Snyder, and a digital copy of the film.

Here are the attached DVD/Blu-ray artwork below:

 (source: DVD Active)

Synopsis

Born from the creative vision of filmmaker Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300), this epic action fantasy launches from the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Locked away against her will, Babydoll (Emily Browning) has not lost her will to survive. Determined to fight for her freedom, she urges four fellow captives – outspoken Rocket (Jena Malone), street-smart Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens), fiercely loyal Amber (Jamie Chung) and reluctant Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish) – to band together and try to escape their terrible fate at the hands of their captors Blue (Oscar Isaac), Madam Gorki (Carla Gugino) and the High Roller (Jon Hamm).

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Then & Now: Pride & Prejudice's The Bennet Girls

As aforementioned here in this blog, these young and very talented actresses (Academy Award® Nominee Keira Knightley, British Independent Film Award winner Rosamund Pike, Young Artist Award Winner Jena Malone, Academy Award® Nominee and BAFTA winner Carey Mulligan, and Talulah Riley) who played the Bennet sisters brilliantly and quite convincingly in the 2005 Oscar and Golden Globe nominated film, Pride & Prejudice were, in my opinion, all great together as sisters and an outstanding ensemble cast in their P&P 2005 film as well as individually, in their own other films before, during, or after they co-starred in P&P movie.

This time I thought I'd update you all in what they're up to as these 5 P&P 05 Bennet actresses (with the exception of Keira Knightley and Jena Malone) as unknowns before P&P movie (ie. Rosamund Pike, Carey Mulligan, and Talulah Riley) and then, post-P&P movie each had started to get wide recognition and more TV & film projects as well as critically acclaimed for their other roles (Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, and Rosamund Pike) as one of them had become an instant breakout star, it girl, and Oscar/Golden Globe nominee as well as BAFTA award winner (Carey Mulligan) in such as short time. The worldwide success of the 2005 Pride & Prejudice film sure got each one of them a lot of recognition and attention they never had before even for its lead star Keira Knightley, who was already a big name from Bend It Like Beckham and Pirates movies prior to P&P movie. Also, for Jena Malone, who is a well-known, young veteran actress in her own right. They each have done very well individually after they were all cast in this film (and will definitely always be remembered for it) and after its released back in 2005 to its worldwide success that this film has continued to be to this day. 

Anyway, if you're wondering what's new or what they're up to these days with their respective careers since P&P movie was released almost 6 years ago. Here's a compiled list of what they're doing now and what they'll be doing next to for their next TV/Film/Stage Play projects (with recent public appearances photos of each of the 5 Bennet girls along with links and additional info via IMDB)...

Pride & Prejudice

The Bennet Sisters: Where are they now?

Keira Knightley (Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bennet)

 

(Photo by PacificCoastNews.com) 

Keira Knightley Outside 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'
Keira Knightley stops to sign some autographs and pose for pictures before an appearance on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart".  (May 10, 2011)

Best Known for role(s): Elizabeth Bennet (Pride & Prejudice; nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Actress), Elizabeth Swann (Pirates 1-3 movies)
Last seen in: The Children's Hour (stage play) - Karen,  Never Let Me Go -
Ruth with P&P co-star Carey Mulligan, London Boulevard - Charlotte
Currently seen in: Last Night - Joanna Reed

Currently filming:  Seeking a Friend for the End of the World as Penny with Steve Carrell

Up next: Neverland (TV movie) (post-production) Tinker Bell (voice)
Will be seen next in: A Dangerous Method (completed) Sabina Spielrein
Upcoming film: Anna Karenina (2011) with P&P co-star and director . Filming begins September 2011 on location in the UK and Russia. Read more info on Anna Karenina here! 

In development projects: Tender Is the Night 2013, The Emperor's Children (2012) 

 

Jena Malone (Lydia Bennet)

(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images North America)

Opening Night Of "Beauty Culture" At The Annenberg Space For Photography - Red Carpet
Jena Malone arrives at the opening night of "Beauty Culture" at the Annenberg Space for Photography on May 19, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

Best known in role(s): Anna Harrison (Stepmom), Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatright (Bastard Out of Carolina),  Mary (Saved!), Lydia Bennet (Pride & Prejudice)
Last seen in: Sucker Punch as Rocket
Currently seen in: I Think Bad Thoughts (short) Jena with Karate Kid's Ralph Macchio and Elijah Wood. Watch Jena Malone in the music video for 'I Think Bad Thoughts'
Upcoming films:  
Family Tree (pre-production) 
For Ellen (post-production) Susan
Jack and Diane (post-production) Susan 
The Wait (post-production) Angela
shorts:
David Goldberg (short) Vida 

Rachel (short) Rachel - Follow the link and watch Jena Malone in the trailer for 'Rachel'! 

Indevelopment project(s): Mu

Rosamund Pike (Jane Bennet)

 

(Photo by Bauer Griffin)

BAFTA Awards Red Carpet

Rosamund Pike arrived at the red carpet for the 2011 BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards ceremony held at Royal Opera House. (February 13, 2011)

Best known role(s): Jane Bennet (Pride & Prejudice), Miranda Frost (Die Another Day , a Bond film)
Last Seen:  Women in Love (TV series) Gudrun Brangwen, Burning Palms - Dedra Davenport, Made in Dagenham - Lisa Hopkins

Currently seen in: Barney's Version - Miriam Grant-Panofsky (Coming to DVD and Blu-ray June 28th)
Currently filming:  Wrath of the Titans (filming) Andromeda
Will be seen next in: Johnny English Reborn (post-production) (Sept. 16, 2011), The Big Year (post-production) (Oct. 2011)
Upcoming film(s): The Sea (pre-production) Connie Grace

In development project(s):  Godmother (2014), Untitled Nick Hornby Project

Carey Mulligan (Kitty Bennet) 

(photo by New York Times)

Photos: Carey Mulligan in 'Through A Glass Darkly'
Also, the New York Times released a promotional photoshoot of Carey Mulligan on set and in character for Through a Glass Darkly as well as a new interview.

Best known in role(s): Kitty Bennet (Pride & Prejudice), Jenny (An Education; nominated for Best Actress Oscar and Golden Globe; BAFTA winner for Best Actress)
Last seen in: Never Let Me Go - Kathy with P&P co-star Keira Knightley, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - Winnie Gekko  with Michael Douglas and Shia Lebeauf
Currently seen in: Through A Glass Darkly (off-broadway) (May 13 - July 3rd)
Will be seen next in: Drive as Irene with Ryan Gosling, Shame (post-production as Sissy with Michael Fassbender
Will be filming next: The Great Gatsby (pre-production) Daisy Buchanan
with Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Isla Fisher in August in Australia
In development project(s): My Fair Lady (2012), On Chesil Beach

Talulah Riley (Mary Bennet) 

(Photo by PacificCoastNews.com)

The Jameson Empire Awards 2011 in London 2
Talulah Riley lights up the red carpet at the Jameson Empire Awards 2011 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. (March 27, 2011)

Best Known in role(s): Mary Bennet (Pride & Prejudice), Annabelle Fritton (St. Trinian's 1 and 2 movies)
Last seen in: The Dilemma (cameo role as a Concept Car Spokesmodel) with Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, and Queen Latifah;  Inception (in a cameo role with Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, and Tom Hardy)
Recently filmed: The Knot (filming) as Alexandra with Mena Suvari
In development project(s): Transmission (2012)

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