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Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterBowen Yang and Joel Kim Booster are set to star in “Fire Island,” a romantic comedy from “Spa Night” director Andrew Ahn.Described as a modern day take on Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” the film will center on two best friends embarking on a weeklong vacation to Fire Island — the historic gay escape off the southern shore of Long Island — with the help of cheap rosé and a cadre of eclectic friends.The project is set up at Searchlight, and will release

Bridgerton ball this November, and it's not an exaggeration to say I will fly anywhere to attend it. Like the Jane Austen-themed dinner parties and Fifty Shades pop-ups of yore (yep, ), everyone's binge-watch is being turned into a live event.Shondaland, Netflix, and event companies Fever and Secret Cinema will host a Regency ball in the fall, complete with a string quartet playing covers of pop hits , dance cards, and love tokens.

It looks like Netflix is riding the Bridgerton popularity wave as the streaming giant has adapted a Jane Austen classic. Unfortunately, if you were looking for an old fashioned period piece, then you may be disappointed, but not for long.

The first Shondaland project in Shonda Rhimes’ mega-deal with Netflix burst on the scene on Christmas Day 2020, when the Regency-era drama series Bridgerton hit the streaming service.

The Lost Daughter, alongside Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson has teamed up with another powerhouse female director, Carrie Cracknell, to adapt Jane Austen’s Persuasion for . A highly respected name in British theater, Cracknell has helmed productions at both the Royal Court and the Young Vic, and recently directed in Sea Wall/A Life on Broadway.

The stars of “Emma” have reunited.

It looks like Netflix is riding the Bridgerton popularity wave as the streaming giant is set to adapt a Jane Austen classic. Unfortunately, if you were looking for an old fashioned period piece, then you may be let down.

As a part of Variety's Actors on Actors, two breakout Netflix stars from 2020; Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page and The Crown star Emma Corrin indulged in a candid conversation about their respective series.

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, the breakout star of the hit Netflix show Never Have I Ever, has landed her very first movie role!

In the depths of the winter coronavirus surge, along came a show that brought a much needed respite and a lot more. Debuting on Christmas Day, the Regency-era Bridgerton, the first Shondaland series for Netflix, provided escapism with its vibrant mix of Jane Austen-meets-Gossip Girl while also redefining the period drama and romance genres with its contemporary storytelling and multi-racial casting.

Henry Golding has now joined the cast of Netflix's upcoming adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion. It was announced on Wednesday that the Crazy Rich Asians star will be starring alongside Dakota Johnson in the film.

Dakota Johnson and Henry Golding are about to be co-stars!

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterHenry Golding has been cast alongside Dakota Johnson in Netflix’s adaptation of the Jane Austen novel “Persuasion.”The movie will serve as a modern-day retelling of the romantic drama, centering on the conforming Anne Elliot (Johnson), who lives with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy.

EXCLUSIVE: Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding will play Mr. Elliot opposite Dakota Johnson’s Anne Elliot in Netflix and MRC’s current day feature take of Jane Austen’s classic novel Persuasion. 

To paraphrase what Carrie Bradshaw once wisely said on Sex and the City: Guys are nice, but your best friends can be soulmates. Selma Blair and Jaime King have been each other’s number one for the past 20 years, and that’s not changing anytime soon. Jaime and Selma sealed their friendship with a kiss in a throwback photo that Jaime posted to Instagram, complete with a cute caption.

It looks like Netflix is riding the Bridgerton popularity wave as the streaming giant is set to adapt a Jane Austen classic. Unfortunately, if you were looking for an old fashioned period piece, then you may be let down.

50 Shades fame actress Dakota Johnson will reportedly be starring in streaming giant Netflix‘s new movie, Persuasion, which is an adaptation of Jane Austen’s famed novel. Broadway director, Carrie Cracknell, will be making her feature film debut for the project, Variety also reports.

hell yes.British theater director Carrie Cracknell will helm the picture, with Ron Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow manning the screenplay, which is modern take on Jane Austen's final completed novel (published after the author's death), Persuasion. The article describes the story as that of “Anne Elliot, a headstrong woman living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy.

Dakota Johnson has signed on to star in Persuasion, Netflix and MRC Entertainment’s modern take on the Jane Austen novel. Theater director Carrie Cracknell, who directed Jake Gyllenhall and Tom Sturridge to Tony nominations last year in Sea Wall/ A Life on Broadway, will make her feature helming debut with the project.

Dakota Johnson is set to star in Netflix‘s new movie, Persuasion, which is an adaptation of Jane Austen’s famed novel.

Jane Austen film and TV adaptations are plentiful. I mean, how many times have we seen projects like “Sense and Sensibility,” “Pride and Prejudice,” and “Emma” brought to life on screen? But even though we’ve seen these stories done a number of times before, it doesn’t mean that new versions can’t be made that pique our interest, such as a new version of “Persuasion” that is being developed at Netflix.

Also Read: Dakota Johnson to Star in 'Rodeo Queen' Mockumentary Series Directed by Carrie Brownstein for AmazonAccording to Netflix, the logline is: “Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterDakota Johnson is set to star in Netflix’s retelling of Jane Austen’s novel “Persuasion.”Carrie Cracknell, known for directing Jake Gyllenhaal in “Sea Wall/ A Life” on Broadway, is stepping behind the camera in her feature directorial debut.

over Jane Austen’s connections with slave plantations.A museum dedicated to the “Pride & Prejudice” author, located at her old home in the Hampshire village of Chawton, is reportedly investigating the Austen family’s place in “Regency era colonialism,” as evidenced by Austen’s love of tea, clothing and other refinements.

Emma Thompson. Accepting the award, Ang also referenced his Jane Austen adaptation, saying: 'England has been particularly good to me in my career.

Designing the costumes for Emma, the Autumn de Wilde-directed adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic period novel, was a balance between staying true to the era (the early 1800s) while leaving room for some creativity and artistic license, says Oscar-nominated costume designer Alexandra Byrne.

everything he possibly could about me. It wasn’t as though he was waiting for his turn to talk—he genuinely wanted to know me. He told me that when I finally got back to Barcelona, he wanted to take me out to dinner and just talk all night because he was intrigued by my brain and that he didn’t want to have sex too soon, because it would ruin things; he’d rather give me a massage instead. I felt like I was in a Jane Austen novel.

Pride and Prejudice to newer hits like Booksmart.Spring is a bare-faced Keira Knightley strolling between the tall grass in the English countryside while a golden hue settles on the fields and a smoldering Mr. Darcy gallops towards her.

British actor Joel Fry, who appeared in Danny Boyle’s Yesterday, has joined Succession'sSarah Snook to star in Persuasion, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s final novel that Mahalia Belo is directing for Searchlight. Persuasion, a romance of second chances, tells the story of Anne Elliot who, many years after refusing the proposal of young naval officer Frederick Wentworth, finds herself navigating the waters of English society when Wentworth returns from war a wealthy and decorated captain.

EXCLUSIVE: Jane Austen’s novels have been adapted by Hollywood plenty. Amazon Studios and Di Novi Pictures have acquired for feature the Rachel Givney breakout novel, Jane in Love, that will make her a screen heroine. Denise Di Novi and Margaret French Isaac are producing. Elissa Down (Feel the Beat and The Black Balloon) is attached to direct.