Jane Austen

Date of Birth

1775-12-16

Date of Death

1817-07-18

Place of Birth

Steventon, Hampshire, England, UK

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Adjust your corsets for this trailer of Jane Austen’s Emma

Posted 7 years ago

OK confession time. Despite possessing a degree in English literature I have never once read a novel by Jane Austen. I'm well aware of her enduring popularity even though it's been two centuries since she passed. Her critique and commentary...

The UnPopular Opinion: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Posted 10 years ago

THE UNPOPULAR OPINION is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATHED. We’re hoping this column will...

Review: Love & Friendship

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Newly widowed and destitute, Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale) enlists the aid of her American friend, Alicia (Chloe Sevigny) in a scheme designed to net her a rich new husband. REVIEW: In a way, Jane Austen adaptations are basically...

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Exclusive Interview: The Stars of Pride + Prejudice + Zombies!

Posted 10 years ago

Whoever would have thought about mixing Jane Austen with a zombie apocalypse? Well author Seth Grahame-Smith did with his original novel, and now PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES is a major motion picture with an impressive cast. With Lily James, Matt...

Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Elizabeth Bennet and her sisters have a difficult enough time trying to find an appropriate husband that is a worthy match. When you throw in the living dead, the girls not only must find time for courtship, they also...

Check out the amazing new poster for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Posted 10 years ago

Jane Austen's classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England is faced with a new challenge – an army of undead zombies. For anyone who hasn't been able to get into Pride...

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Talking to Lily James, Sam Riley, and more

Posted 10 years ago

Our visit to the set of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES came at the perfect juncture in filming as we were present thirty-three days into the forty day shoot. Several of the cast including Jack Huston, Lena Headey, Charles Dance,...

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: What We Learned On Set!

Posted 10 years ago

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES has been in development since before the Seth Grahame-Smith novel was published by Quirk Books in 2009. At the time, the future ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER author was just taking the classic Jane Austen novel...

Things get messy in the US trailer for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Posted 11 years ago

Earlier this month we got a look at the UK trailer for the spin on Jane Austen‘s classic tale of tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes…with zombies. Now the US variation is here, so how does it differ?...

Lily James spills blood in the trailer for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Posted 11 years ago

Jane Austen's classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England is faced with a new challenge – an army of undead zombies. Lily James stars in the UK trailer for PRIDE AND...

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Comic Con 2015: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Patient Zero

Posted 11 years ago

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES I was not particularly excited for this movie after the fairly forgettable ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, but PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES looks like it could be fun if it gets the tone right. The one...

First look photo from the movie version of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Posted 12 years ago

After years of lingering in development hell with names like David O. Russell and Natalie Portman attached and then gone, the film version of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES finally began production in London last month under the direction of...

GOT’s Lena Headey & Charles Dance to star in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Posted 12 years ago

Deadline is reporting a couple of Lannisters have joined PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES. No word on who they will be playing, but Game of Thrones stars Lena Headey (Cersei) and Charles Dance (Tywin) have been added to the cast...

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