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Ellen Page takes on 'Jane Erye'

'Juno' actress to star in BBC Film's adaptation

By ADAM DAWTREY


Ellen Page is set to play one of English literature's most famous characters, the eponymous heroine of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre."

Alison Owen of Ruby Films, who most recently produced "The Other Boleyn Girl," is working with BBC Films to develop the new adaptation of Bronte's classic 19th century romance. It's the story of a mousy governess who softens the heart of her saturnine employer Mr. Rochester, only to discover that he's hiding a terrible secret.

Moira Buffini has written the screenplay. No director is yet attached, but the producers are aiming to set the project up to shoot this fall.

"Jane Eyre" is one of the most adapted novels in English literature, with at least 20 previous film or TV versions. Most recently, the BBC itself made it into a miniseries that won three Emmys last year. The last bigscreen adaptation, in 1996, was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starred Charlotte Gainsbourg.

The Canadian Page received an Oscar nomination for her leading role in "Juno" and most recently starred in "Smart People."

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[info]bellebass
2008-05-07 01:26 am UTC (link)
funny joke

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[info]bananalo
2008-05-07 01:26 am UTC (link)
Yeah, I don't see it.

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[info]3mcoopandmaxie
2008-05-07 01:27 am UTC (link)
disgusting

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[info]lloydsgurl
2008-05-07 01:27 am UTC (link)
Really? eh...

Edited at 2008-05-07 01:27 am UTC

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[info]sendn00dzplz
2008-05-07 01:27 am UTC (link)
lezzy

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[info]flooberty_doo
2008-05-07 01:30 am UTC (link)
ia. she totally needs to come out of the closet. then i might like her a little. :D it bugs me when gay people are in hiding.

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(no subject) - [info]flooberty_doo, 2008-05-07 01:31 am UTC (Expand)

[info]masterofmystery
2008-05-07 01:28 am UTC (link)
Why must they KEEP ADAPTING THIS BOOK?! The first 30489290384390 times not enough? Ugh, Ellen Page.

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[info]viv_darkbloom
2008-05-07 04:25 am UTC (link)
Agreed. Seriously, enough. How about adapting some George Eliot or Thomas Hardy or even some of Charlotte Bronte's other stuff?

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(no subject) - [info]capnallegra, 2008-05-07 05:59 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]marcella_riddle, 2008-05-07 12:42 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]ortanique
2008-05-07 01:29 am UTC (link)
Because the world needs yet another adaptation of Jane Eyre. I've read the book (twice), but come on!

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[info]thisis_corey
2008-05-07 03:27 am UTC (link)
love your icon and GOB reference in your comment.

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[info]brothorsport
2008-05-07 01:30 am UTC (link)
omg guys I just saw An American Crime and that movie was fucked UP.

poor ellen :( lmao

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[info]veritaserum
2008-05-07 01:35 am UTC (link)
i'm scared to watch it :[

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(no subject) - [info]hearty_chili, 2008-05-07 01:35 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]cosmic_autumn, 2008-05-07 01:51 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]hp_humper, 2008-05-07 02:13 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]solongsummer24, 2008-05-07 04:23 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]hp_humper, 2008-05-07 10:04 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]solongsummer24, 2008-05-07 04:25 am UTC (Expand)

[info]3mcoopandmaxie
2008-05-07 01:30 am UTC (link)
Rachel Green compares Jane Eyre to Robocop.

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[info]ziester
2008-05-07 01:47 am UTC (link)
Well, and the robots!

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[info]luxis_lil
2008-05-07 01:30 am UTC (link)
Oh Jesus Lord....

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[info]friendofcows
2008-05-07 01:31 am UTC (link)
. . .

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[info]_second_fiddle
2008-05-07 01:31 am UTC (link)
It'll either be good for some lolz or too unbearable for words.

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[info]juteux
2008-05-07 01:31 am UTC (link)
I love her, I love this book, but no.

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[info]im_a_lewser
2008-05-07 01:31 am UTC (link)
i don't think she can pull it off just as i don't think it needs to be adapted again. i thought the last pbs one was really good...

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[info]fruitless
2008-05-07 01:53 am UTC (link)
I agree. Why don't they do another Bronte book that hasn't been done a million times over?

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(no subject) - [info]babbss, 2008-05-07 02:32 am UTC (Expand)

[info]aloneinthetown
2008-05-07 01:33 am UTC (link)
Are you kidding me? I love her, but her English accent is for shit. She is no character actress, unfortunately :\

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the more important question:
[info]scribbystardust
2008-05-07 01:34 am UTC (link)
BUT WHEN,

PLEASE WHEN,

WHEN WILL THEY PLEASE MAKE ANOTHER REMAKE OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE?????

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Re: the more important question:
[info]cl0vergirl
2008-05-07 01:52 am UTC (link)
HELL NO! 1995 was the best and should never be touched again. The recent one with Keira Knightly was subpar. I even prefered the 40's version with Laurence Olivie over the Keira Knightly one.

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Re: the more important question: - [info]fruitless, 2008-05-07 01:54 am UTC (Expand)
Re: the more important question: - [info]onomastikon, 2008-05-07 03:27 am UTC (Expand)
Re: the more important question: - [info]broken_enemy, 2008-05-07 07:40 am UTC (Expand)
Re: the more important question: - [info]barbar3lla, 2008-05-07 08:55 am UTC (Expand)

[info]prying_pandora
2008-05-07 01:34 am UTC (link)
nooooooooooooo. Nobody ever plays Mr.Rochester right. Orson Welles got it right, as did Toby Stephens, but everyone else makes me sad. Mr. Rochester is awesome and everyone butchers his character. ARGH.

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[info]savvy_sley
2008-05-07 03:06 am UTC (link)
Oh my goodness Toby Stephens as Rochester = WIN

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(no subject) - [info]prying_pandora, 2008-05-07 03:15 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]vintagextragedy, 2008-05-07 03:53 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]elvenqueen86, 2008-05-07 03:17 am UTC (Expand)

[info]floating_to_sea
2008-05-07 01:34 am UTC (link)
ugh me and one of my besties were talking about how much we basically want this bitch to die.


wtf hamburger phone? silencio? phuket, thailand?

anyone who joins that group on facebook "it is my life goal to talk as cleverly as juno mcguff" needs to be slapped

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[info]lloydsgurl
2008-05-07 01:41 am UTC (link)
A friend of mine 'added Juno to her favorite movies'. She has told me before that she usually doesn't like movies, because she loses interest. Yet somehow, somehow, she managed to love Juno. My response?


Oh Kristina, no.


she doesn't get it.

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(no subject) - [info]bellebass, 2008-05-07 01:48 am UTC (Expand)

[info]veritaserum
2008-05-07 01:34 am UTC (link)
only if alan rickman were cast as rochester could i accept YET ANOTHER adaptation

but then idk how i feel about ellen page acting opposite him

hrmm

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[info]elvenqueen86
2008-05-07 03:22 am UTC (link)
omg I would kill to see that, but I think he's gotten too old for it (I hate myself for saying that).

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(no subject) - [info]lyralily, 2008-05-07 08:27 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]snowmoon246, 2008-05-07 02:35 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]anais_vert
2008-05-07 01:34 am UTC (link)
God, NO.

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[info]likegunfire
2008-05-07 01:35 am UTC (link)
charlotte gainsbourg >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ellen page

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[info]vangogh_ourears
2008-05-07 02:42 am UTC (link)
iasfm

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(no subject) - [info]onomastikon, 2008-05-07 03:27 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]gigglyvapidslut, 2008-05-07 10:46 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]microtastic
2008-05-07 01:35 am UTC (link)
What...?

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[info]wildcards
2008-05-07 01:37 am UTC (link)
I loved her in Hard Candy, but I'm so sick of seeing her face since Juno.

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[info]webofglass
2008-05-07 01:37 am UTC (link)
I think I'd like her more if she was capable of playing more than just various interpretations of herself.

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[info]lloydsgurl
2008-05-07 01:41 am UTC (link)
YES

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(no subject) - [info]vangogh_ourears, 2008-05-07 02:43 am UTC (Expand)
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[info]jecelli
2008-05-07 01:38 am UTC (link)
No, just no.

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