With new takes on literary classics all the rage at the moment (see: Cary Fukunaga and Andrea Arnold's revisioning of the Bronte sisters' "Jane Eyre" and "Wuthering Heights"), Michael De Luca is set to produce a contemporary, gender-bending take of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" with 'Twilight' star Ashley Greene toplining. The classic tale of the titular orphan and his misadventures has been a gold mine for Hollywood over the years with multiple adaptations--the most recent being Roman Polanski's take in 2005 starring Barney Clark as Oliver Twist. This latest adaptation will follow 19-year-old Olivia (Greene) and a group of highly…...
- 9/14/2011
- The Playlist
Haven't we seen it all before? Is there any point in film and television revisiting the Brontës, Austen and Dickens? Well, yes, especially if the renderings of the British classics are as innovative as the two set for imminent release – Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights and Cary Fukunaga's Jane Eyre
Christine Langan, who runs BBC Films, recently felt obliged to defend the latest cinematic adaptations of novels by Charlotte and Emily Brontë – Cary Fukunaga's Jane Eyre, which opens early next month, and Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights, due for release in November – against accusations of deja vu. "People," Langan sighed, "will be saying, 'Why the hell are they doing all that over again?'"
They are doing it, I'd suggest, because it needs to be done. Certain books – by the Brontës and by Jane Austen and Dickens – are indispensable to us and accompany us through life. When we first read them,...
Christine Langan, who runs BBC Films, recently felt obliged to defend the latest cinematic adaptations of novels by Charlotte and Emily Brontë – Cary Fukunaga's Jane Eyre, which opens early next month, and Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights, due for release in November – against accusations of deja vu. "People," Langan sighed, "will be saying, 'Why the hell are they doing all that over again?'"
They are doing it, I'd suggest, because it needs to be done. Certain books – by the Brontës and by Jane Austen and Dickens – are indispensable to us and accompany us through life. When we first read them,...
- 8/22/2011
- by Peter Conrad
- The Guardian - Film News
Sony Pictures has acquired North American distribution rights to Roman Polanski's upcoming adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. As part of its deal, Sony also has taken South American distribution rights to the film, which will begin a 16-week shoot in July in Prague. The new Oliver toplines Ben Kingsley as Fagin, the leader of a ring of pickpockets that takes in the innocent orphan Oliver. Barney Clark, a 10-year-old Briton, has been cast as Oliver, while Jamie Foreman will play the Artful Dodger, the boy who shows Oliver the ropes. Frank Finlay has been cast as Mr. Brownlow, the kind gentleman who rescues Oliver from the streets.
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