Total Updates: 37
added the US DVD release date of February 11, 2014
added the US soundtrack release date of September 13, 2013
added adaptation as a genre
added a synopsis
Follows 30-something, single Jane Hayes (Keri Russell), a seemingly normal young woman with a secret: her obsession with all things Jane Austen. But when she decides to spend her life savings on a trip to an English resort catering to Austen–crazed women, Jane's fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency–era gentleman suddenly become more real than she ever could have imagined.
set the MPAA rating to PG-13 for some suggestive content and innuendo
changed the US film release date from TBA to August 16, 2013
Exclusive Releasing and FilmDistrict are closing on a deal to acquire rights to Jerusha Hess' Austenland, which the companies would team to split 50/50 worldwide.
added FilmDistrict as a distributor
changed the production status to Complete
Twilight scribe Stephenie Meyer and Meghan Hibbett’s Fickle Fish Films have optioned young adult suspense tome Down a Dark Hall by novelist Lois Duncan to produce as a feature film, Variety's Rachel Abrams reports.
changed the production status to Post-Production
Keri Russell, JJ Feild and Bret McKenzie will star in Austenland, an indie romantic comedy that is serving as the directorial debut of Jerusha Hess, who co-wrote Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre with her husband, helmer Jared Hess.
changed the production status to Production
added Shannon Hale to the credits
added a synopsis
A single, thirtysomething woman has a secret obsession with Mr. Darcy -- as played by Colin Firth in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. The obsession is ruining her love life because no real man can compare.
added Moxie Pictures as a production company
added James Callis to the credits
added Rupert Vansittart to the credits
added Jane Seymour to the credits
added Jennifer Coolidge to the credits
added Gina Mingacci to the credits
added Meghan Hibbett to the credits
added Fickle Fish Films as a production company
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