As they advance, “everyone involved should be in prison” is quite hard. But that was one of the many deeply disappointed criticisms of PersuasionJane Classic’s Netflix adaptation.
For many Austen fans, and adaptations in general, the best versions are those that are kept close to the source text. So I am cautiously optimistic that the newly announced and seemingly faithful adaptation of Netflix of Pride and prejudice It will fly on the bar certainly low established by its adaptation of 2022 Austen to become one of the best Netflix shows.
New pride and prejudice of Netflix: what we know so far
There are many reasons to be happy about this next adaptation of six episodes. The first is who is writing it; The second is who is directing it; And the third, fourth and fifth are who is in it.
The writer is Dolly Alderton, who won a national book award for her novel Everything I know about love And who absolutely loves Austen’s book. It is “the plan for romantic comedy,” she says, and “the book is a gift to adapt, full of drama and depth, as well as comedy and charm.”
Alderton is also very happy to work with director euros Lyn, who directed Heartstopperand with a “stellar” cast.
That cast includes Emma Corrin (Nosferatu, black mirror) like Elizabeth Bennet and Jack Lowden (Slow horses, blessing) as Mr. Darcy.
Did you know that Lowden is Scottish? He was born in England but grew in the Scottish city of Oxton edge. I am as accustomed to seeing him as an English agent in Slow horses That he was really surprised when I heard him talk to his normal Scottish accent. But I’m deviating. The wonderful Olivia Coleman (The favorite, the crown), One of the best actors in the United Kingdom is Mrs. Bennet.
Will this series of pride and prejudice arrive at some point in 2025? Not probably: Netflix says that the series will begin to film in the United Kingdom at the end of this year. But all signs are that this adaptation could be everything that Persuasion It wasn’t, so it could be worth the wait.
