PERSUASION 2007 and MANSFIELD PARK 2007 filming news
An article about Granada International’s distribution of MANSFIELD PARK 2007 (yawn…tell us WHO IS IN THE BALLY THING already, willya?) contains a single interesting tidbit: filming starts this month.
We had a bit of a nap and are feeling perky, so we beg our Gentle Readers’ indulgence whilst we engage in a bit of wild speculation. (Please note: WILD SPECULATION. As in UNCONFIRMED BY ANYONE IN AN OFFICIAL POSITION OF ANY KIND. As in THE EDITRIX MADE IT UP TO AMUSE HERSELF. End Disclaimers for the Dull Elves.)
NA2007 started filming first, correct? P2007 began a little later, and MP2007 will begin a bit later yet. (And whatever happened to S&S2007? Not to mention MISS AUSTEN REGRETS?) Let us then assume that the airing order of the films will be: NA, P, MP.
And we could totally be talking out of our netherfield. Here endeth the Made Up Bits.
Also, Alert Janeite Arwen posted in comments that Hayley Atwell’s online CV states that she is indeed playing Mary Crawford. We would LOVE to know about other cast members (hint, hint, producers!).
Alert Janeite Maisy wrote to tell us that a Bath resident posted on the C19 forum that she received a notice from Quite Persuasive Films that PERSUASION 2007 will be filming along the Royal Crescent on October 5. (Ahoy Bath Residents! Two words: Camera Phone! Four words: Undying Gratitude of Editrix! Just saying!)
The poster said that the notice also contained the following, which Maisy kindly copied and sent to us:
You may be aware that a good proportion of the book is set in Bath, and the Producers and the Director want to show Bath in all its glory. We are in the process of arranging filming in the Pump Rooms, Assembly Rooms and other private locations.
Now THAT’S how you get the Janeites on board, Gentle Readers. Well done, Quite Persuasive Films! Well done, indeed!
If we hadn’t missed Talk Like a Pirate Day, we would say “Avast, ye scurvy dogs of Northanger, and prepare to be boarded and sailed to Bath! Yes, we know it’s inland! This is a metaphor, savvy? ARRRRRGH!”
September 21st, 2006 at 11:00 am
I e-mailed Company Pictures a week or so ago about a cast list for MP. They replied and said to keep checking their website. The cast list would be posted soon. I don’t know what their version of “soon” is though!
September 21st, 2006 at 11:01 am
It’s my understanding that S&S isn’t going to be shown until the fall of 2007. The rest of the the JA films will be shown in the spring. I’m guessing S&S won’t start filming until the spring.
September 23rd, 2006 at 5:49 am
I always thought that S&S would be shown in 2008! I’m glad to hear it’s 2007. The sooner the better!
September 23rd, 2006 at 12:54 pm
This article from October 2005 says that S&S is due for broadcast in two years. That would be the fall of 2007 wouldn’t it?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4311734.stm
September 23rd, 2006 at 7:40 pm
Still too long for those of us who must wait for the DVDs.
September 24th, 2006 at 12:32 pm
Last weekend we were at Newby Hall in Yorkshire, where they were filming Mansfield Park. We saw some people on horses and some others having a picnic. My daughter was peering over a hedge when they were filming, so may appear in the back of a scene! The notices at Newby Hall said it would be shown in 2007 and everywhere you went they mentioned Billie Piper. I cannot quite imagine her as Fanny….
September 26th, 2006 at 9:31 am
Company pictures has updated their page on Mansfield Park saying it stars Billie Piper and Blake Ritson.
http://www.companypictures.co.uk/production.aspx?code=mansfieldpark
Picture of Blake Ritson:
http://www.sueterryvoices.com/profile/blake-ritson/
September 27th, 2006 at 1:00 am
[...] The news trickles out slowly…Alert Janeite Arwen posted in comments that Company Pictures’ Web site now lists Blake Ritson as one of the stars of MP2007 along with Billie Piper. The listing would make one think he is playing Edmund Bertram, wouldn’t it? He’ll make an awfully pretty Edmund, if so. STYLE Authoritative, cool, natural, animated, warm, smooth, rich, boyish. [...]