Leave the gruel. Take the strawberries.
thespoof.com has news of yet another Jane Austen adaptation…
Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn are teaming up yet again in hopes of another summer blockbuster.
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This summer they are cast in Martin Scorsese’s abrasive, yet tender rendering of Jane Austen’s “Emma”. Stiller will portray Frank Churchill, love interest for Emma Woodhouse, while Vaughn will play Mr. Knightly, who also fancies Emma.
This playful, poignant romantic story takes a chilling turn under Scorsese’s expert eye, as Churchill is gunned down in broad daylight by heavies from the Knightly family, avenging the death of their patriarch, Don Knightly, who was himself killed three years earlier when Papa Churchill collaborated with the FBI to bring down the Knightly crime family.
And we thought Emma wouldn’t be redone anytime soon!
(Yes, this is satire. Would have been funnier if they had spelled “Knightley” correctly, but still good for a giggle.)
May 9th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
You had me snookered, briefly. My thought process was: “NO WAY! OK, maybe Ben Stiller could pull it off. He’s kind of a weenie and has played serious roles before. But Vince Vaughan? Give me a break. Oh … er … DUH!!! Whew!”
May 10th, 2007 at 9:34 am
Ben Stiller would make a fabulous Frank. I think my perceptions of Emma have been changed forever…
May 10th, 2007 at 11:09 am
That would be awesome. With the blood, and the guns, and the blood. Jane Austen didn’t write things that keep me on the edge of my seat, on no.
May 10th, 2007 at 11:57 am
That sounds like one adaptation I would be happy to see.
May 10th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
I dunno, Ben Stiller is a bit long in the tooth to play Churchill….
May 10th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
I’d watch that. Scorsese couldn’t do any worse than some of the directors who’ve attempted Austen adaptations. He might even have some really good insights.
Can’t help wondering who would play Emma…
May 12th, 2007 at 10:09 am
Yes, and Mr. “Don” Woodhouse’s transparently phony “I’m too sick to go out” routine is finally explained as a mob-savvy survival maneuver by Don Woodhouse to turn down invitations to pretended social events like “balls” and “suppers” that are really pretexts for “hits,” without giving offense to upstart rival families like the “Coles.”