Hallmark Channel is capping off a month of original films themed around Jane Austen’s works with the premiere of a new feature-length adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. The classic story about whether young women should choose husbands based on romantic notions of love or practicality has been adapted for both television and film several times before. Many fans may remember either the 1995 film adaptation directed by Ang Lee or the 2008 BBC and PBS television miniseries starring Dominic Cooper and Charity Wakefield.
This Sense and Sensibility stands out from the other recent period adaptations of Austen’s works, however, as it’s produced by Hallmark’s Mahogany brand, which is devoted to producing original films and series with Black screenwriters, actors, directors, and other creatives. Unlike Netflix’s 2022 Persuasion adaptation, which used the controversial strategy of “color-blind casting,” Hallmark’s Sense and Sensibility deliberately sought out Black actors for principal and supporting roles.
This Sense and Sensibility stands out from the other recent period adaptations of Austen’s works, however, as it’s produced by Hallmark’s Mahogany brand, which is devoted to producing original films and series with Black screenwriters, actors, directors, and other creatives. Unlike Netflix’s 2022 Persuasion adaptation, which used the controversial strategy of “color-blind casting,” Hallmark’s Sense and Sensibility deliberately sought out Black actors for principal and supporting roles.
- 2/24/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Zendaya Stuns In Baby Bangs & Dress With Knotted Spikes For The Latest Couture Show (Picture Credit: Instagram)
It seems like Zendaya is making significant changes in her life. She unfollowed everyone on Instagram, including her boyfriend, Tom Holland, and has now changed her hairstyle as she flaunted it at the Schiaparelli Spring/Summer 2024 show during Paris Fashion Week. Her uber-cool outfit at the event has gone viral across all social media platforms. Scroll below to get a glimpse of her look.
The Spider-Man: Homecoming actress’s co-star from Euphoria, Hunter Schafer, was also present at the fashion show event along with singer/actress Jennifer Lopez. Her social media activity led people to speculate that things might not be going well between the young lovers. However, Holland has denied such claims and even revealed that he and Zendaya often watch Spider-Man movies together to relive those moments. The actress is a...
It seems like Zendaya is making significant changes in her life. She unfollowed everyone on Instagram, including her boyfriend, Tom Holland, and has now changed her hairstyle as she flaunted it at the Schiaparelli Spring/Summer 2024 show during Paris Fashion Week. Her uber-cool outfit at the event has gone viral across all social media platforms. Scroll below to get a glimpse of her look.
The Spider-Man: Homecoming actress’s co-star from Euphoria, Hunter Schafer, was also present at the fashion show event along with singer/actress Jennifer Lopez. Her social media activity led people to speculate that things might not be going well between the young lovers. However, Holland has denied such claims and even revealed that he and Zendaya often watch Spider-Man movies together to relive those moments. The actress is a...
- 1/23/2024
- by Esita Mallik
- KoiMoi
“This goes beyond scholarship. This is a lived life for me,” said Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor of playing journalist Isabel Wilkerson in “Origin,” Ava DuVernay’s latest film that both brings the ideas from Pulitzer Prize winner’s 2020 book “Caste,” and the behind the scenes hardships Wilkerson faced while writing it, to movie theaters nationwide on January 19.
Speaking to IndieWire over Zoom, Ellis-Taylor used a moment over the holidays in her native Mississippi to describe the ways in which she challenges the pillars of caste Wilkerson writes about in her book, like terror and cruelty, in her everyday life. “I’ll put it like this: I wanted some catfish,” said the Oscar-nominated “King Richard” actress. However, upon entering the Hattiesburg establishment best known for the southern delicacy, she noticed the state flag on display was the pre-2020 one that still had the Confederate flag incorporated into its design.
Going up to the counter,...
Speaking to IndieWire over Zoom, Ellis-Taylor used a moment over the holidays in her native Mississippi to describe the ways in which she challenges the pillars of caste Wilkerson writes about in her book, like terror and cruelty, in her everyday life. “I’ll put it like this: I wanted some catfish,” said the Oscar-nominated “King Richard” actress. However, upon entering the Hattiesburg establishment best known for the southern delicacy, she noticed the state flag on display was the pre-2020 one that still had the Confederate flag incorporated into its design.
Going up to the counter,...
- 1/12/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Many books have been called unfilmable, but in the case of Isabel Wilkerson’s 2020 best-seller Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, that label would hardly be an exaggeration. To start, it’s a nearly 500-page nonfiction dissertation with a heady, ambitious thesis about the foundations of social hierarchies across human history. As such, it pulls in anecdotes from sources as diverse as the Jim Crow South, 1930s Nazi Germany and an anthrax outbreak in the Siberian tundra in 2016.
But what captivated director Ava DuVernay in the pages was the abundance of intimate human relationships woven throughout. Her last documentary (2016’s 13th) garnered an Emmy and an Oscar nomination, yet as she read Caste, she began envisioning a narrative feature, especially after learning about Wilkerson’s personal journey of love and loss as she researched and wrote the book.
“It’s the life and work of Isabel Wilkerson, and it’s...
But what captivated director Ava DuVernay in the pages was the abundance of intimate human relationships woven throughout. Her last documentary (2016’s 13th) garnered an Emmy and an Oscar nomination, yet as she read Caste, she began envisioning a narrative feature, especially after learning about Wilkerson’s personal journey of love and loss as she researched and wrote the book.
“It’s the life and work of Isabel Wilkerson, and it’s...
- 1/5/2024
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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