Austenland Bought By Sony
Posted on 23. Jan, 2013 by lisa in Fickle Fish Films, News
If you have been keeping up with Austenland news around the web, you’ve probably already heard that the film was picked up by SONY! For those of you asking what that means, it’s fabulous news! In the near(ish) future, Austenland will be heading to theaters for everyone to see. The official release reads:
Park City, UT (January 21, 2013) – In its first purchase of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) today picked up worldwide rights to AUSTENLAND with Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) to domestically distribute the film. The film played to exuberant sold-out crowds in Park City since its Eccles premiere last Friday.
Produced by Twilight creator Stephenie Meyer in association with Moxie Pictures, AUSTENLAND stars Keri Russell (Waitress), who plays a woman obsessed with the BBC production of Pride and Prejudice and travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentlemen. Rounding out the cast are Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Seymour, JJ Feild and Bret McKenzie.
AUSTENLAND marks the directorial debut for Jerusha Hess (co-writer, Napoleon Dynamite), who also serves as writer on the project along with Shannon Hale, who’s novel of the same name provided the basis for the screenplay.
In a statement from Sony Pictures Classics, “We love this movie. It announces the birth of a major filmmaker and Stephenie Meyer is truly a force of nature. We look forward to bringing AUSTENLAND to American audiences.”
“We loved making this movie and were fortunate enough to screen it at Sundance,” said producer Stephenie Meyer and director Jerusha Hess in a joint statement. ”The fact that Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions and Sony Pictures Classics has chosen to distribute Austenland is beyond our wildest dreams – they treat their films with the utmost care, and we are thrilled to be associated with such a prestigious distributor.”
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