‘Pride & Prejudice’ getting theatrical rerelease for its 20th anniversary
Focus Features
Fans of the 2005 version of Pride & Prejudicewill now get to relive the magic on the big screen.
In honor of the beloved movie’s 20th anniversary, Focus Features is bringing it back to theaters nationwide for a special theatrical event starting on April 20. Tickets are on sale now.
The Oscar-nominated film, directed by Joe Wright, stars Keira Knightley as famed Jane Austen heroine Elizabeth Bennet and Matthew Mcfadyen as the smoldering Mr. Darcy. The cast also features Judi Dench, Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn, Rosamund Pike and, in her film debut, Carey Mulligan.
The anniversary celebrations will also include a new line of merchandise and the vinyl release of the Pride & Prejudice soundtrack, with music composed by Dario Marianelli and performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
The film was initially released in November 2005, and grossed over $122 million at the global box office. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, including best actress for a then-20-year-old Knightley, making her the third-youngest best actress nominee of all time.
The Dutton family is facing new challenges in season 2 of the Yellowstone prequel series, 1923.
Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren lead the Western drama series, which drops new episodes every week on Paramount+. JuliaSchlaepfer co-stars as Alexandra, daughter-in-law to Ford’s Jacob Dutton and Mirren’s Cara Dutton.
Schlaepfer told ABC Audio that it’s “unbelievable” to work with both Ford and Mirren.
“As an actor, that’s the dream. To be able to just be around these people, let alone develop relationships with them off set,” Schlaepfer said. “I’m one lucky girl, that’s for sure. I feel so honored. They are the coolest people in the world, and I can’t believe the company I’m in, I really cannot.”
Ford, in particular, “has the best sense of humor,” Schlaepfer said.
“He asked me for my autograph once, and then I gave it to him and he curled it up into a ball and threw it in the trash,” she continued. “I love him. That’s who he is. He’s the funniest person alive. It’s so much fun. I have the best time with them.”
After Alexandra was separated from her husband Spencer, played by Brandon Sklenar, last season, she’s spent the beginning of season 2 finding her way home to him. Schlaepfer thinks Alex’s journey is beautiful.
“She made a choice to leave her family behind, and leave that kind of caged life behind and follow her heart. And she made a commitment. She’s a married woman, and she chose this. She chose this life. And she loves Spencer so much,” Schlaepfer said. “It just drives her all the way there. There is nothing that she wouldn’t do to be reunited with the people that she loves.”
Grant Ellis is sharing what fans can expect from his upcoming season of The Bachelor.
The new bachelor, who is a day trader and former pro basketball player from New Jersey, sat down with Good Morning America to give a small preview of his season, which premieres Jan. 27.
“It’s a little hard and everybody’s kind of in your business but it’s for love so I think that’s the right approach to take,” he said in the interview, which took place following the finale of The Golden Bachelorette in November.
Ellis said that fans will see the women on his season “giving their everything.” He also expressed that he pushed the women to “open up emotionally” and said that opening up was “key.”
“A lot of people bury their feelings and they don’t know how to express them,” he added. “That’s something I really wanted to focus on for my season.”
Additionally, Ellis said fans will “see a love story.”
“That’s something that I really, really want to show,” he said. “I feel like it’s important because that’s what the world is run off of, is love.”
Ellis was announced as the next “Bachelor” in August. Fans were first introduced to Ellis on Jenn Tran‘s season of The Bachelorette; Tran said goodbye to him during week six of season 21.
Leading up to his season, Ellis said he sought advice from previous “Bachelor” Joey Graziadei, who found love on season 28 with Kelsey Anderson.
“He’s a great guy,” Ellis said of Graziadei. “Everybody previous, they have a lot of advice, which is good because you can’t attest to being in this role unless you’ve been in it. So I think that it’s big for me to hear from Joey.”
Leading up to the premiere of his new season, Ellis shared the best relationship advice he’s received.
“For me, it’s don’t go to sleep angry,” he said. “I know that’s super cliché, but you fight and then you go to sleep, it rolls over to the next day. So try to solve your issues before you go to sleep.”
He also added that a willingness to compromise is a huge nonnegotiable for him in a relationship.
“We have to be able to compromise,” he said. “Compromising is something that’s big because I’m not always gonna be right. She’s not always gonna be right. So it’s something that we have to be able to compromise on.”
Ellis’ journey to finding love on The Bachelor will begin on Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
The wait for more episodes of Euphoria will soon be over.
Production on season 3 of the HBO drama is officially underway. The official Euphoria account on the social platform X made the announcement on Monday, alongside the first image of Zendaya in costume as Rue for season 3.
“#Euphoria Season 3 is in production,” the account shared.
HBO and Max CEO Casey Bloysconfirmed back in November 2024 that production on season 3 would start in early 2025.
“I know the show gets a lot of attention now because, you know, it has created some genuine movie stars, and they have various projects that [they] are working on, but we are shooting this season, so nothing has changed,” he said at the time. “It’s eight episodes.”
Production has started on this third season almost exactly three years after season 2 premiered on HBO. Along with Zendaya, the show stars Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi, Hunter Schafer, Storm Reid, Alexa Demie and Eric Dane.
Barbie Ferreira appeared in the first two seasons, but has since announced she will not be returning for future episodes. AngusCloud, who starred in the show as Fezco, died at age 25 in July 2023.
