God I love Hollywood! In September 2008, your humble servant joked around the idea of an US Lost in Austen remake in his typical "What's next?" mode (http://tattard2.blogspot.com/2008/09/things-to-watch-in-hollywoodland-when_1016.html): What's next after ABC's remake of Life on Mars? An US remake of ITV's Lost in Austen? « Amanda Price hates her life, but she loves Gone in the Wind [Imagine the voice of the late Don LaFontaine] ... Lost in Mitchell, coming soon! »Now I read on The Guardian that the ITV series will become a Hollywood movie produced by Sam Mendes (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/11/lost-in-austen-hollywood-film). After all Fox is sticking to the remake of Absolutely Fabulous (http://leegoldberg.typepad.com/a_writers_life/2009/02/remakes-agogo-and-notago.html). Sure I will live old enough to see an US tv remake of The Sweeney with Harvey Keitel as Regan.
Now one obvious question: will Kate Winslet replace Jemima Rooper for the big screen? Er, if they use Margaret Mitchell the production can find my e-mail on this blog...
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