SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE and YOU’VE GOT MAIL writer/ director Nora Ephron is to helm a movie version of the ITV television mini-series LOST IN AUSTEN for Sony studios.
The original show, first aired in 2008, starred Jemima Rooper (THE BLACK DAHLIA) as unhappy Londoner Amanda Price who gets most joy reading through the pages of her favourite author, Jane Austen. Her world is turned upside down when she is magically transported from her modern day existence and into the plot of ‘Pride and Prejudice’. She appears as the character of Elizabeth Bennett with the real Elizabeth, played by Gemma Arterton (CLASH OF THE TITANS) taking her place in the real world.
The expectation is that the plot will change its location from London to New York. New James Bond and AMERICAN BEAUTY director Sam Mendes will serve as a producer.
Source: Variety
