Better than Blade Runner?

In an interview with Comingsoon.net, Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder declare A Scanner Darkly the "best" adaptation of sci-fi author Phillip K. Dick. I hope they're right because that would make it a pretty good movie. Also, Keanu says "Wow" a couple times, among other things. --Kim

Running with Scissors Makes the Cut

Saw the Running with Scissors trailer earlier this afternoon and I thought it was tight. It has a Harold and Maude/Royal Tenenbaum-ish feel to it. I didn't picture any of the "characters" as they were cast, but if Annette Bening's performance is as good as it looks in the preview, the movie might easily turn out to be better than the memoir. --Kim

The Hottest Woman In Television Is Not a Desperate Housewife

It may sound like an alternate reality straight out of The Eyre Affair, but Britain's ITV will dedicate an entire season's worth of made-for-T.V. movies to Austen adaptations. Jane's faux-Gothic Northanger Abbey will be adapted for the screen by the exceptional Andrew Davies (Bleak House, The Way We Live Now) and filmed exclusively in Ireland rather than Bath. (More on that controversy here.) The season will also include adaptations of Mansfield Park and Persuasion. And if that isn't enough good news, Davies will adapt Sense and Sensibility for the BBC in '07. It's almost overwhelming. Just another reason Why We Love England. --Kim

"Depp Loves His Ham"

"Orlando eats everything... Depp's just one of the guys." On this morning's "Good Food," caterer Paul Kuzmich talked about spending months on a remote Caribbean island with the cast and crew of Pirates of the Caribbean II (pass the smelling salts, I'm feeling faint). You can listen to the recording here. --Kim

Of Birds and "Boer"dom

Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon and Ian McKellan are starring in "The Colossus," an adaptation of Ann Harries' novel, Manly Pursuits. Set against the backdrop of the Boer War, Firth plays an ornithologist hired to transport 500 birds to South Africa where an ailing colonist (McKellan) believes his health can only be restored by the sound of an English songbird. Along the way, Firth's character falls for a political activist (Weisz) who is trying to avert the impending war. Authors Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wilde and Rudyard Kipling apparently factor into the book's cast of characters, but no word on whether they'll make it into the movie. Filming begins this fall. -- Amy

Own a Piece of Pemberley!

Roof slates from the estate that was supposed to belong to Mr. Darcy in the 1995 Pride & Prejudice miniseries may be sold as souvenirs to help pay for the building's restoration. -- Amy

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1795418,00.html

"She Has QUITE a Reputation!"

Mon Dieu! The new feature length trailer for Marie Antoinette is here. --Kim