Possible Dark Tower Adaptation?

Steven King collaborator Frank Darabont discusses The Mist, The Long Walk, and a possible Dark Tower adaptation on cinematical. --Kim

Sally Lockhart's Guide to Life...

Okay, so I finally got around to watching The Ruby in the Smoke last night. Here's what I learned. -- Amy

1. Be careful what you say to people lest they fall over dead from shock.
2. Proficiency in Hindustani is cool, but doesn't do much for one's c.v.
3. Serving one's mistress "stewed tea" can land a girl in trouble.
4. Don't try to hide a ruby by eating it.
5. Sally Lockhart is a hard gal to flirt with.
6. Never trust "the help."
7. When an old bat is trying to kill you and you have no one left to turn to, show up on the doorstep of an attractive dude you spent all of two mintues with once.
8. An outing to purchase opium can be a fun and romantic first date! (Just don't inhale.)
9. Clergymen can kick ass.
10. Always keep your powder dry.
11. Doing illicit drugs can actually be a tremendous memory aid for a nice, upstanding young Victorian woman.
12. If your dad starts calling you a name that bears no likeness whatsover to the name you were given at birth, perhaps he's not really your dad.

Welcome to Pooter-ville

Hugh Bonneville will star as the self-delusional Charles Pooter in a BBC four-part television adaptation of George and Weedon Grossmith's Victorian classic, The Diary of a Nobody. The film has been adapted by Andrew Davies and will be directed by Susanna White, the woman behind the recently-aired version of Jane Eyre.

The book is charming, hilarious, and well-worth picking up if you've never read it. Should make a cute movie. -- Amy

Austen City Limits

The Daily Telegraph offers up an analysis of why Jane Austen has become 2007's new "Lit" girl.

Romancing the Tome's patron saint of directors, Andrew Davies, weighs in as well.

Speaking of Mr. Davies, his re-do of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited is currently in pre-production, slated for a 2008 release. It will supposedly star Jude Law, Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connolly.

Remember how much scandal erupted when I said I didn't like the original minseries starring Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews? Good times. -- Amy

"The Rock Star of His Time"

Thanks to Meg for passing along this link to JustJared.com, which offers loads of new details, pics and an insightful (and racy) video promo of Jonathan Rhys-Meyers playing Henry VIII in The Tudors for Showtime, starting April 1. I only wish I had Showtime!!! -- Amy

Then and Now...

Watched HBO's Rome last night (saving Masterpiece Theater for Tivo -- will weigh in on that later this week) and notiticed that our dear Mr. Bingley from Pride & Prejudice (the actor Simon Woods) is now playing Octavian (a.k.a. Caesar Augustus) following a bout of TV rapid-aging syndrome. I barely recognized him at first because he's missing Mr. Bingley's goofball grin, but he's still pretty captivating. -- Amy

An Epic Unfolding

On Sunday, the Los Angeles Times had an article about the filming of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love In The Time of Cholera. -- Amy