Why are they making another Emma?

[doadeer]

I've seen the trailer twice and I'm not keen on the characters at all! I don't get the Emma or Mr Knightly casting.... For me the Gwyneth Paltrow one is just great.

What does everyone else think about the new version?

Remus

Bury me for I am deaded!

I think I know the entire screenplay word for word!

Having said that there was that Vanity Fair not long ago and it was utter shite. To be fair though I have concentration issues with the 'olden days toffs being witty about marraige' genre

Weirdly Vanity Fair was supposedly Stalin's favourite book.

@EineReiseDurchDieZeit - Mr Knightley was 36 when the book begins, sixteen years older than Emma, who was not quite 21.
We don't know Mr Wodehouse's age, but we are told he 'did not marry early' and Isabella, Emma's older sister, is 7 years older than her, so he would probably be at least mid to late 50s at the start of the book, and quite possibly older.

Also, there is no mention in the book of Mr Knightley being Emma's godfather; I wouldn't have expected a 16 year old to have been chosen for that role at that period.

...only Jeremy Northam can be Knightley.

Amen to that. Around that time everyone else was going gaga for Colin F in P&P but it has to be Mr Knightley for me. When he finally let his guard down and laid his heart bare... No wonder Emma could barely speak. I was just a puddle on the floor.

Yes, and when he (Jeremy) says 'badly done, Emma', after Box Hill, it's just perfect. He really was just right and the right age too at least. But Mr Knightley has always been my favourite so am a bit biased. Although I do love a bit of twinkly-eyed Mr Tilney.

He [Jeremy Northam] really was just right and the right age too at least Actually he was 35 when he did Emma, a year younger than Jonny Flynn is now.

I don't understand how people can say Goop was awful in Emma.
She was great in it.

Ooh I’ve just watched the trailer. I’m definitely in

Jeremy Northam was perfect as Mr. Knightley.

It would be fun to do a fantasy casting with all the "definitive" performances for each Jane Austen film adaptation for which there have been many versions. For Mr. Collins in P and P, I nominate David Bamber in the 1995 BBC version.

Gweneth was superb in Emma, and I am not a fan.
It was a super version.

Gwyneth!
Disliked intensely Kiera Knightly.

I am adoring Mathew McFadden in Succession, he's just great in it.

Adored Alan Rickman. Just great.

I absolutely loved Jonny Lee Miller as Mr Knightley (playing opposite Romola Garai's Emma - thought she was pretty good too tbh). In that version, Tamsin Greig plays Miss Bates to perfection, and Whatsisname who played the Singing Detective / Dumbledore gets it spot on as Emma's father.

Agree that David Bamber's portrayal of Mr Collins in P&P is wonderful. So so oily

I'd actually like to see a remake of P&P. I've loved Colin Firth since I saw him Another Country in the 1980s, and I don't think Mr Darcy is his best role at all.

Yes, and when he (Jeremy) says 'badly done, Emma', after Box Hill, it's just perfect.

Totally. I loved that adaptation of Emma. I thought the casting was great. I though GP played Emma pretty well.

But there can never be a better adaptation of S & S than Emma Thompson/Kate Winslet et al. It is an utter delight of a film.

Yes, I'll watch anything with Alan Rickman. Over and over.

I liked GP in Emma. I think she really nailed the delightfully oblivious self-confidence of the character.

Ooh, I was all about to agree that the world didn't need another one, OP. Then I saw the casting.

Suddenly much more keen!

Totally off course here but just had to say I was totally in love with Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon in Emma Thomson's Sense and Sensibility!

They remake things... its annoying.
There is a remake coming of Rebecca! A classic, oscar winning movie.
Little Women has just been done again...
They are also doing a remake of Matilda!

see this on IMDB... they're remaking loads great films
www.imdb.com/list/ls052091214/

What we need is a decent remake of Wuthering Heights

I will enjoy seeing a remake of Rebecca. Kristen Scott Thomas as Mrs. Danvers will be worth the price of admission.

Having said all that... the new charly dickens film looks bangin

Kristen Scott Thomas as Mrs. Danvers will be worth the price of admission.

True dat.

I went to see David Copperfield with my baby this week (baby cinema) yes I liked it! It's a strange story isn't it?🤣

Agree re Alan Rickman he was marvellous!

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