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Watch Jane Austen’s “Lady Susan” as Done Up by Whit Stillman in Trailer for “Love and Friendship”

March 26, 2016

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The refined, precise hand of writer/director Whit Stillman (Metropolitian, The Last Days of Disco) has been at work adapting Jane Austen’s Lady Susan into Love and Friendship starring Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny.

It takes someone like Stillman to draw out the Austen’s humor for modern audiences and it looks like he did indeed pulled it off. See for yourself in see this trailer,

Look for Love and Friendship in theaters starting May 13th.

Amazon Orders ‘Red Oaks’ to Series, More Scripts for ‘The Cosmopolitans’

October 4, 2014

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

After their latest user rated pilot season, Amazon has opted to take the Steven Soderbergh/David Gordon Green comedy pilot Red Oaks to series. This marks a streak for Soderbergh who has been gaining critical momentum for the Cinemax series he directs, The Knick.

Also, Whit Stillman’s The Cosmopolitans has received an order for an additional scripts, but whether they will go to series too has yet to be determined.

It’s clear that Amazon has built up plenty of its own momentum with Jill Soloway‘s Transparent and we’ll see if they can keep that going when Red Oaks and possibly The Cosmopolitans release their first season some time next year.

Amazon’s Next Set of Comedy Pilots (Red Oaks, The Cosmopolitans, Really) Are Now Available to Watch and Review

August 28, 2014

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Amazon has their brand new wave of pilots just uploaded today. 3 of them are comedy pilots that are free to watch and then up for your review, which supposedly factors in to which one goes to series or not.

Whit Stillman’s The Cosmopolitans, Steven Soderbergh and David Gordon Green’s Red Oaks, and Jay Chandrasekhar’s Really all have a chance to go to series perhaps pending your approval, so go watch them as soon as you can.