User:Agiseb/Jane Eyre (2011 film)

Jane Eyre is an upcoming film directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender. The screenplay is written by Moira Buffini based on the 1847 novel of the same name by Charlotte Brontë.

Production
In October 2009 it was announced that Cary Fukunaga would direct a film adaptation of Jane Eyre from a screenplay by Moira Buffini. Filming begins on March 22, 2010 in London and Derbyshire and will last eight weeks. The film is a co-production between BBC Films, Focus Features and Ruby Films. The adaptation will play up the gothic elements of the classic novel. Fukunaga stated, "I’ve spent a lot of time rereading the book and trying to feel out what Charlotte Brontë was feeling when she was writing it. That sort of spookiness that plagues the entire story... there’s been something like 24 adaptations, and it’s very rare that you see those sorts of darker sides. They treat it like it’s just a period romance, and I think it’s much more than that."

Focus Features holds worldwide distribution rights. The film is expected to be released in early 2011.

Casting
In November 2009 it was revealed that Mia Wasikowska would star as the title character and Michael Fassbender as Mr. Rochester. Jamie Bell, Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins, Imogen Poots, Holliday Grainger and Tamzin Merchant also joined the cast.


 * Mia Wasikowska as Jane Eyre
 * Michael Fassbender as Mr. Rochester
 * Jamie Bell as St. John
 * Judi Dench as Mrs. Fairfax
 * Holliday Grainger as Diana Rivers
 * Sally Hawkins as Mrs. Reed
 * Tamzin Merchant
 * Imogen Poots
 * Freya Parks as Helen Burns
 * Rosie Cavaliero as Grace Poole
 * Harry Lloyd as Richard Mason
 * Edwina Elek as Miss Temple
 * Sandy McDade as Miss Scatcherd
 * Ben Roberts as Briggs
 * Sam Hodges as Valet