As a fan of the A&E TV program MI-5 it was interesting to read that the actor who was a lead on that show - and has left the show, Mathew MacFadyen has just finished filming the new version which also "stars" Keira Knightly.

As much as I enjoyed the role he played in MI-5 I don't see him as Mr Darcy, if that is indeed the role he will be playing.
I am assuming that Keira will be playing Elizabeth Bennett?
Has anyone heard any more about this?
Since Keira is in it I am assuming it will be a movie and not a TV version?

Pat

Pat

I agree that the BBC version is a more faithful adaptation than the 1995 A&E version. Where the BBC version suffers most is in production values; it was obviously shot on a small budget. The A&E is quite sumptuous, and I can imagine a full-blown to-be-shown-in-theatres film to be even more so.

As for the actors: Elizabeth Garvie was much better than Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet, I think, although I like Ehle well enough. David Rintoul played Darcy more properly, I think -- Darcy was very stiff and dignified in the book -- and Rintoul captured that very well, perhaps better than Firth. But it's hard for me to prefer Rintoul as Darcy over Firth's portrayal -- and it's not all Firth's handsomeness either. I think I just get the feeling better with Firth's Darcy that there is something beneath all that repression.

I don't know anything about the actor playing Darcy in this upcoming version. But Keira Knightley...since I saw her miscast as Larissa in the remake (or made-for-TV version) of "Doctor Zhivago" I haven't liked her. Oh, I guess she was all right in "Pirates of the Caribbean," but practically any actress could have done that part. And if the screenwriters/directors start messing with and adding to the novel's plot -- like some other screenwriters/directors have done with other classics lately (e.g., Mansfield Park and Vanity Fair) -- oh, jeez, I hope that's a short-lived trend!

Cast (in credits order)
Keira Knightley .... Elizabeth Bennet
Matthew MacFadyen .... Mr. Darcy
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Claudie Blakley .... Charlotte Lucas
Brenda Blethyn .... Mrs. Bennet
Cornelius Booth .... Colonel Fitzwilliam
Judi Dench .... Lady Catherine De Bourgh
Rupert Friend .... Mr. Wickham
Tom Hollander .... Mr. Collins
Jena Malone .... Lydia Bennet
Tamzin Merchant .... Georgiana Darcy
Carey Mulligan .... Kitty Bennet
Rosamund Pike .... Jane Bennet
Kelly Reilly .... Caroline Bingley
Talulah Riley .... Mary Bennet
Donald Sutherland .... Mr. Bennet
Penelope Wilton .... Mrs. Gardiner
Simon Woods .... Charles Bingley
Peter Wright .... Mr. Gardiner
Stephen Humby .... Soldier (uncredited)
Greg Lock .... Soldier (uncredited)

Pat