Keira reunites with Atonement, Pride & Prejudice director
Joe Wright's Anna Karenina Begins Shooting for Working Title: Knightley Leads Strong Cast
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Joe Wright has begun shooting his adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's beloved classic, Anna Karenina. Shooting in the UK and Russia with a script adapted by Tom Stoppard, the film stars Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Johnson, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyyen, Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Emily Watson, Olivia Williams and Ruth Wilson. Working Title's Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are producing alongside Paul Webster (they successfully collaborated on Wright's Pride & Prejudice and Atonement). Wright is also bringing back his cinematographer Seamus McGarvey, costume designer Jacqueline Durran and production designer Sarah Greenwood. One thing is for sure: The film is going to look amazing. Jane Eyre editor Melanie Ann Oliver is also joining Wright's team.
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Focus Features will release the film stateside and Universal will handle foreign distribution. Here's more on Working Title's slate.
The story unfolds in its original late-19th-century Russia high-society setting and powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart, from the passion between adulterers to the bond between a mother and her children. As Anna (Ms. Knightley) questions her happiness, change comes to her family, friends, and community.
Pride & Prejudice and Atonement are fantastic and Hanna showed his versatility, so The Soloist excepted, there's no reason to doubt Keira is in a great director's hands.
After she wins her first Oscar, I'm going to need Keira to give us variety. Don't get me wrong, she's great in period dramas, but variety is needed in her filmography.
Nicole, why wasn't Keira nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Atonement? The whole production was much better than Pride & Prejudice. Do you think she has what it takes to win an Academy Award?
