Keri Russell's 'Austenland' getting national release through Sony Classics
Jerusha Hess comedy also stars JJ Feild and Jennifer Coolidge
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Keri Russell has another potential Sundance hit on her hands.
Six years after the debut of her indie breakout "Waitress" at the 2007 edition of the Park City festival, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has acquired "Austenland" (review), a comedy in which the actress stars as a "Pride and Prejudice"-obsessed woman who travels to a Jane Austen-themed resort to find the "perfect gentleman."
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For her part, Hess has been down this road before - she and husband Jared Hess's zeitgeist-capturing sleeper hit "Napoleon Dynamite" was nabbed by Fox Searchlight at Sundance 2004.
Does "Austenland" sound like a film you'd pay to see? Let us know in the comments.
The 2013 Sundance Film Festival runs through January 27.
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January 22, 2013 at 2:28AM EST Reply to CommentI am an Austen fan, and this film is wonderfully funny. We nearly died laughing! Go see it when it comes out!
rtbcoyote
January 22, 2013 at 2:15PM EST Reply to CommentI have been waiting for someone to release this film forever.
Jill
January 22, 2013 at 3:57PM EST Reply to CommentLoved the book. Looking forward to the movie.
Heather
January 26, 2013 at 10:34PM EST Reply to CommentJust saw it and it was amazing. And so funny.