Netflix goes head to head with BBC with ‘new Pride and Prejudice series’ --[Reported by Umva mag]

A NEW period drama is in the works for Netflix, but it will revisit fan-favourite literary characters.  Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy could be coming back to the small screen – although the series still needs to be officially green-lit.  AlamyA new Netflix period drama is set to rival the BBC’s upcoming series[/caption] HandoutA new adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice is in the works for the streamer[/caption] AlamyBut earlier this week the BBC announced that they were also working on a new Austen-themed series[/caption] Journalist, author and Everything I Know About Love creator Dolly Alderton has put pen to paper once more and written the script for the series which is currently in development.  If it does get green-lit, Pride and Prejudice will be Netflix’s first Austen adaptation since 2022’s Persuasion, which starred Dakota Johnson. No casting for the series has been announced yet. Many iconic Pride and Prejudice adaptations have been made down the years, including a movie with Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen in 2005 – which has recently been added to Netflix – as well as the sensation 1995 version starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle which is now a beloved BBC classic. Originally penned by Jane Austen in the early 19th century, it is a novel about love and class. Pride and Prejudice tells the tale of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, who eventually fall in love but have to navigate various obstacles as Elizabeth’s father seeks a male heir. If Netflix moves forward with its adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, it could be set to rival the Beeb’s upcoming period drama, The Other Sister, which was confirmed earlier this week.  The Other Bennet Sister is based on Janice Hadlow’s novel of the same name and follows the life and times of the middle Bennet sister. The series will be brought to the screen by Doctor Who production company Bad Wolf as part of a 10-episode show, written by Sarah Quintrell. The BBC is yet to announce cast members but has revealed a synopsis for the film, saying: “Unlike her sisters, Mary isn’t your typical period drama heroine,” it states. “She is awkward, anxious, preachy, full of facts, a terrible singer… overlooked by her mother and seemingly destined to an empty dance card for the rest of her life… until Mary takes matters into her own hands.” This time, Mary is the star of her own love story, as she leaves behind her home in Meryton for the bright lights of Regency London and the Lake District. “I’m thrilled to be telling the story of Mary – the other Bennet sister – exploring what it is to come of age when you’re the odd one out,” Sarah added.  Meanwhile, Emerald Fennell is also venturing into the world of period dramas making a big-budget retelling of Emily Bronte’s classic Wuthering Heights starring Barbie’s Margot Robbie and Saltburn’s Jacob Elordi. Netflix arrivals this October Here are some of the other films and shows to look out for this month on Netflix Bridesmaids Couples Retreat Get Him to the Greek Point Break The Karate Kid Collection Till Death Unfriended

A NEW period drama is in the works for Netflix, but it will revisit fan-favourite literary characters. 

Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy could be coming back to the small screen – although the series still needs to be officially green-lit. 

Alamy

A new Netflix period drama is set to rival the BBC’s upcoming series[/caption]

Handout

A new adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice is in the works for the streamer[/caption]

Alamy

But earlier this week the BBC announced that they were also working on a new Austen-themed series[/caption]

Journalist, author and Everything I Know About Love creator Dolly Alderton has put pen to paper once more and written the script for the series which is currently in development. 

If it does get green-lit, Pride and Prejudice will be Netflix’s first Austen adaptation since 2022’s Persuasion, which starred Dakota Johnson.

No casting for the series has been announced yet.

Many iconic Pride and Prejudice adaptations have been made down the years, including a movie with Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen in 2005 – which has recently been added to Netflix – as well as the sensation 1995 version starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle which is now a beloved BBC classic.

Originally penned by Jane Austen in the early 19th century, it is a novel about love and class.

Pride and Prejudice tells the tale of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, who eventually fall in love but have to navigate various obstacles as Elizabeth’s father seeks a male heir.

If Netflix moves forward with its adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, it could be set to rival the Beeb’s upcoming period drama, The Other Sister, which was confirmed earlier this week. 

The Other Bennet Sister is based on Janice Hadlow’s novel of the same name and follows the life and times of the middle Bennet sister.

The series will be brought to the screen by Doctor Who production company Bad Wolf as part of a 10-episode show, written by Sarah Quintrell.

The BBC is yet to announce cast members but has revealed a synopsis for the film, saying: “Unlike her sisters, Mary isn’t your typical period drama heroine,” it states.

“She is awkward, anxious, preachy, full of facts, a terrible singer… overlooked by her mother and seemingly destined to an empty dance card for the rest of her life… until Mary takes matters into her own hands.”

This time, Mary is the star of her own love story, as she leaves behind her home in Meryton for the bright lights of Regency London and the Lake District.

“I’m thrilled to be telling the story of Mary – the other Bennet sister – exploring what it is to come of age when you’re the odd one out,” Sarah added. 

Meanwhile, Emerald Fennell is also venturing into the world of period dramas making a big-budget retelling of Emily Bronte’s classic Wuthering Heights starring Barbie’s Margot Robbie and Saltburn’s Jacob Elordi.

Netflix arrivals this October

Here are some of the other films and shows to look out for this month on Netflix

• Bridesmaids
• Couples Retreat
• Get Him to the Greek
• Point Break
• The Karate Kid Collection
• Till Death
• Unfriended

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