Shannon Hale just announced that her book Austenland is being made into a movie.
Stephenie Meyer is producing it.
Jerusha Hess, co-author of Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre is the director.
Keri Russell plays the lead role, a woman in her thirties who is obsessed with Mr. Darcy (Colin Firth), of Pride and Prejudice fame.
JJ Feild plays a Mr. Darcy actor at Austenland.
Recognize him from Masterpiece Classic's Northanger Abbey?
It has just begun filming in the U.K. so there is no release date yet.
Looks like fun!
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