Carrie Brownstein Writing Lost in Austen Film Based on Unfinished Nora Ephron Script

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There's a 2008 British TV miniseries called "Lost in Austen" where a present-day woman ends up living in the fictional world of Pride and Prejudice. Nora Ephron was adapting that show for a film when she died in 2012, and as Variety reports (via The A.V. Club), Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag, and "Portlandia" will now write the script.

The film sets the main character in Brooklyn (instead of London, which is where the present-day arc of the 2008 show took place). “Carrie is smart and funny and original, and the project is very lucky to have her,” said producer Sam Mendes.

Brownstein will also star in the upcoming Todd Haynes film Carol.

Watch Brownstein on Pitchfork.tv's "Frames":

 

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