{"id":3446,"date":"2009-02-19T16:46:21","date_gmt":"2009-02-19T21:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=3446"},"modified":"2009-02-19T17:06:49","modified_gmt":"2009-02-19T22:06:49","slug":"department-of-barely-restrained-comment-jane-austen-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/department-of-barely-restrained-comment-jane-austen-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Barely Restrained Comment <br \/>(Jane Austen Desk)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Jane Austen, Rocket-ized\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnesimpson.com\/images\/austenpred.gif?resize=250%2C353&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"353\" \/>From <a title=\"Variety: Rocket launches 'Predator'\" href=\"http:\/\/www.variety.com\/article\/VR1118000187.html?categoryid=1238&amp;cs=1\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a> (<a title=\"The New Yorker: News from The Book Bench\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/books\/2009\/02\/in-the-news-swe.html\" target=\"_blank\">courtesy<\/a> of <em>The New Yorker<\/em>&#8216;s &#8220;The Book Bench&#8221; blog):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Rocket launches &#8216;Predator&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Clark to direct aliens vs. Jane Austen pic<\/em><br \/>\nBy MICHAEL FLEMING<\/p>\n<p>Elton John&#8217;s Rocket Pictures hopes to make the first Jane Austen adaptation to which men will drag their girlfriends.<\/p>\n<p>Will Clark is set to direct &#8220;Pride and Predator,&#8221; which veers from the traditional period costume drama when an alien crash lands and begins to butcher the mannered protags, who suddenly have more than marriage and inheritance to worry about.<\/p>\n[&#8230;]\n<p>&#8220;It felt like a fresh and funny way to blow apart the done-to-death Jane Austen genre by literally dropping this alien into the middle of a costume drama, where he stalks and slashes to horrific effect,&#8221; [Rocket Pictures&#8217; David] Furnish said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Variety (courtesy of The New Yorker&#8216;s &#8220;The Book Bench&#8221; blog): Rocket launches &#8216;Predator&#8217; Clark to direct aliens vs. Jane Austen pic By MICHAEL FLEMING Elton John&#8217;s Rocket Pictures hopes to make the first Jane Austen adaptation to which men will drag their girlfriends. 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