JackThe Other Boleyn Girl
December 21st 2007 11:44
The Other Boleyn Girl is a movie adaptation of the novel of the same title by British author Philippa Gregory. It is a romanticised account of the life of the 16th-century aristocrat, Lady Mary Boleyn, who was the sister of Queen Anne Boleyn and one-time mistress of King Henry VIII of England.
The project was filmed in the UK in late 2006, and will be released in February, 2008 (UK March 2008). The film is directed by Justin Chadwick from a script by Peter Morgan. The Australian release date is March 13th, 2008.
Scarlett Johansson has been cast in the lead role, alongside Eric Bana as Henry VIII and Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn. The supporting cast includes Eddie Redmayne as Mary's second husband William Stafford, Kristin Scott Thomas as Lady Elizabeth Boleyn (Mary and Anne's mother), Bill Wallis as Archbishop Cranmer, Tiffany Freisberg as Lady Mary Talbot and Jim Sturgess as George Boleyn, with Brice Stratford as William Henry Bourchier, Captain of the King's bodyguard, Rue McClanahan as Mary and Anne's grandmother, and Ana Torrent as Catharine of Aragon. It also features an appearance by UK Model of the Year 2006/7, Siobhan Hustler, as Anne Boleyn's Lady-in-Waiting.
Costumes design is by Sandy Powell who also worked on Shakespeare in Love, and filming locations include Penshurst Place, Knole Park and Dover Castle in Kent, and Bude in Cornwall.
The trailer for The Other Boleyn Girl is below:
Genre: Drama / History / Romance
Directed by: Justin Chadwick
Produced by: Mark Cooper, Alison Owen, Scott Rudin
Written by: Peter Morgan
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess
Distributed by: Sony Pictures, Focus Features
Release date: US - February 29th, 2008; AUS - March 13th, 2008; UK - March 7th, 2008.
Budget: £20 million
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article The Other Boleyn Girl (film).
**This movie poster is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.
Scarlett Johansson has been cast in the lead role, alongside Eric Bana as Henry VIII and Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn. The supporting cast includes Eddie Redmayne as Mary's second husband William Stafford, Kristin Scott Thomas as Lady Elizabeth Boleyn (Mary and Anne's mother), Bill Wallis as Archbishop Cranmer, Tiffany Freisberg as Lady Mary Talbot and Jim Sturgess as George Boleyn, with Brice Stratford as William Henry Bourchier, Captain of the King's bodyguard, Rue McClanahan as Mary and Anne's grandmother, and Ana Torrent as Catharine of Aragon. It also features an appearance by UK Model of the Year 2006/7, Siobhan Hustler, as Anne Boleyn's Lady-in-Waiting.
Costumes design is by Sandy Powell who also worked on Shakespeare in Love, and filming locations include Penshurst Place, Knole Park and Dover Castle in Kent, and Bude in Cornwall.
The trailer for The Other Boleyn Girl is below:
Genre: Drama / History / Romance
Directed by: Justin Chadwick
Produced by: Mark Cooper, Alison Owen, Scott Rudin
Written by: Peter Morgan
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess
Distributed by: Sony Pictures, Focus Features
Release date: US - February 29th, 2008; AUS - March 13th, 2008; UK - March 7th, 2008.
Budget: £20 million
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article The Other Boleyn Girl (film).
**This movie poster is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.
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