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In preparation for Autumn de Wilde's Emma, costume designer Alexandra Byrne spent her time researching her favorite time period for clothing. "The reason I like this period is that it's the beginning of fashion plates being published for women," Byrne says. "The combination of the fashion plate and looking at the…

Designing the costumes for Emma, the Autumn de Wilde-directed adaptation of Jane Austen's classic period novel, was a balance between staying true to the era (the early 1800s) while leaving room for some creativity and artistic license, says Oscar-nominated costume designer Alexandra Byrne. "To design a period film…

When costume designer Alexandra Byrne was approached for Emma, she jumped at the chance to put a fresh spin on the beloved Jane Austen novel of the same name, while returning to her roots as an artist. Marking the feature directorial debut of Autumn DeWilde, the period comedy centers on Emma (Anya Taylor-Joy), a…

From the moment she put down Walter Tevis’ book The Queen’s Gambit, Anya Taylor-Joy knew how she would portray chess genius Beth Harmon, who blazes a trail and explodes glass ceilings during the Cold War-era 1960s as a femme champion in the testosterone-dominated game-peg playing world. “I said to myself, ‘If we were…

In or around 1976, I caught a forlorn moment near New York's Bleecker St. It was early morning. The sun was just up. Two ragged guys were shuffling toward me on the sidewalk, when one offered the other a bottle in a bag. But the drink was declined. "I guess I lost my taste for it," sighed the saddest voice I'd ever…

Parks & Recreation actress Retta will be on hosting duties for a Twitter 'Watch Party', i.e. a communal film viewing conducted on social media, of Universal's horror pic The Invisible Man this weekend. The studio is encouraging people to watch the movie in sync from 1PM PT (4PM ET, 8PM GMT) on Saturday March 28 as a…

In an unprecedented crunch of the theatrical window as several markets across the U.S. close down in response to safety coronavirus along with worldwide, NBCUniversal’s Universal Pictures is officially making its current movies in cinematic release –Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man and The Hunt, and Focus Features’ Emma…

There was a stampede of new titles opening this weekend at the specialty box office, and despite coronavirus-induced fears of being in close proximity in theaters, there weren’t any glaring slumps in the indie and arthouse space. Of the films released this weekend, First Cow made some moo-ves at the box office…

4th Update, Sunday AM writethru final w/chart: Disney/Pixar’s Onward saw an estimated $16.56M on Saturday, a growth of 37% over Friday’s result, putting this morning’s industry estimate for the pic’s U.S./Canada opening at $40.4M. Disney is calling the weekend at $40M. While that result is at the lower end of Pixar…

Despite the growing concern about the coronavirus, the global business for Disney/Pixar’s elf fantasy feature Onward should turn out to be solid. To date, there aren’t any theaters closed in the U.S. nor do sources expect any in the near future — and certainly not in a grave way like in China, which has seen its…

Focus Features proved this weekend that Jane Austen’s classic of romantic misadventures and the humor that goes with it remains timeless. Emma, Autumn de Wilde’s visionary and fresh adaptation of the Austen novel, opened in five theaters in New York and Los Angeles to strong numbers, grossing an estimated $230,000…

Filmmaker Autumn de Wilde is serving up a fresh new take on the Jane Austen novel with the film Emma., which opens in theaters this weekend. Complete with a stylized punctuated period in the title, the new version is a Focus Features co-production with Working Title and Blueprint Productions and joins the ranks of…