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Casting news for the Bollywood 'Great Expectations'

Sushant Singh Rajput is set to star. The rest of the cast should be announced soon.

'Mr. Pip' trailer

The trailer for Mr. Pip, in which Hugh Laurie would like to introduce us to Mr. Dickens, is now available.

'Great Expectations' in London: A review

No, I didn't get to go to the current London production of Great Expectations, but I did get to see the filmed version of the play! I attended a screening in Reston, Va., yesterday afternoon.

'Great Expectations' news

The Great Expectations feature film will be released on DVD and Blu-ray in Britain tomorrow.

Meanwhile, still no word of a U.S. release of any kind.

*sigh*

'Great Expectations' ticket giveaway

Remember those screenings of the London production of GE that are going to happen this spring? Now you can win free tickets! Go here to read all the details and to enter!

'Drood' report coming

Just a brief post to tell you that I got to see Broadway's The Mystery of Edwin Drood on Saturday night, and it was bliss! Full report and photos coming soon -- hopefully tomorrow.

(By the way, on the bus to New York, there were people behind me talking about Oliver Twist and Great Expectations. No joke. I'm telling you, he follows me.)

Picspam: When Sherlock met Dickens

We have more delightful Dickens/Sherlock mashups from Christy below the cut! Click to enlarge.

Dickens goes Bollywood

Indian director Abhishek Kapoor has decided to make a film of a Dickens novel. And the Dickens novel he's decided to adapt is -- all together now -- Great Expectations. Apparently directors everywhere really do believe that's the only novel that Dickens ever wrote.

One for the kids

Director Ron Howard lists Great Expectations (1946) as one of the 10 films he wants his grandchildren to love.

See the London production of 'Great Expectations'!

Good news: The filmed version of the play Great Expectations, which was shown in British cinemas earlier this month, is coming to the U.S. this spring! For venues, dates, and times, go here. You can also see the trailer at that page.

We'll have more on this later, including information about an upcoming ticket giveaway, so stay tuned!

(Image courtesy of Specticast)