"Jane Eyre," round 16.
"Sin Nombre" director Cary Fukunaga is in "advanced negotiations" to direct a new "Jane Eyre," according to Variety. Which makes perfect sense, since there've only been 15 previous film adaptations and near as many TV versions, in addition to all of the ballets, musicals and operas. And it's been three whole years since the BBC last "Eyre"d itself. And why not have a guy who directed a gritty border-crossing drama take a whack at it? What is the enduring cinematic appeal of "Jane Eyre"? Why are we destined to see a new version at least twice a decade? Why is Charlotte Brontë's book full of emotional abuse, death and unsatisfactory marriages outpacing, movie-wise, the combined works of Jane Austen, whose novels can at least can be translated into something resembling a conventional romance with a straight face? Variety notes that this upcoming version "will play up the gothic elements." Unfortunately,...
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