Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Cary Fukunaga’s Jane Eyre

#60. Jane Eyre

Director: Cary Fukunaga
Writer(s): Moira Buffini
Producers: Paul Trijbits and Alison Owen
Distributor: Focus Features

The Gist: Based on Moira Buffini’s screenplay adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s’ classic, Jane Eyre (Wasikowska), flees Thornfield House, where she works as a governess for wealthy Edward Rochester (Fassbender). The isolated and imposing residence – and Mr. Rochester’s coldness – have sorely tested the young woman’s resilience, forged years earlier when she was orphaned. As Jane reflects upon her past and recovers her natural curiosity, she will return to Mr. Rochester – and the terrible secret that he is hiding…….(more)

Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench, Imogen Poots, Sally Hawkins and Jamie Bell

List Worthy Reasons…: Promising a much darker interpretation of the Charlotte Bronte classic, this fresh coat of paint to a film that has been remade one too many times comes from a director whose debut film announced the arrival of one extremely talented filmmaker. Focus Features quickly signed him up for Sin Nombre and did the same with this Brit List project which will only confirm his visual prose and strong sense of story-telling. Oh and Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench, Imogen Poots, Sally Hawkins and Jamie Bell make up the cast giving a robust reason to look forward to the beginning of the year movie options.

Release Date/Status?: Limited March 11th release.