The Duchess

May 10th
Although The Edge Of Love is released first, it's the official web site for The Duchess that's gone online first.
Thanks Mike

May 3rd
The Sunday Times has The Duchess among its top picks for the summer.

April 7th
The Edge of Love will be out in UK cinemas on June 20th. The release calendar now looks like this (subject to change):
The Edge Of Love - June 20th (UK)
The Duchess - August 29th (UK); Sept 12th (US limited): Nov 6th (Australia); Nov 19th (Belgium, France); Dec 11th (Netherlands).

April 5th
Variety reports The Duchess will get a limited US release from September 12th.

March 28th
Both The Duchess and Edge Of Love are muted as Cannes possibles for this year, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

And here's an in-depth article on the Dukes of Devonshire, of whom the current title-holder still lives at Chatsworth House, used in the film and in P&P.

March 27th
- The Duchess co-producers Pathe have a section on the movie in their web site's Coming Soon section.
- Fellow co-producers BBC Films have a page here.
- And there's a page on the costumes here.
- I was fortunate enough to read the script of The Duchess today. Having not read Amanda Foreman's biography I can't say how much of the screenplay is based on it, but blimey it's saucy ! No wonder it's not getting a summer release - it's far too much a sizzler for that time of year :) But seriously, it's a brilliant role for Keira. She's a girl ahead of her time, with opinions and attitudes 'unbecoming' for the age. Happiness and sadness enter her life in equal measure but there are certain parallels with modern celebrity culture, Keira included, from which you can't help but conclude that Georgiana was indeed the first true 'celebrity'. As with P&P, Keira is in nearly every scene, and there were comparisons, IMO, with Keira's Lara in Doctor Zhivago (still my favourite Keira role to date), so I can't wait to see the finished product.

March 8th
UK release of The Duchess is pencilled in for August 29th. With a likely shuffle to early September this will place it in the same week as the release of Atonement and Pride & Prejudice, raising the likelihood of a November US release in time for Oscar voting.

February 25th
The Telegraph has an article on the upcoming movies all featuring historical female figures from Britain's past. The mention of the 'Sapphic' storyline between Bess and Keira's character Georgiana in The Duchess has not entirely been omitted, according to my 'insider' who has read the script !

February 23rd
BAFTA have a number of video interviews with The Duchess crew, featuring behind the scenes footage galore. Watch.

BBC Films have a page for The Duchess, as it's a co-production of the BBC's film-making company. Looks like being a September release at the moment.

February 21st
Ralph Fiennes talks about The Duchess in this article.

February 9th
Keira gave a birthday surprise to a young co-star on the set of The Duchess. Bless.

January 6th
The Duchess is already on the Oscar buzz list for 2009. Article.

December 27th
The first teaser for The Duchess is online here (or if you have access problems as I did, it's on YouTube here).
Thanks Harriet

November 23rd
The Daily Mail have got their 'Keira fan' head on again today, with an interview from the set of The Duchess, and some new pics. They'll now need to slag her off within the week, just to balance it out.

November 16th
There's some new Duchess pap snaps here.
Thanks Jules

October 20th
On Wednesday of this week the Daily Mail reported on Keira's swearing outburst as she fluffed her lines during filming on The Duchess. Hardly newsworthy, but it gave them a hook to print more pap snaps. Now, however, we have the video of it too. A new nightmare for the film companies - paparazzi video - but a new format for fans to see a film in the making before the promotional making-of films hit the TV prior to release.
Thanks Harriet, Douglas

October 18th
Some more pap snaps from the set of The Duchess have appeared here and here.

October 1st
Hundreds of extras are required for The Duchess. A casting call to star alongside Keira takes place on Saturday. Article.

September 25th
KKDaily has more pics from the set of The Duchess.
Thanks Fliss

September 24th
The split personality that is The Daily Mail today has the first filming photos from The Duchess, then slags Keira off about her comments in the current Allure magazine.
Thanks Harriet, Renate

September 15th
The Daily Mail, when it's not slagging her off, sometimes has useful info on Keira's projects. This 'Watch out for...' article says The Duchess starts principal photography on Monday, with Keira due on set for nearly all the scenes. The City of Bath is among external locations.
Thanks Tamise

August 24th
The Daily Mail has the news today that Ralph Fiennes and Hayley Atwell will be Keira's co-stars in The Duchess.

July 27th
NEW MOVIE !!!!
Keira has signed to play the lead role in The Duchess, a biopic of the Duchess of Devonshire, Lady Georgiana Spencer, based on the award-winning book by Amanda Foreman. Filming will start in October, directed by Saul Dibbs. Article.
More on the woman and book: Wikipedia - Book reviews.
Thanks Amo, Caladonia and others