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Zimbio, April 20, 2012
...with the BBC?s production of Pride and Prejudice (the one with Colin Firth). That is being directed by Jerusha Hess (Napoleon Dynamite). When the book came out, Meyer declared herself a huge fan of both Hale and Jane Austen, and then went on to produce...
Stephenie Meyer on optioning suspense novel 'Down a Dark Hall': 'It gave me some serious nightmares'
Entertainment Weekly Online, April 19, 2012
...Image Credit: David Stone Twilight author Stephenie Meyer is pushing further into the world of filmmaking, optioning the movie rights to Lois Duncan?s 1974 YA horror/suspense novel Down a Dark Hall. Meyer is developing the film through her Fickle Fish...
Indiewire, April 19, 2012
...wrapping up her producer duties on an adaptation of Shannon Hale’s “Austenland,” which has “Napoleon Dynamite” co-writer Jerusha Hess in the director’s chair. There’s no mention as to when this could hit theaters, since after all It is only...
ArtInfo, February 6, 2012
...year, is the first by a literary novelist. One hope for “Austenland” is that it was directed by Jerusha Hess, who co-wrote the screenplay with Hale. Hess also co-wrote “Napoleon Dynamite,” one of the funniest American comedies of the '00s,...
Lake Wylie Pilot, January 10, 2012
...having to explain the seven years' wear and tear. "Simpsons" vet Mike Scully aids movie creators Jared and Jerusha Hess in turning human cartoons into real ones. -"Alcatraz" Jan. 16 Good-looking police procedural cum time-travel conundrum asks you to...
ShootOnline, July 15, 2011
...Avenger) and BRET MCKENZIE (the Emmy award-winning "Flight of the Conchords") join Russell in the directorial debut of JERUSHA HESS ("Napoleon Dynamite"), who adapted "AUSTENLAND" for the screen with Shannon Hale. LA-based UTA will handle international...
Huffington Post, July 6, 2011
...Bret McKenzie will star in Austenland, an indie romantic comedy that is serving as the directorial debut of Jerusha Hess, who co-wrote Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre with her husband, helmer Jared Hess. In a twist, the movie is also serving as the...
Collider.com, February 29, 2012
...the script from here on out. If so, Hess will likely turn to wife and longtime collaborator Jerusha Hess for help on the script. To my knowledge, this will be Hess’ first time directing material from an outside source. I don’t know that this...
Variety, February 29, 2012
...recent credits include the Jack Black starrer "Nacho Libre" and 2009's "Gentlemen Broncos." He and wife Jerusha Hess are also exec producing Fox's "Napoleon Dynamite" toon, based on the 2004 indie hit comedy. Rudin just wrapped another busy awards...
Variety, February 29, 2012
...Hess' recent credits include the Jack Black-starrer "Nacho Libre" and 2009's "Gentlemen Broncos." He and wife Jerusha Hess are also exec producing Fox's "Napoleon Dynamite" toon, based on the 2004 indie hit comedy. Rudin just wrapped yet another busy...
Manmade Mag, February 27, 2012
...indiewire.com: The idea of using a single band or singer-songwriter to score a film has fallen somewhat out of favor since the heyday of the 1960s 1970s, when films ......
U-Wire.com, February 23, 2012
...a TV show come about? JH : I think it was Fox’s initiation. They came to Jared and Jerusha (Hess, husband-wife duo who were the writer-directors of the film). I think everybody knew from the get-go if we were ever going to do anything like a sequel...
Hollywood.com, February 10, 2012
...t know – I think they were all quite drunk. You’ve got Austenland, from Stephenie Meyer and Jerusha Hess, coming up. Can you tell me a little about it? It’s about a woman who goes to a Jane Austen “experience” weekend, where she’s promised a...
ArtInfo, February 6, 2012
...year, is the first by a literary novelist. One hope for “Austenland” is that it was directed by Jerusha Hess, who co-wrote the screenplay with Hale. Hess also co-wrote “Napoleon Dynamite,” one of the funniest American comedies of the '00s,...
