Literary horses and tiresome zombies

We have quite an assortment of news and mentions today.

Motion/Captured on HitFix discusses the forthcoming Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and the purported similar adaptations of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. The conclusion reached is quite right:

First one to the marketplace might score a hit, but if all of these projects as well as the crazy "Jane Eyre" and "Wuthering Heights" mash-ups all try to claw their way onto the screen, I think it's going to be a long, long, redundant, redundant couple of years, and it'll create some genuine antipathy towards the also-rans as they stack up, one after another after another. (Drew McWeeny)

Not to mention that there is also a remake of I Walked with a Zombie in the works.

EquestrianMag brings our attention to a touring exhibition in the USA: The Literary Horse: When Legends Come True. The magazine describes this exhibition which first opened nearly a year ago as follows:

The exhibit, Vanessa Wright’s The Literary Horse: When Legends Come to Life, pairs up to 100 photos of today's horses and riders with family-friendly, secular, and cited public domain quotations from the world's great books. [...]
Showcasing first-time riders through Special Olympic and Olympic champions, and equestrian disciplines ranging from carriage driving and show-jumping to jousting and vaulting (gymnastics on horseback), The Literary Horse provides visitors with a real-life tour of world classics, such as the Iliad, Richard III, and Jane Eyre, as well as beloved children's tales, such as Black Beauty, Cinderella, and King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. [...]
The Literary Horse: When Legends Come to Life will be touring public and school libraries worldwide through 2012. For more information, a tour schedule, activities, and a booklist, visit http://www.theliteraryhorse.com/.

The exhibition's website has a blog which has an entry with a Jane Eyre reference.

The National Post reviews All the Living by C.E. Morgan and a Jane Eyre reference crops up:

Aloma is alone. At least, she feels alone. Her aunt and uncle, with whom she lives, are always “fine to her,” but when she is about to turn twelve, in a moment reminiscent of Jane Eyre, they send her to a mission school in the Kentucky mountains. (Daryl Sneath)

Jane Eyre is also mentioned in an article about the much-awaited Hobbit film which has just gone into production on The Observer Online:

Five years ago, I sat weeping in front of the television watching Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh kiss as they both held their Oscars aloft, having finally achieved the greatest honor filmmakers can receive, at the 76th Academy Awards. It was the culmination of a three year journey for me, going from complete Tolkien ignorance in the seventh grade to full-blown obsession in the ninth. At that point in time I was a movie-quoting, elvish-speaking Ringer with a full class presentation on the history of Arda under my belt. (Convincing my Honors Brit Lit teacher that the formation of Middle-earth was relevant to "Jane Eyre" was an achievement unto itself.) (Stephanie DePrez)

TravelMuse reminds its readers that they are still on time to book your trip to Brontë Country with The Wayfarers.

Here are a few blogs: Not Quite Write posts about recently reading Wuthering Heights for her book club. Christians Bücherkiste writes in German about Emily Brontë and Gondal. And A Fair Prospect is thrilled to have found a shawl similar to that worn by Jane Eyre in the 2006 adaptation.

Categories: Books, Haworth, Jane Eyre, Juvenilia, Movies-DVD-TV, Weirdo, Wuthering Heights