Napa (put-pilot)

Apart from Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights opening in the US next week, it seems that we can look forward to a new adaptation of the novel. Collider reports,

Prolific producer Greg Berlanti may have two more wins under his belt as he has sold two dramas to NBC.  First up is an hour-long drama series based on Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights.”  Set in the Napa Valley, Napa will be written by Tom Donaghy (The Whole Truth).  Donaghy, Berlanti and Melissa Kellner Berman will co-executive produce the hour, which has a put-pilot commitment from the network.  The story, originally published in the mid-1800s, centers on the doomed relationship between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff. (Dave Trumbore)

The Hollywood Reporter comments on it as well.

Titled Napa, the hourlong drama will be written by The Whole Truth's Tom Donaghy, who will executive produce alongside Berlanti. Berlanti Television's Melissa Kellner Berman is on board to co-executive produce the hour, which has received a put-pilot commitment from the network.
Emily Brontë'sWuthering Heights was first published in the mid-1800s and revolves around the doomed love affair between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff. NBC's take will be set against the backdrop of Napa Valley. Recent adaptations include ITV's 2009 two-part drama starring Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley, with The Walking Dead's Andrew Lincoln co-starring. The 1939 feature earned Academy Award nominations for best picture and star Laurence Olivier, among others. (Lesley Goldberg)

Vulture sprinkles some tongue-in-cheek:

The Great Television Modernization of Every Aged Property is disgustingly insatiable. Add Wuthering Heights to the list — Greg Berlanti (Arrow, Everwood, Jack & Bobby) will take the Emily Brontë adaptation, titled Napa and set there, to NBC. Since Wuthering Heights has already been redone an obscene amount of times and this trend shows no signs of slowing, go ahead and throw out literally any old or semi-old story you want to see modernized. Some TV exec is listening. (Zach Dionne)

In the meantime, The Independent looks back on Juliette Binoche's career, which includes Wuthering Heights 1992.

Not every film has been a success by any means. Reviews of a 1992 production of Wuthering Heights in which she played Cathy opposite Ralph Fiennes's Heathcliff were poor, in just one example. Binoche was dubbed "Cathy Clouseau" and mocked for her "franglais" accent. (Arifa Akbar)

RTE Ten TV Blog describes the TV series Hunderby as

 a mischievous mix of Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca and Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, written with a potty-tongued pen. (John Byrne)

The New School Free Press interviews author Joshua Gaylord who uses the pen name Alden Bell. Here's the why and wherefore of his pseudonym:

My middle name is actually Alden. My family is a Mayflower family, so the men have the middle name Alden since John Alden was on the Mayflower. The “Bell” is the pseudonym that the Brontë sisters used when they published because they couldn’t publish under their own names because they were both women. For example, Charlotte Brontë used the name Currer Bell, and Anne Brontë used the name Acton Bell. (Andrea Vocos)

The Tampa Bay Times reviews a concert by Florence + the Machine, beginning with a description of singer Florence Welch:

Like a rockin' descendant of the Brontë sisters, Florence Welch took the stage at the USF Sun Dome Tuesday with her red hair wrapped, her pale feet bare and pretty much the rest of her lanky frame frocked in a dress Jane Eyre would have considered stuffy. (Sean Daly)

Here's a picture in case you are curious.

SW Londoner gives some advice to those tempted to read Fifty Shades of Grey:

Read Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet or Ian McEwan’s Atonement if you want something more contemporary. They all contain sexual references, except they can also be considered literature. (Khaleda Rahman)

Truth be told, though, don't read those books only because of the 'sexual references' - you will be disapppointed.

The Harrow Observer features local author Janey Fraser who is apparently 'a passionate reader and Jane Eyre fan'. Cine Resenhas reviews Jane Eyre 2011 in Portuguese. Readin' and Dreamin' posts about Juliet Barker's revised edition of The Brontës.