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‘Northanger Abbey’ Crew Pursue Lawsuit After $9M Jane Austen Film Collapsed, With Producers Yet To Make Good On Promises To Pay Wages

British crew members on an adaptation of Jane Austen ’s Northanger Abbey are pursuing legal action after the film collapsed, leaving some people so broke, they had to ask colleagues for fuel money to get home.

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British crew members on an adaptation of Jane Austen ’s Northanger Abbey are pursuing legal action after the film collapsed, leaving some people so broke, they had to ask colleagues for fuel money to get home. The contemporary reimagining of Austen’s 1818 novel was in advanced pre-production in Bath and Bristol in early 2025, when producers pulled the plug on the £7M ($9M) venture citing financing issues.

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