5 Lesser Known Aldous Huxley Works
While many are familiar with A Brave New World, not everyone is aware that Huxley himself has written over fifty books. Here are some of his more obscure works.
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Leonardo DiCaprio to Produce Aldous Huxley Adaptation ‘Island’
Leonardo DiCaprio, along with his production company Appian Way, is teaming up with In Good Company Films to develop a new series titled Island, based on the novel by Aldous Huxley.
Peacock’s ‘Brave New World’: A Review
A television adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel Brave New World is currently on NBC’s new streaming service Peacock, and it is a fresh take on a tired genre. Often compared to George Orwell’s 1984, Huxley’s Brave New World is also considered to be a work of political prophecy, and is, in my opinion, at least, far more worrisome, mainly because of a single widely known phrase: “opium of the people”. Originally said by Karl Marx, the “opium of the people” he was referring to was organized religion, criticizing it for how it reduced the immediate suffering of the oppressed with a pleasant illusion, keeping them …
Demi Moore for ‘Brave New World’ TV Adaptation!
Golden Globes, Game of Thrones, and Downton Abbey are all heading to the same place: Brave New World. Image Via Nicki Swift.com Not kidding. The Jakarta Post reports that Demi Moore, two time Golden Globe nominee for Ghost and If These Walls Could Talk and whose had a role in classics like The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, and A Few Good Men, will be playing Linda in the upcoming TV adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Image Via TVLine Coming along for the ride is Harry Loyd, knowing for his …
‘Solo’ Actor Alden Ehrenreich to Star In ‘Brave New World’ Series
No one can compete with the swagger of Harrison Ford. It goes without saying that his portrayal of everyone’s favorite smuggler is iconic. Whether he was blasting Greedo or affirming a woman’s love for him by simply uttering “I know…” Han Solo epitomized the swashbuckling aspect of Star Wars. An aspect that has been cemented in nostalgia and generational angst for forty or so years. It would take a truly courageous actor to take on the role of Han Solo in the wake of Harrison Ford’s lightsaber to the gut departure—or it would take Alden Ehrenreich. He did alright; to …