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And he kidnaps Jane Eyre out of 'Jane Eyre.' WILLISON: A supervillain has created a machine that lets him step into books and kidnap people out of them. It follows a hyperliterate society and detective on the trail. SIMON: And for books, Margaret Willison recommends 'The Eyre Affair' by Jasper Fforde. WILLISON: And its initial kernel is starting with understanding Sherlock Holmes as an addict. Willison says there's the CBS show 'Elementary' with Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu.

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SIMON: Other popular characters - Dracula, of course, has been featured and staked in the TV series 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer.' As for Sherlock Holmes, Margaret H. WILLISON: The way that it takes the fine social observations and petty drama that Jane Austen made an entire career out of and shifts them so perfectly to this different milieu and the way that it shows how indelible these character types are. Including 'Clueless,' starring Alicia Silverstone. SIMON: Another author with a rich collection of teen movies - Jane Austen.ĪLICIA SILVERSTONE: (As Cher Horowitz) Ew, get off of me. SHANE WEST: (As Bentley 'Striker' Scrumfeld) Do you care to dance? KIRSTEN DUNST: (As Kelly Woods) This would all be perfect if it weren't for. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Once, Berke Landers' life was a high school senior's dream. There are the ones you know you remember, but then there are the ones you've definitely forgotten, like 'Get Over It,' starring Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster and Sisqo, which is an adaptation of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' MARGARET H WILLISON: I would be remiss if I did not start with the all-time classic teen comedy '10 Things I Hate About You,' which is one of the weird boomlet of Shakespeare-based teen movies that came out in the late '90s. Willison, a writer and podcaster with Not Sorry Productions, for some of her favorite works based on things in the public domain. IDINA MENZEL: (Singing) It's time to try defying gravity. It began in 1995 and became the basis for the hit musical 'Wicked.' SIMON: There's also 'Sense And Sensibility And Sea Monsters' - also, Gregory Maguire's 'Wicked' book series exploring Oz before Dorothy Gale. Darcy) A woman must have a thorough knowledge of singing, dancing and the art of war. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, 'PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES') 'Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey' got us thinking about some other movies, books, TV shows and musicals that were made once copyright protections ended, like 'Pride And Prejudice And Zombies.' Copyright protections generally only last for 95 years in the U.S., so any work published before 1927 can be reimagined, if you please - performed, rewritten, twisted however anyone pleases, Tigger be damned.

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SIMON: Well, this movie can be created without a lawsuit from the Milne estate because Winnie the Pooh has lapsed into the public domain. Milne's beloved characters as monsters on the hunt for Christopher Robin, who's abandoned them. SIMON: That's the trailer for an upcoming movie called 'Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey.' It casts A.A. Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore - we were friends for many years, and they're out there. PAULA COIZ: (As Mary) We're not going to find them. NIKOLAI LEON: (As Christopher Robin) We should be close now. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, 'WINNIE THE POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY') Coming soon to theaters, a new vision of terror in Hundred Acre Wood.

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