Northanger Abbey (2007 film) she begins to confuse real life with the Gothic romance of her favorite novels. "Northanger Abbey" was one of three novels adapted for ITV's Jane Austen season. It was shot on location in Ireland from late August 2006 on a budget of £2 million. The drama was co-produced by Granada Productions and American studio WGBH Boston. "Northanger Abbey" premiered on 25 March 2007 in the United Kingdom and on 16 December 2007 in Canada. It was broadcast in the United States and Australia in 2008. The drama was viewed by 5.6 million people in the UK, making it the second
Northanger Abbey (2007 film) and it marked only the second filmed adaptation of the book; with the first being made and broadcast in 1986. Andrew Davies, the screenwriter who adapted "Pride and Prejudice" for the BBC, was commissioned to write the script for "Northanger Abbey". He had previously written an adaptation of the novel for Weekend Television in 1998. It was optioned by Harvey Weinstein for Miramax Films and drafts from other writers were added, before the project was abandoned. Davies told "The Daily Telegraph's" Hugh Davies that "Northanger Abbey" was much more straightforward to adapt than "Pride and Prejudice", which was "quite a