“Twisters” and “Normal People” actress Daisy Edgar-Jones will star in a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s iconic 1811 first novel “Sense and Sensibility” currently in the works at Focus Features.
Georgia Oakley (“Blue Jean”) will direct the new version with Diana Reid set to adapt the screenplay.
The story follows sisters Elinor (Edgar-Jones) and Marianne Dashwood, who navigate love, loss and financial uncertainty as they are forced to leave their family estate in Sussex.
The property has been adapted multiple times to the screen, most notably with Ang Lee’s 1995 film written and starring Emma Thompson along with Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman.
Austen, of course, went on to write multiple literary classics including “Pride and Prejudice,” “Emma” and “Mansfield Park”.
Edgar-Jones did a post on Instagram confirming the news, a selfie with a copy of the novel in her hand.
Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner produces alongside India Flint and Jo Wallett.
Source: Variety
