A new movie based on Jane Austen’s classic novel Sense and Sensibility is in the works, with Daisy Edgar-Jones to star as one of the Dashwood sisters.
Focus Features and Working Title Films are backing the fresh take on the popular 18th-century novel, with Georgia Oakley directing a script by author Diana Reid. Sense and Sensibility centers on the impoverished Dashwood family, and portrays the romantic experiences of sisters Elinor and Marianne as they and their widowed mother navigate life for the once-wealthy family after the death of the father and husband.
Edgar-Jones will play the role of Elinor.
Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title Films will produce alongside India Flint of November Pictures and Jo Wallett. The Sense and Sensibility project follows Focus and Working Title collaborating on the 2005 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, another Austen classic novel, and the 2020 adaptation of Austen’s Emma.
Edgar-Jones had a breakout role in Twisters and and also appeared in the screen adaptation of the Where the Crawdads Sing novel. She is also executive producing and starring opposite Jacob Elordi and Will Poulter in On Swift Horses.
Oakley is known for both writing and directing her debut feature Blue Jean. Focus Features recently released Edward Berger’s Conclave, Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu and Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag.
Working Title Films has recent releases like Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, Steve McQueen’s Blitz, and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.
Edgar-Jones is represented by UTA and Hamilton Hodell. Oakley is represented by CAA and Lark. Reid is represented by Curtis Brown.
