Daisy Edgar-Jones To Topline Adaptation Of Jane Austen's ‘Sense And Sensibility' For Focus Features & Working Title
The project returns Focus and Working Title to Austen's body of work, following their collaboration on an Academy Award-winning 2005 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice and a 2020 adaptation of Emma.
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BAFTA nominee Georgia Oakley will direct from a script by bestselling author Diana Reid. Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title Films will produce alongside India Flint of November Pictures and Jo Wallett.
Originally published anonymously with the byline reading 'By A Lady,' Austen's Sense and Sensibility follows sisters Elinor (Edgar-Jones) and Marianne Dashwood, opposites in their emotional approach, as they navigate love, loss, and financial uncertainty amid the societal expectations of 18th century England. Austen's 1811 debut novel established her as a literary force and remains a cornerstone of English literature.
Best known on the film side for roles in films like Twisters and Where the Crawdads Sing, Edgar-Jones was BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated for her lead role opposite Paul Mescal in Hulu's Normal People, also garnering a Golden Globe nomination for her work on Under the Banner of Heaven.
Oakley is coming off her debut feature, Blue Jean, which earned her a BAFTA Award nomination for Outstanding Debut, as well as the People's Choice Award at the Venice Film Festival.
Screen Daily was first to the news of the new project.
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