Here’s the first trailer for George Oakley’s revival of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.
The Working Title production, based on a script adaptation by Diana Reid, stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles, Caitríona Balfe, Frank Dillane, Herbert Nordrum, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, George MacKay, and Fiona Shaw.
The synopsis reads: “Set in Georgian-era England, Austen’s classic follows wealthy Mr. Dashwood, who dies, leaving his second wife and three daughters in rather poor shape. The ladies move to a modest cottage where the two older daughters vie for the attention of various suitors in search of true love.”
Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner produced alongside India Flint of November Pictures and Jo Wallett of Kiddo Films. Working Title and Focus teamed on the 2005 feature take of Pride & Prejudice that earned four Oscar noms, as well as the 2020 feature take of Austen’s Emma.
Sense and Sensibility hit the screen back in 1995 via Sony Pictures Classics, directed by Ang Lee, with a feature adaptation by Emma Thompson, which also won her an Adapted Screenplay Oscar. She also starred in the movie as Elinor Dashwood, with Kate Winslet playing her daughter Marianne. The movie received seven Oscar nominations overall and grossed more than $134 million at the global box office.
Focus has global rights to the new movie, and UPI will handle international distribution for the studio. The film will be in cinemas on Oct 16.
Check out the trailer above.
