Recently, we reported that Normal People and Twisters fame Daisy Edgar-Jones stars in the lead role of a new film based on Jane Austen's classic novel, Sense and Sensibility. The latest development about the film from director Georgia Oakley is that its trailer has been released. Distributor Focus Features describes it as "an irresistible new take on" Austen's novel that tells "a charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood." The Sense and Sensibility trailer hints at a faithful adaptation.
Sense and Sensibility also stars Esmé Creed-Miles, George MacKay, Fiona Shaw, and Caitríona Balfe. The cast includes Frank Dillane, Herbert Nordrum, and Bodhi Rae Breathnach.
The story follows Elinor Dashwood (Edgar-Jones), who is among the three siblings forced to go away from their family property alongside their mother to a modest cottage. The sisters experience their first tryst with love when at their new home.
Georgia Oakley is known for Blue Jean, her first feature film that earned her British Independent Film Award and BAFTA Film Award nominations. Working Title Films is the producer of Sense and Sensibility. The production banner's credits include Jane Austen adaptations such as Pride and Prejudice (2005), featuring Keira Knightley, and the 2020 Anya Taylor-Joy starrer Emma.
There have been multiple film adaptations of Jane Austen's novel. Notably, Ang Lee directed the Academy Award-winning 1995 film based on the novel that stars Kate Winslet and Emma Thompson, among others. Its screenplay earned Thompson her sophomore Oscar award. In Tamil, the novel formed the basis for Rajiv Menon's Kandukondain Kandukondain.
Besides her work in Normal People and Twisters, Daisy Edgar-Jones is known for her performance in the mystery drama Where the Crawdads Sing. It is worth noting that the core plot elements of Where the Crawdads Sing and Sense and Sensibility include themes such as rural isolation and social expectations.
The upcoming Jane Austen novel adaptation is set for an October 16 release in theatres. Meanwhile, here is a link to the Sense and Sensibility trailer:
