Dakota Johnson has signed on to star in Persuasion, Netflix and MRC Entertainment’s modern take on the Jane Austen novel. Theater director Carrie Cracknell, who directed Jake Gyllenhall and Tom Sturridge to Tony nominations last year in Sea Wall/ A Life on Broadway, will make her feature helming debut with the project.
Production is expected to begin in May. Described by Netflix and MRC as a "modern, witty approach to a beloved story while still remaining true" to the novel, the logline per the companies is thus: "Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities.
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