Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterSarah Snook is set to star in Searchlight’s adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Persuasion.
Mahalia Belo is directing.Alison Own and Debra Hayward are producing through their Monumental Pictures banner. BBC Films is co-financing the drama.The novel tells the story of Anne Elliot (Snook) who, many years after refusing the proposal of young naval officer Frederick Wentworth, finds herself navigating the waters of English society when Wentworth returns from war a wealthy and decorated Captain.
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