

Will she seize her second chance at true love Starring: Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis, Nikki Amuka-Bird Watch all you want. Cracknell is represented by United Agents in the UK and UTA. Persuasion 2022 Maturity Rating: PG 1h 49m Romance Eight years after Anne Elliot was persuaded not to marry a dashing man of humble origins, they meet again. Johnson is repped by WME and Untitled Entertainment.

But don’t expect yet another Pride and Prejudice -y adaptation this trailer promises Regency delights with a modern twist. She will appear next in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter” and Stephanie Allynne and Tig Notaro’s “Am I OK?” Based on Austen’s 1818 novel of the same name (published posthumously six months after her death), Persuasion is directed by Carrie Cracknell in her feature debut. Johnson recently starred in the drama “Our Friend” alongside Jason Segel and Casey Affleck.

Executive producers include Elizabeth Cantillon via her untitled MRC Film Romance label, Michael Constable and David Fliegel. (Variety’s parent company PMC is a partner with MRC in the PMRC venture that owns Billboard, Vibe and the Hollywood Reporter.)Īndrew Lazar and Christina Weiss Lurie will serve as producers. MRC Film, the studio that backed “Knives Out” and “The Lovebirds,” is developing the movie with Netflix. Netflix’s ‘Persuasion,’ Starring Dakota Johnson, Is a New, Divisive Take on Jane Austen MANIC PIXIE DREAM GIRL The movie’s first look trades the novels moodiness for a ‘Fleabag’-but-cutesy. Production on Netflix’s iteration of “Persuasion” is expected to begin in May. That version, announced in September 2020, is being directed by Mahalia Belo and written by Jessica Swale (“Summerland”). A separate production of “Persuasion” - starring “Succession” actor Sarah Snook - is currently in the works at Searchlight Pictures.
