LOS ANGELES: Jane Austen s heroine Anne Elliot is taking a chance on love again in cinema with Fifty Shades of Gray star Dakota Johnson all set to play the character from Persuasion in a Netflix adaptation.
Acclaimed theatre director Carrie Cracknell will make her feature directorial debut with the movie with Ron Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow set to adapt the novel for new age audiences, the streamer announced on Tuesday.
Cracknell last directed Jake Gyllenhall and Tom Sturridge in Sea Wall/ A Life on Broadway.
Johnson recently starred in the drama Our Friend , and will next be seen in Maggie Gyllenhaal s The Lost Daughter and Stephanie Allynne and Tig Notaro s Am I Ok? .
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Dakota Johnson to star in Jane Austen s Persuasion adaptation
Johnson recently starred in the drama Our Friend , and will next be seen in Maggie Gyllenhaal s The Lost Daughter and Stephanie Allynne and Tig Notaro s Am I Ok? .
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LOS ANGELES: Jane Austen s heroine Anne Elliot is taking a chance on love again in cinema with Fifty Shades of Gray star Dakota Johnson all set to play the character from Persuasion in a Netflix adaptation.
Acclaimed theatre director Carrie Cracknell will make her feature directorial debut with the movie with Ron Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow set to adapt the novel for new age audiences, the streamer announced on Tuesday.
Washington [US], April 21 (ANI): American star Dakota Johnson has signed on to play the lead in Netflix's retelling of Jane Austen's novel 'Persuasion'.