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Posted on Tuesday, April 20th, 2021 by Hoai-Tran Bui Dakota Johnson better brush up on some Austen, as she’s about to play one of the author’s iconic heroines. Johnson is set to star in Netflix’s modern retelling of Jane Austen‘s  Persuasion, which tells the story of an “older” heroine who rekindles a romance with a former beau. Variety reports that Dakota Johnson is set to star in Netflix’s “modern, witty approach” to Jane Austen’s 1817 novel  Persuasion, the author’s final novel published six months after her death. The original novel tells the story of Anne Elliot...

Bollywood Hungama Bollywood Hungama News Network Netflix and MRC Film have partnered on  Persuasion with Dakota Johnson to star in the lead role. Acclaimed 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 directing debut. Based on the novel by Jane Austen, the film takes a modern, witty approach to a beloved story while still remaining true to the classic novel. The story is about Anne Elliot who is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities and living with her snobby fam...

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'.

Dakota Johnson to star in ‘Persuasion’. The 31-year-old actress is set to star in the upcoming Netflix and MRC Film production, which is based on the novel of the same name by Jane Austen. ‘Persuasion’ will be directed by theatre director Carrie Cracknell - who recently directed Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge in ‘Sea Wall/A Life on Broadway’ – in what will be her feature film directorial debut. Ron Bass and Alice Victoria are writing the screenplay, and Andrew Lazar and Christina Weiss Lurie are producing, while executive producers are Elizabeth Cantillon via her untitled MRC...