

Cracknell is represented by United Agents in the UK and UTA. Johnson is repped by WME and Untitled Entertainment. As a showcase for Dakota Johnson, it’s a letdown.

She will appear next in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter” and Stephanie Allynne and Tig Notaro’s “Am I OK?” Johnson recently starred in the drama “Our Friend” alongside Jason Segel and Casey Affleck. Grant in this fresh, witty take on Jane Austens novel. Executive producers include Elizabeth Cantillon via her untitled MRC Film Romance label, Michael Constable and David Fliegel. Dakota Johnson stars with Cosmo Jarvis, Henry Golding and Richard E. Persuasion starring Dakota Johnson Official Trailer Netflix Now Anne is alone, and her regrets only grow when Wentworth returns to the country as a wealthy naval captain. (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. 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”). Autumn de Wilde’s Emma, from 2020, was such a moreish delight it met Jane Austen’s. A separate production of “Persuasion” - starring “Succession” actor Sarah Snook - is currently in the works at Searchlight Pictures. 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. Starring: Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Richard E Grant, Henry Golding.
