Elizabeth Bennet and Mark Darcy could be coming to Netflix.
Deadline understands that a TV adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is in the works. We are told that Everything I Know About Love creator Dolly Alderton has written the scripts and casting is still yet to be ironed out. The project is in development and may not make it to screen.
If it does get greenlit, Pride and Prejudice will be Netflix’s first Austen adaptation since 2022’s Persuasion, which starred Dakota Johnson.
Many iconic Pride and Prejudice adaptations have been made down the years, including a movie with Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen in 2005 and the BBC’s version 10 years prior starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. The Knightley movie was recently added to Netflix’s library.
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