The Newest Adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma
First of all, for those who are unaware, Emma was originally a comedy written by the novelist Jane Austen. The premise of the novel, being the same as the film, is a young upper class socialite spends her free time trying to meddle in the romantic relationships of her friends and family. In playing matchmaker, however, she ends up causing all sorts of trouble for the people she cares about. This also isn’t the first time that novel has been adapted to film. The novel was adapted twice in the same year of 1996, one for theatrical release starring Gwyneth Paltrow, and a TV movie adaptation starring Kate Beckinsale. This upcoming adaptation plays off of the plot the same way that the two previous films did.
Emma tells the story of Emma Woodhouse, a woman that has no real equal in her sleepy little town. She must navigate the trials of romance when she misguidedly tries to play matchmaker, and she ends up just being meddlesome. The film takes place in Georgian- and Regency-era England and is meant to be a satire of social class at the time. The movie is supposed to also show us the pains of having to grow up and the missteps that are inevitably going to be there. The biggest question is whether or not Emma can figure out what true romance should be like.
Emma is being directed by Autumn de Wilde, and while this may be her first film, she has done photography work that has made its way into magazines such as Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and The New York Times. The movie stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, Josh O’Connor, Callum Turner, Rupert Graves, Gemma Whelan, Amber Anderson, Tanya Reynolds, and Connor Swindells. The producers of the movie are Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin. For anyone who wants to go and see the newest adaptation of Emma, the movie releases theatrically on February 21, 2020.