Sense and Sensibility (2026, film)

Netflix is scheduled to release a new film adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, based on Jane Austen's novel of that name.

A trailer was released in late Jun, 2026, and the film is scheduled for theatrical release on October 16, 2026. Following the release of the trailer commentators compared what was known about the new adaptation with the most successful adaptation, so far -- the 1995 adaptation directed by Ang Lee, from a script by Emma Thompson. Thompson starred in the film, and was a producer, and the film won an Academy award.

plot

The plot of the movie is expected to follow Jane Austen's novel, where after the passing of their father, the three young Dashwood sisters, and their mother, have to leave the grand estate, where they had been growing up, because it was entailed on the half-brother they barely know. When their brother, the heir, does not honor his father's deathbed plea to take care of his half-sisters, they have to search for a new place to live.

Distant relatives offer them a much smaller house, a "cottage", Barton Cottage, in rural Exeter. There the two older sisters, Elinor, the practical, level-headed sister, and 16-year-old Marianne, the dreamy, impetuous sister, are in love in relationships that seem hopeless. Both young women experience deep unhappiness, and both young women do, eventually, marry a man who loves them, and who they love back.

cast

Actors cast in the 2026 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility include:

image	character's name	actor's name	character's age	actor's age	notes
	Elinor Dashwood	Daisy Edgar-Jones	19	28
	Marianne Dashwood	Esmé Creed-Miles	16	26
	Margaret Dashwood	Bodi Rae Breathaugh	13	16
	Fanny Dashwood	Stacy Martin	23-29	36
	Edward Ferrars	George MacKay	24	34
	John Dashwood	Tom Brooke	30	47
	John Willoughby	Frank Dillane	25	35
	Colonel Brandon	Herbert Nordrum	35	39
	Charlotte Palmer	Bethany Slater	20-25	25-29
	Sir John Middleton	Turlough Convery	40	35
	Mr. Palmer	[[]]	25-26
	Mrs. Dashwood	Caitríona Balfe		47
	Lucy Steele	Jade V. Robinson	23	?
	Mrs. Jennings	Fiona Shaw	50ish	67