The News Desk
New adaptations, casting news, and 250th-anniversary coverage — tracked and updated as each story develops. For our ranked take on adaptations already out, see the best Jane Austen adaptations.
July 5, 2026 · Updated July 5, 2026
Clueless Is Coming Back: What We Know About the Peacock Revival
Peacock is reviving Clueless, Amy Heckerling's beloved 1995 modernization of Emma, with Alicia Silverstone returning as Cher Horowitz — from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, the creators of The O.C. and Gossip Girl.
July 5, 2026 · Updated July 5, 2026
Sense and Sensibility (2026): What We Know About the New Film
Focus Features is releasing a new Sense and Sensibility in theaters, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones as Elinor Dashwood and Esmé Creed-Miles as Marianne — the first major theatrical version of the novel since Ang Lee's Oscar-winning 1995 film, arriving as part of Austen's 250th anniversary wave.
July 5, 2026 · Updated July 5, 2026
The Other Bennet Sister: BritBox's Mary Bennet Spinoff, Explained
BritBox is adapting Janice Hadlow's novel The Other Bennet Sister into a 10-episode series starring Ella Bruccoleri as Mary Bennet — Pride and Prejudice's overlooked, bookish middle daughter, reimagined as the protagonist of her own romantic story.
July 1, 2026 · Updated July 24, 2026
Pride and Prejudice (2026): Cast, Release Date & Everything We Know
Netflix's six-part Pride and Prejudice stars Emma Corrin as Elizabeth Bennet, Jack Lowden as Mr. Darcy and Olivia Colman as Mrs. Bennet, written by Dolly Alderton and directed by Euros Lyn. Filmed in Derbyshire, London and East Sussex from July 2025; a teaser landed in February 2026 ahead of a Fall 2026 premiere.
June 15, 2026 · Updated July 5, 2026
'Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius' — What the BBC Documentary Covers
Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius is a BBC documentary examining how a clergyman's daughter from rural Hampshire, published anonymously and modestly read in her own lifetime, became one of the most read novelists in the English language — tracing her life, her family, and her posthumous reputation.