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Production is underway on Netflix’s new British Pride and Prejudice adaptation, in addition to the full core and extended cast being unveiled! First revealed back in April by Netflix itself but rumored throughout 2024, the series will consist of six episodes and be a faithful period drama to the acclaimed Jane Austen novel that has seen numerous adaptations over the years.
Behind the new series is Everything I Know About Love creator Dolly Alderton, who was attached to the project early on with Gentleman Jack and Last Tango in Halifax producer Lookout Point behind the project—BAFTA-winning director Euros Lyn to direct all six episodes.
Mona Qureshi, who joined Netflix from the BBC in 2022 and serves as one of Netflix UK’s drama series commissioners, said earlier this year, “We are delighted to be sharing this beloved British classic with our global audience. Pride and Prejudice is the ultimate romantic comedy. Dolly’s fierce intelligence and enormous heart, twinned with her genuine love of the Austen novel, mean she is able to bring new insights, whilst celebrating all that the generations of fans hold so dear. The calibre of a cast led by Emma, Jack, and Olivia is testament to this precious story being in the best possible hands with Euros Lyn and the team at Lookout Point at the helm.”
The Netflix Pride and Prejudice series boasts an impressive behind-the-scenes team, with executive producers including Dolly Alderton, Emma Corrin, Will Johnston, Laura Lankester, Euros Lyn, and Louise Mutter. Lisa Osborne serves as producer, with Peter Nightingale as line producer. The production design is led by Richard Bullock, while Amelia Crook takes on the role of production manager.
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Who is in the cast of Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice Series?
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The casting announcements have come in two waves thus far. On April 10th, Netflix unveiled the three main cast members:
- Emma Corrin (Nosferatu) will star as Elizabeth Bennet
- Famously played by Keira Knightley in the 2005 film and Jennifer Ehle in the 1995 TV series.
- Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Benediction) takes on Mr Darcy,
- Previously portrayed by Colin Firth (1995) and Matthew Macfadyen (2005).
- Olivia Colman (The Favourite, The Crown) will play Mrs Bennet
- Follows in the footsteps of Brenda Blethyn (2005) and Alison Steadman (1995).
Then on July 29th, as filming got underway, the full cast list was announced to the trades and on social media:
- Rufus Sewell (Old, The Diplomat) will portray Mr Bennet
- Freya Mavor (Skins, The Keeper) plays the eldest Bennet sister, Jane
- Rhea Norwood (Heartstopper) joins as Lydia Bennet
- Hopey Parish (Malpractice) will play Mary Bennet
- Hollie Avery (The Power) appears as Kitty Bennet
- Jamie Demetriou (Stath Lets Flats, The Afterparty) is cast as the bumbling Mr Collins
- Daryl McCormack (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande) stars as the charming Mr Bingley
- Siena Kelly (Adult Material) will portray his sister, Caroline Bingley
- Louis Partridge (Enola Holmes) plays the enigmatic Mr Wickham
- Fiona Shaw (Andor, Killing Eve) appears as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- Anjana Vasan (We Are Lady Parts) will play Mrs Gardiner
- Sebastian Armesto (Gangs of London) joins as Mr Gardiner
- Rosie Cavaliero (KAOS) plays Lady Lucas
- Saffron Coomber (Three Little Birds) portrays Mrs Hurst
- James Dryden (Time Bandits) is Mr Hurst
- Justin Edwards (The Franchise) appears as Sir William Lucas
- James Northcote (Fool Me Once) plays Colonel Forster
- Eloise Webb (The Queen’s Gambit) portrays Harriet Forster
- Isabella Sermon (Jurassic World: Dominion) takes on the role of Georgiana Darcy
Where is Pride and Prejudice in production?
Pre-production began on the Netflix series on May 6th, according to Production Intelligence from The Knowledge Online, with shooting starting on July 28th, 2025.
Per reports, the six-episode series will be in production for four months in total, meaning that it’ll wrap sometime in November 2025. The show is filming in and around London in the United Kingdom.
This is one of several adaptations Netflix has had in the works for Pride and Prejudice. Persuasion is the only adaptation that’s currently streaming, starring Richard E. Grant and Dakota Johnson with The Netherfield Girls with Maitreyi Ramakrishnan tapped to star announced back in 2020 having been quietly scrapped behind the scenes and a remix of the Jane Austen novel (titled Pride) by Ibi Zoboi was announced to be in the works in late 2024 at Netflix.
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