Daisy Edgar-Jones has just been announced as Elinor Dashwood in an upcoming film adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility to be produced by Focus Features (the company that brought us the 2005 Pride & Prejudice adaptation with Keira Knightley). We just had to talk about this latest period drama news and casting update.

We share our thoughts on how this new version will hold up to the iconic 1995 movie that starred Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet as the Dashwood sisters and the 2008 BBC miniseries that is lovely and underrated. Whoever gets cast will have big shoes to fill!

Will this spark a new generation of Jane Austen and period drama fans? Should we be excited or worried?