Love and Friendship (Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny)

[KilloWertz]

Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny are set to appear in director Whit Stillman's latest project, Love and Friendship, an adaptation of Jane Austen novella Lady Susan.

Set in the 1790s, Love and Friendship centers on beautiful widow Lady Susan Vernon, who has come to the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst there, she decides to secure a husband for herself and her rather reluctant debutante daughter, Frederica.

The cast of Love and Friendship also includes James Fleet (The Phantom of the Opera), Tom Bennett (Shadow Dancer), Justin Edwards (Thor: The Dark World), and Jemma Redgrave (TV's Dracula).

The upcoming film does not yet have a preliminary theatrical release date, but shooting is set to begin in Ireland later this month.

Beckinsale and Sevigny initially appeared in Stillman's The Last Days of Disco, which is already out on Blu-ray courtesy of The Criterion Collection.