Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions released a new trailer for Love & Friendship. The film reunites stars Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny with director Whit Stillman, who directed them on The Last Days of Disco in 1998.
Beckinsale stars as Lady Susan Vernon Martin, a manipulative, vibrant and charming woman who is in search of her next husband, after having used up every penny of her late husband’s fortune. However, she’s also trying to marry off her daughter named Alicia Johnson (Sevigny). The film is an adaptation of an early Jane Austen novella, Lady Susan.
Xavier Samuel, Stephen Fry and Emma Greenwell round out the cast. The film is a U.S.-European co-production with Ireland, France, Netherlands and London’s Protagonist Pictures.
Beckinsale is currently filming Underworld 5 alongside Theo James, Bradley James and Charles Dance. Anna Foerster will make her directed debut. She’s also set to direct Source Code 2 and Secret Hunter.
Watch the trailer below: