The Age of Innocence is joining Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility on screen as Netflix announces a new limited series

Netflix has announced the cast for its new adaptation of The Age of Innocence based on the 19th Century classic novel by Edith Wharton. The romantic drama will have Emma Frost (Shameless) as showrunner and executive producer. Shannon Murphy (Dying for Sex), Lisa Bruhlmann (Killing Eve) and Natalia Leite (The Handmaid’s Tale) have been confirmed as directors.

Who will be in The Age of Innocence and what it it about?

It follows a passionate and heartrending will-they-or-won’t-they love triangle while exploring themes of freedom, duty, identity, and love in all its forms. The new take promises to be true to Wharton’s novel but will speak to a new generation as it traverses the ballrooms and bedrooms of its young characters, asking what is love — and what is lust. And should we ultimately be driven by our heads, or by our hearts?

Wharton’s The Age of Innocence made history when it was first published in 1920, earning its author the first Pulitzer Prize for Fiction awarded to a woman. Since then, the book has cemented itself in the American canon and has inspired numerous adaptations. Martin Scorsese filmed the novel in 1993, earning the original text a new generation of fans alongside numerous accolades — including five Academy Award nominations and one win.

Camila Morrone (Daisy Jones & the Six), Kristine Froseth (The Buccaneers), Ben Radcliffe (Anatomy of a Scandal) and Margo Martindale (The Americans) are known to be starring in the Netflix series, with more to be announced.

The release date is yet to be announced, but the latest Pride and Prejudice is set to release in 2026 possibly in the same year as the new adaptation of Sense and Sensibility.