According to the Hollywood Reporter, Maria Bello, Hugh Dancy, Emily Blunt, Amy Brenneman, Maggie Grace, Jimmy Smits and Kevin Zegers have all joined the cast of the project. The full-length feature film was adapted from the book by Karen Joy Fowler. Mockingbird Pictures will produce and Sony Pictures Classics will distribute the film.
The story follows a group of Californians who join a book club to discuss the works of author Jane Austen. After several meetings, the group begins discussing their personal and marriage problems.
Maria Bello will play Jocelyn, a woman who has never been married, who is the best friend of Julia (Brenneman). Julia’s long-term marriage recently ended.
Filming for The Jane Austen Book Club begins this week in Los Angeles.