Like the stories of Sherlock Holmes and Shakespeare's plays, DH Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover is a work of fiction that filmmakers just can't stop adapting for screens big and school, like a cheeky child trying to check it out of the library. Netflix has a version in the works with The Crown's Emma Corrin starring and we now know that Jack O'Connell will join her in the film.
Relative screen newcomer (and theatre veteran) Matthew Duckett is also aboard, with Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre in the director's chair and David Magee adapting the script. The story, in case you weren't aware, follows the life of Lady Chatterley (Corrin), a woman born to a life of wealth and privilege, who soon finds herself married to a man that she eventually falls out of love with (we're going to assume that's Duckett). Lady Chatterley engages in a torrid affair with a gamekeeper (surely O'Connell) on their English estate, discovering more desire and intimacy than she thought possible. When she realizes that she has fallen heart and soul, she breaks all traditions of the day and seeks happiness with the man she loves...
The aim is to shift the focus even more to Lady Chatterley herself, and is a product of the new deal between Sony and Netflix. The cameras will be rolling this autumn, but the film doesn't have a release date yet.