Ronan, Macfadyen, Macdonald, Riseborough, Williams, Gleeson Join ANNA KARENINA

Joe Wright‘s first venture into action world was a success, with Hanna, but it’s not Joe Wright if he doesn’t find himself back into the arms of drama again. Via The DailyMail, thesps Saoirse Ronan, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Andrea Riseborough, Olivia Williams and Domhnall Gleeson have joined Keira Knightley, Aaron Johnson and Jude Law in Wright’s next gig, ANNA KARENINA..

ANNA KARENINA adaptation for Working Title, starring Keira Knightley, to be directed by Joe Wright (Pride And Prejudice, Atonement). Based on Tostoy’s 19th century novel about “a married woman who becomes a social outcast when she has an affair with an aristocrat”. Screenplay is by Tom Stoppard
Keira Knightley plays the title character
Jude Law plays the husband
Aaron Johnson plays her younger lover Vronsky
Matthew Macfadyen plays brother Prince Stepan Oblonsky
Kelly Macdonald plays Oblonsky’s wife, Dolly
Saoirse Ronan plays Dolly’s sister, Kitty.
Olivia Williams plays Countess Vronskaya, Johnson’s character’s mother.
Domhnall Gleeson plays Levin, an acquaintance of the family
Andrea Riseborough plays Princess Betsy
Production starts this September in Russia and the United Kingdom