1 of 4 | Daisy Edgar-Jones can now be seen in the trailer for "Sense and Sensibility." File Photo by Rocco Spaziani/UPI | License Photo

June 25 (UPI) -- Focus Features released the first 2 1/2-minute trailer for its upcoming film adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.

Set for a theatrical release Oct. 16, the early 19th century British drama will star Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles, Caitríona Balfe, George MacKay and Fiona Shaw.

The story follows the loves and losses of the Dashwood sisters after they are forced to give up their comfortable home and move elsewhere when their father dies, leaving them practically penniless.

Blue Jean filmmaker Georgia Oakley helmed the film from a script by Diana Reid.