Sydney Sweeney to headline feature adaptation of Edith Wharton’s The Custom of the Country

Sydney Sweeney has lined up her next literary adaptation, signing on to both star in and produce a feature film based on Edith Wharton’s 1913 novel The Custom of the Country.

The project is being developed by StudioCanal in association with Rabbit’s Foot Films, with Josie Rourke, best known for Mary Queen of Scots, set to direct from her own screenplay. The story centres on Undine Spragg, portrayed by Sweeney, a determined young woman from the Midwest who arrives in New York City at the dawn of the 20th century with her sights firmly set on social ascension.