Get Your First Look at Lily James in Netflix's 'Rebecca' Remake

Netflix is looking to bring a whole new generation to Manderley again with its sumptuous looking new adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's classic novel Rebecca. The original film, released eighty years ago, was directed by none other than Alfred Hitchcock, won the Academy Award for Best Picture and garnered Oscar nominations for all its lead actors, including Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, and Judith Anderson. So, to say this new version of the film has some big shoes to fill is something of a (massive) understatement.

But Netflix is certainly swinging for the fences with this attempt, stacking its remake with an all-star cast that includes Lily James, Artie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ann Dowd and more. And if these recently released first-look images are any indication, it appears that we are all in for one sumptuous ride.

Downton Abbey alum James is playing the unfortunate "second Mrs. de Winter" who, upon arriving at her new husband’s estate, finds herself living in the shadow of Maxim De Winter’s first wife, the titular Rebecca. In the novel, the new Mrs. de Winter is our POV character and the reader's guide into the strange and, quite frankly, weird world of Manderley. Here, James herself will have to perform a similar role, playing a character who is kind and sweet, but more than a little naive. (James, if you ask me, is absolutely perfect for this part.)