Nearly a year after Amazon MGM Studios announced their adaptation of Yesteryear, the movie finally has an update!

Anne Hathaway was announced to star in the upcoming movie, which is an adaptation of an upcoming novel by Caro Claire Burke. A year after initially being picked up by Amazon MGM Studios, there’s finally an update on the movie.

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Deadline announced that Yesteryear officially has a writer attached to the project.

Hannah Friedman, who is best known for writing on shows like Obi-Wan Kenobi and Willow, has been brought on board to write the upcoming movie adaptation.

Yesteryear tells the story of a social media influencer named Natalie who has millions of followers, a ranch she runs with her husband, and six children. What her followers don’t know is that her entire profile is carefully curated and things are far from what they seem. When Natalie wakes up transported back to the year 1805 and she’s forced to experience life on a real ranch, everything changes.

Anne nearly wasn’t cast in one of her most iconic roles.