Fox Searchlight announced on Monday that principal photography is underway on director Thomas Vinterberg‘s adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Far From the Madding Crowd, starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge and Juno Temple. The script was written by David Nicholls, author and screenwriter of One Day and Starter for Ten.

Based on the literary classic, Far From the Madding Crowd is the story of beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene (Mulligan), who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak (Schoenaerts), a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy (Sturridge), a handsome and reckless military man; and William Boldwood (Sheen), a prosperous and mature bachelor. “I’m excited to be working with Fox Searchlight and this talented cast and crew,” says Vinterberg. “It’s a great privilege to bring such a wonderful piece of very English literature to the screen.”