Greta Gerwig is picking up steam on her next project, which will see her dusting off a true classic: the Oscar nominee [1] has signed on to direct a new adaptation of Louise May Alcott's Little Women.

If you missed it in high school English, Little Women follows four sisters — Amy, Jo, Beth and Meg — during the Civil War era who live with their mother in Massachusetts. Their father is away, working as a travelling minister, and the family learns to lean on each other while spending their first holiday without him. The novel has been adapted for film six times, as well as having inspired TV musicals, plays, and even operas.

Gerwig was originally on board to write the movie, but has since taken over as director with a pretty impressive cast reportedly in talks [2] (*cough* MERYL! *cough*). Keep reading to see who might be playing the March sisters in Gerwig's Little Women.

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep [3] is in talks to play family matriarch, Marmee March.

Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Ronan would play protagonist and second eldest sister, Josephine "Jo" March.

Emma Stone

Emma Stone [4] would play the eldest sister, Margaret "Meg" March.

Timothee Chalamet

Timothee Chalamet would play Jo's love interest, Laurie Laurence.