"Little Women" is set to make a return to the big screen with a new remake produced by Sony.

Oscar-nominated screenwriter Sarah Polley has been drafted in to adapt Louisa May Alcott's classic post-Civil War American tale, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The book was first published in 1868 and 1869 and was most recently adapted for screen in 1994 in a version starring Kirsten Dunst and Claire Danes. It follows the lives of four sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March.

Former Sony co-chairman Amy Pascal will act as producer.