Greta Gerwig debuts the first Little Women trailer.
The first look of Gerwig’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic dropped Tuesday.
“We wanted [the trailer] to feel like the movie feels, which is both classical and fresh,” Gerwig tells PEOPLE. “We wanted it to feel light on its feet. And even though it does take place in the 19th century, we in no way wanted it to feel like it was something that was past. We wanted it to feel like it was present right now.”
The clip features Meg (Emma Watson), Jo (Saoirse Ronan), Beth (Eliza Scanlen), Amy (Florence Pugh), Marmee (Laura Dern), Aunt March (Meryl Streep), and Laurie (Timothée Chalamet).
Little Women is Gerwig’s sophomore directorial project following her 2017’s Oscar-nominated Lady Bird.
