Netflix and CBC have given the go-ahead for a six-hour miniseries adaptation based on Margaret Atwood’s novel, Alias Grace. This book was originally published back in 1996.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sarah Polley has signed on to serve as the screenwriter and a producer. Mary Harron has agreed to take the helm of this project. An air date has not yet been announced.
Here’s more from Deadline: “The story of Alias Grace follows Grace Marks, a poor, young Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who, along with stable hand James McDermott, was convicted of the brutal murders of their employer, Thomas Kinnear, and his housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery, in 1843. James was hanged while Grace was sentenced to life imprisonment. Grace became one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of 1840s Canada for her supposed role in the sensational double murder, and was eventually exonerated after 30 years in jail. Her conviction was controversial, and sparked much debate about whether Grace was actually involved in the murder, or merely an unwitting accessory.” (via The Mary Sue)