Everything we know about the new Jane Eyre TV adaptation

The dust has barely settled on the discourse surrounding Emerald Fennell’s controversial Wuthering Heights adaptation and, now, a new Brontë feature is entering the chat.

Charlotte Brontë’s beloved 1847 novel, Jane Eyre, will reportedly receive a new television adaptation—its first since the 2006 series starring Ruth Wilson. The project will follow in the footsteps of several major onscreen adaptations; the most recent feature film released in 2011 and starred Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender.

Ahead, we break down everything we know about the forthcoming Jane Eyre series so far.

Who is in the cast?

Deadline reports that Aimee Lou Wood will star as the titular heroine, Jane Eyre. Wood has earned an Emmy and Golden Globe nomination for her performance as Chelsea in the third season of HBO’s The White Lotus. She previously appeared in Netflix’s high school dramedy series Sex Education.
Other major characters from the novel—including Mr. Rochester, St. John Rivers, Mrs. Reed, and Blanche Ingram—have yet to be cast.

Who is making the movie?

Working Title will produce the series while Succession screenwriter Miriam Battye will pen the script, per Deadline.

What is Jane Eyre about?

Jane Eyre is a Gothic romance novel that tells the coming-of-age story of its eponymous heroine, Jane, an orphan who undergoes abuse at the hands of her callous aunt as a child. As a young woman, Jane accepts a job as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a Gothic manor where she falls for her enigmatic employer, Mr. Rochester. When a mystery from his past tears them apart, Jane sets out to forge a meaningful and independent life.

Since the book’s publication in the late 19th century, Jane Eyre has been widely regarded as the first feminist novel, thanks to Brontë’s exploration of gender equality and social class.

This article originally appeared in harpersbazaar.com

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