Aimee Lou Wood to Star in ‘Jane Eyre’ Series From Working Title
Brontë fever has officially hit Hollywood.
Following the success of Emerald Fennell’s bodice-ripping take on Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights,” Aimee Lou Wood is set to lead a series adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s “Jane Eyre” from Working Title. “Succession” writer Miriam Battye is penning the script and a U.K. broadcaster is in advanced talks to board the project.
The 1847 novel — which was considered revolutionary for its first-person narrative style and approach to class, sexuality and female independence — follows the titular heroine as she grows into adulthood and falls for the brooding Mr. Rochester. The last major TV