On the heels of Wuthering Heights scoring solid global box office returns, another adaptation of a novel by a Brontë sister is in the offing.
Working Title is developing a series based on Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, with Aimee Lou Wood (The White Lotus, Sex Education) set to play the title character. Miriam Battye (Succession) is adapting the novel, which follows the title character’s life from childhood through a number of ups and downs, including a star-crossed love with Edward Rochester.
The project doesn’t have an outlet attached yet, but sources say Working Title in in talks with a U.K. broadcaster about picking up Jane Eyre.
First published in 1847, Jane Eyre has been adapted dozens of times in the past — as a stage play, in feature films and on television. Recent takes on the novel include a 2011 feature starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender, directed by Cary Fukunaga, and a 2006 BBC miniseries with Ruth Wilson as Jane.
Wood earned Emmy, Actor Award and Golden Globe nominations for her work on season three of The White Lotus. She was a regular on Netflix’s Sex Education and recently filmed director Marc Forster’s Anxious People with Angelina Jolie and Jason Segel. She’s also set to play Pattie Boyd, the British model and photographer and wife of George Harrison (played by Joseph Quinn), in Sam Mendes’ quartet of Beatles biopics.
Battye’s writing credits also include Prime Video’s 2023 series Dead Ringers and Apple TV and A24’s forthcoming show The Husbands, starring Juno Temple.
Deadline first reported the news.
