Wednesday, July 26, 2017

SARAH GADON WOULD RATHER BE A MURDERESS THAN A MURDERER IN 'ALIAS GRACE' 19TH CENTURY SET MINI SERIES FROM MARGARET ATWOOD

'ALIAS GRACE' TRAILER FOR
SARAH GADON MINI SERIES
While some of you are enjoying the new television version of The Handmaid's Tale, another of Margaret Atwood's small screen adaptations ALIAS GRACE has just got a brand new trailer
The series will first air in Canada in September and after that on Netflix
for the mini series that will launch September 25th at CBC in Canada and then on Netflix November 3rd.
A 19TH CENTURY MYSTERY
The six part mini series follows Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon) a poor, young Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who, along with stable hand James McDermott (Kerr Logan), was convicted
Sarah Gadon played Luke Evans' wife in Dracula movie
of the brutal murders of their employer and his housekeeper in 1843. James was hanged while Grace was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1843. Grace claimed to have had no memory of the murder yet the
Zachary Levi also stars in the 19th century set series
facts were irrefutable. A decade after, Dr. Simon Jordan tried to help Grace recall her past. Grace was one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of her time for her supposed role in the sensational
Edward Holcroft plays the doctor in the series
double murder, but 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
Sarah Polley both directed and wrote the series
unwitting accessory. Zachary Levi is also in the cast alongside Reign's Michael Therriault and Edward Holcroft as the doctor! Atwood has a cameo in the series!

6 comments:

  1. Atwood had a cameo in "The Handmaid's Tale" too.

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    1. writers seem to like doing that. It happened in Poldark and Outlander as well

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  2. That looks like it will be a dark series.

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  3. I'll be looking forward to this one this fall. I do like a good murder mystery story.

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