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!