Heather Marshall’s Book ‘Looking For Jane’ In The Works As Series From Celeste Parr, BentFrame Film & TV & Cineflix Studios
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Looking for Jane, the book by Heather Marshall, is getting the small-screen treatment. The project is in the works from BentFrame Film & TV, the Toronto-based production company run by Coroner exec producer Adrienne Mitchell, and Tehran and Reginald the Vampire producer Cineflix Studios.
Spanning six decades and multiple timelines, Looking for Jane tells the story of three women whose lives are bound together by a long-lost letter and a secret network of women fighting for the right to choose.
Inspired by the real-life Jane Collective that provided safe but illegal abortions under the constant threat of police raids and prison, the series comes around the 50th anniversary of the landmark Roe v.
Wade ruling, which was recently overruled. Parr recently wrote a screenplay for Ethel, a period musical drama and true story of conductor Ethel Stark.
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