Alias Grace News

The Toronto International Film Festival® Primetime programme, now in its third year, continues to gain traction in episodic programming with five powerful, dramatic and thought-provoking premieres from countries

Canada's filmmaking future is in good hands! The Toronto International Film Festival® unveiled today the 26 titles that make up the Festival's Canadian feature slate.

WGN America announced today that it has acquired the U.S. rights to the compelling original drama series BELLEVUE, starring Academy(R) and Golden Globe(R) winner Anna Paquin ('True Blood,' 'Roots'), who executive produces alongside creators/showrunners Jane Maggs ('The Offering') and producer/director Adrienne Mitchell ('Bomb Girls,' 'Durham County').

Inspired by the historical true story of convicted murderer Grace Marks and based on the award-winning novel by Margaret Atwood, here's a first look at the new six-hour miniseries ALIAS GRACE teaser video.

Netflix has debuted first look images from the new miniseries ALIAS GRACE, based on the award-winning novel by Margaret Atwood.

SYFY today announced that Comic-Con fan favorite Zachary Levi (“Chuck,” “Thor: The Dark World,” “Tangled”) will host the network's second annual SYFY PRESENTS LIVE FROM COMIC-CON, produced by Wilshire Studios.

Rivendell Theatre Ensemble (RTE), Chicago's only Equity theatre dedicated to producing new work with women at the core, announces the world premiere of Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood, adapted for the stage by Jennifer Blackmer, and directed by RTE Co-Founder Karen Kessler.

New York City Center today announced additional casting for the concert performances of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Sunday in the Park with George, October 24 through 26.

Muse Entertainment and Back Alley Film Productions have begun production in Montreal on the TV drama BELLEVUE, starring Academy® and Golden Globe® award-winning actress Anna Paquin (True Blood, Roots, Margaret, Alias Grace), Allen Leech (Downton Abbey, The Imitation Game, Rome) and Shawn Doyle (House of Cards, Big Love, Fargo)

Halfire Entertainment, CBC, and Netflix announced that cameras are rolling on the screen adaptation of Margaret Atwood's ALIAS GRACE. A

CBC, Muse Entertainment and Back Alley Film Productions today announced that Academy® and Golden Globe® award-winning actress Anna Paquin (True Blood, Roots, Margaret, Alias Grace) will star in BELLEVUE

Anna Paquin, Sarah Gadon and Zachary Levi have signed on for the six-hour minieseries ALIAS GRACE, to be broadcast on Netflix and the CBC.

Halfire Entertainment, CBC, and Netflix announced that award-winning actress Sarah Gadon (Indignation, 11.22.63, Enemy) is set to play Grace Marks in the screen adaptation of Margaret Atwood's ALIAS GRACE.

Halfire Entertainment, CBC and Netflix announced that production will begin on ALIAS GRACE, a six-hour miniseries inspired by the historical true story of convicted murderer Grace Marks and based on the award-winning novel by Margaret Atwood.

Jennifer Blackmer's adaptation of MARGARET ATWOOD'S novel ALIAS GRACE will begin February 26th at Strother Theatre at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. 

Sponsored in part by 4Culture, the 2015-16 season of Mirror Stage's popular Feed Your Mind staged reading series continues with The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, on February 6 & 7, 2016 at the Ethnic Cultural Theatre in Seattle's University District. Directed by Suzanne M. Cohen, Feed Your Mind: The Penelopiad features a multicultural cast of 13 women: Miski Ali, Angie Bolton, Ana Maria Campoy, Christi Cruz, Yadira Duarte, Alyssa Keene, Stephanie Kim-Bryan, Sneha Krishnan, Duygu Erdo?an Monson, Meenakshi Rishi, Meg Savlov, Naho Shioya, and Amber Wolfe.

Sponsored in part by 4Culture, the 2015-16 season of Mirror Stage's popular FEED YOUR MIND staged reading series traces a path from Jamestown, Virginia in 1676 to Hampton, Virginia in 1945, with a detour through Hades and Ancient Greece, exploring questions of racial and gender equity.

Sponsored in part by 4Culture, the 2015-16 season of Mirror Stage's popular FEED YOUR MIND staged reading series traces a path from Jamestown, Virginia in 1676 to Hampton, Virginia in 1945, with a detour through Hades and Ancient Greece, exploring questions of racial and gender equity.

Five playwrights from across the country have been selected to develop and present their plays as part of the 15th Seven Devils Playwrights Conference. These writers, selected from over 450 open submissions are: Robert Caisley, who will also serve as the 2015 Conference's Featured Playwright with his play The Open Hand, Jennifer Blackmer with her play Unraveled, Bernadine Cockey with her play Relative Madness, J. Joseph Cox with his play Koalas and Sara Jean Accuardi with her play <3.

Sarah Polley, the director the acclaimed films Away From Her, Take This Waltz and Stories We Tell, is to adapt Looking for Alaska, the debut novel from John Green, whose book The Fault in Our Stars has become a international phenomenon.