Aline Brosh McKenna to Adapt ROCHESTER Graphic Novel for the Screen?

The Hollywood Reporter writes that The Devil Wears Prada writer Aline Brosh McKenna has signed on to adapt ROCHESTER, a graphic novel retelling of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, for the big screen.

Read the original report here.

Fox 2000 just acquired the rights to the graphic novel (Archaia Publishing). Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days of Future Past) is producing alongside McKenna.

ROCHESTER is a modern version of Charlotte Bronte's 1847 novel, which follows an orphan girl -- Jane Eyre -- who falls in love with Edward Rochester, who owns the estate where she eventually works as a governess.

McKenna has also written the screenplay for Kenneth Branagh's upcoming live-action adaptation of Cinderella and is working on the new film version of the musical Annie, as well as A Season in Central Park. Her other writing credits include: We Bought a Zoo, I Don't Know How She Does It, Morning Glory, 27 Dresses, Laws of Attraction and Three to Tango.

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