Sarah Polley and Grace Marks

Nancy Montgomery: Mary Harron will direct, according to Metro News. The story is inspired by the real-life murder case involving Grace Marks, an Irish immigrant and maid in Upper Canada. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sarah Polley is writing and producing the six-hour project, which will begin shooting in Ontario in August. She and stable hand James McDermott were convicted of the murders of their employer, Thomas Kinnear, and his housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery, in 1843. After 30 years in jail, she was exonerated. McDermott was hanged while Marks was sentenced to life imprisonment. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.