EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Charlie Matthau has acquired the Hillary Manton Lodge novel Jane of Austin: A Novel of Sweet Tea and Sensibility which he’ll develop and produce as a TV series.Jane of Austin is a reworking of Sense and Sensibility, but set in modern Austin, Texas.
A search for a writer is also underway.Jane of Austin follows sisters Jane (19) and Celia (28) who find themselves forced out of their San Francisco tea shop just a few years after their father’s business scandal shatters their lives.
Celia insists they move to Austin, Texas with their kid sister Margot to start over again. But life in Austin isn’t all sweet tea and breakfast tacos.
Their unusual living situation is challenging and unspoken words begin to fester between Jane and Celia. When Jane meets and falls for up-and-coming musician Sean Willis, the chasm grows deeper.
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