Renée Zellweger is taking on a new project. The 55-year-old actress is set to star in and executive produce Jane Smith, a legal thriller drama, Deadline reports.
The project is based on the bestselling novel 12 Months to Live by James Patterson and Mike Lupica.
It’s landed at Max for development with Ozark‘s Miki Johnson as writer and showrunner. Keep reading to find out more… Here’s a plot summary; “Jane Smith centers on a brilliant, tough, and darkly funny defense attorney in the Hamptons.
Up to this point, Jane (Zellweger) has only cared about winning; however, her world is completely turned upside down when, on the eve of the biggest case of her career, she is diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor.
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