"John Adams" scribe turns to polygamy project

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Kirk Ellis, the Emmy-winning scribe of the HBO miniseries "John Adams," has been hired to write "Escape," starring Katherine Heigl.

The independently financed project tells the true story of Carolyn Jessop, who after years of being in a forced polygamous marriage escaped from the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints with her eight children. Ellis will adapt Jessop's book.

Ellis' credits also include the TNT miniseries "Into the West" and ABC's "Anne Frank: The Whole Story."

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