Michelle Williams to Play Charlotte Bronte

Oscar nominee Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain), is set to take the starring role in the movie Bronte, by Angela Workman.

The biopic will tell the life of classic author Charlotte Bronte, who wrote Jane Eyre.

The rest of the cast includes Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Imelda Staunton, Brian Cos and Ben Chaplin.

Workman wrote the script, and filming should be starting this year.