Jacki Weaver signs on to Broadchurch remake: Gracepoint Broadchurch starred David Tennant, left, who will also star in Gracepoint. Australian acting legend Jacki Weaver has been cast in the American remake of the hit British television drama Broadchurch. The remake will be titled Gracepoint. Broadchurch was one of the United Kingdom's breakout dramas this year, which drew strong audience numbers and wide critical acclaim, including in Australia. Jacki Weaver to star in Gracepoint. Its success sparked immediate interest from the content hungry United States market, where remakes have become golden TV currency. Other European and Australian remakes drawing interest are The Killing, The Bridge and the new Sony series Rake. Weaver joins British actor David Tennant, who starred in the original series and is playing the same role in the US remake. Breaking Bad actress Anna Gunn is also in the series. The US adaptation is being co-produced by the American arm of Shine, the production company founded by media heiress Elisabeth Murdoch, and British production company Kudos. In the series Tennant plays a detective who investigates a murder which threatens to tear a small community apart. Weaver will play a woman described as a "glowering, mysterious woman who is new in town." British screenwriter Chris Cibnall, who penned the original Broadchurch, is writing Gracepoint.