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TV News: ABC Announces Plan For Series Based on ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’
CHICAGO – While news of ABC ending “Desperate Housewives” has spread, the entertainment group has announced that plans have been made to develop “The Lincoln Lawyer” into a drama series. Calling for a pilot script to be created, ABC appears to see some potential in a possible series after the success of the feature film and book series about a lawyer who conducts his business out of his Lincoln town car.
The film, which premiered last March 18 (and was released last month on Blu-ray and DVD), released to somewhat positive reviews (including a 3 out of 5 review from Hollywood Chicago’s Brian Tallerico) while grossing $85 million worldwide. In a role that required him to keep his shirt on, Matthew McConaughey played the savvy Mick Haller in a screenplay that was adapted from the first book in the five novel series about the lawyer.
Michael Connelly, the author of “The Lincoln Lawyer” book series, is set to help write the pilot script along with the screenwriter from “The Lincoln Lawyer” film, John Romano. The series is said to be a drama where the Haller character will work on a new case week by week a la “Law and Order.”
With the pilot just starting off in writing production, no one has yet signed on to play Mick Haller or any of the other characters that appear in the book series.
The drive to bring “The Lincoln Lawyer” to television may stem from the success of the film, but also the concept that the books adapt better in the ongoing television format rather than the single set time frame of a feature film. The adaptation to television instead of the silver screen has been seen recently in “Dexter,” “Game of Thrones,” “The Walking Dead,” “Gossip Girl,” “True Blood,” and “Boardwalk Empire.”
While nothing can be certain, “The Lincoln Lawyer” book series also features Haller’s half-brother, Detective Harry Bosch, as a featured subject. If the television series is a success, a spin-off show could be in order for the detective.
By TIM MARTENS
Contributing Writer
HollywoodChicago.com