Matthew McConaughey to reprise ‘A Time to Kill’ position in HBO’s restricted sequence
2 min read By Express News Service
Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey has been tapped to return as lawyer Jake Brigance from A Time to Kill in HBO’s upcoming sequence primarily based on John Grisham novel A Time for Mercy. The ebook, revealed final yr, is a comply with as much as Grisham’s novels ‘A Time to Kill’ (1989) and ‘Sycamore Row’ (2013), each of which centred on Brigance.
McConaughey performed the position in 1996’s ‘A Time to Kill’ film adaptation, directed by Joel Schumacher. A Time for Mercy is being tailored as a restricted sequence that includes eight to 10 episodes. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who served as Warner Bros govt when A Time to Kill was greenlighted, is producing the upcoming challenge. No author or director is hooked up with the sequence but.
‘A Time to Kill’ adopted fearless younger lawyer Brigance as he defends a Black man accused of murdering two white males who raped his 10-year-old daughter. In A Time for Mercy, Brigance finds himself embroiled in a deeply divisive trial when the court docket appoints him lawyer for Drew Gamble, a timid 16-year-old boy accused of murdering a neighborhood deputy.
“Many want a swift trial and the death penalty, but Brigance digs in and discovers that there is more to the story than meets the eye. Brigance’s fierce commitment to saving Drew from the gas chamber puts his career and the safety of his family on the line,” the synopsis reads.
The challenge marks McConaughey’s return to HBO following his Emmy-nominated work as Rust Cohle in True Detective sequence.
