In 1996 Adapted by John Grisham A time to kill it was an important milestone in the career of Matthew McConaughey (even if, ultimately, his role as crusader lawyer Jake Brigance was overshadowed by a too-Ascendant Samuel L. Jackson). Before A time to kill, McConaughey was primarily known for playing Stunned and confusedis statutory skeevy Wooderson, but Joel Schumacher’s legal drama opened the door to any number of charismatic lawyer roles, Lincoln or whatever, for his young star, who helps start a now completely Oscar – winning career.
Now, McConaughey repeats the role that helped launch that early rise, with Variety reports that the True Detective The star returns to HBO for a television adaptation of the third Grisham Brigance’s novel A time of mercy. As with A time to kill, Thanks (published last year) focuses on a legal case that is less about revealing a complicated criminal mystery, and much more about the circumstances of the victims and the ways in which they are perceived by the legal apparatus. In this case, that means focusing on a young man who shot and killed his mother’s deputy sheriff’s boyfriend, as the man abused his mother, his teenage sister, and himself. To quote the Grisham-ese from the book’s synopsis:With clients and friends leaving Jake, he sees his practice slip away. Can you save your young client … in all likelihood? ” (Probably.)
There is still no word on who will write or produce the series, but we are likely to imagine McConaughey’s presence. drive a lot of interest in the project.