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‘A Time To Kill’ Sequel: HBO Developing Limited Series Adaption Of ‘A Time For Mercy’ With Matthew McConaughey Reprising Lead Role
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deadline.com25 years after playing the role that helped launch his career in A Time To Kill, Matthew McConaughey may be getting ready to make his return to the courtroom.
Sources tell Deadline, HBO has acquired the rights to the John Grisham novel, A Time For Mercy, the sequel to Grisham’s classic novel, and are developing it as a limited series with McConaughey in final negotiations to reprise the role of defense attorney, Jake Brigance.
Sources say the series would be 8-10 episodes with Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who served as Warner Bros. exec in the 90s when A Time to Kill was greenlit, is on to produce.HBO/WB TV had no comment.The original novel was set in Clanton, Mississippi and followed a fearless young lawyer as he defends a black man accused of
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