Kat Coiro To Direct & Exec Produce CBS’ ‘Matlock’ Reboot Pilot
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Kat Coiro (Marry Me) has been tapped to direct and executive produce CBS’ Matlock pilot, a gender-swap reboot of the classic legal drama starring Kathy Bates, from Jennie Snyder Urman and Eric Christian Olsen.
In Matlock, written by Jane the Virgin creator Urman and inspired by the classic TV series starring Andy Griffith, after achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock (Bates) rejoins the work force at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within.
Andy Griffith starred as the folksy lawyer on the original Matlock, which ran for six seasons on NBC and then another three seasons on ABC.
Coiro will exec produce the pilot only. Bates will executive produce the new Matlock, along with Urman, Joanna Klein, NCIS: Los Angeles star Eric Christian Olsen and John Will.
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