Matthew McConaughey returning to ‘A Time To Kill’ role for HBO sequel series
nme.comA Time To Kill for a new sequel miniseries.The Oscar-winner played defence attorney Jake Brigance in the hit 1996 film, which itself was based on the novel by John Grisham.The rights to the writer’s sequel novel A Time For Mercy have now been acquired by HBO, Deadline reports, with plans to produce an eight to 10-episode miniseries based on it and McConaughey in final negotiations to reprise his role.The original film follows Brigance as he defends a Black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, which turns the small town into a boiling pot of tension.A Time For Mercy sees the character in the middle of a divisive trial, acting as an attorney for a timid 16-year-old boy accused of murdering a local deputy..
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