Sources say HBO is meeting with writers to pen the series and add that no director is attached at this time either, so production is still a ways off. The novel was rejected by many publishers before Wynwood Press. This also marks the actor’s return to HBO after following his Emmy-nominated work as Rust Cohle in the hit series True Detective. A Time to Kill is a 1989 legal thriller and debut novel by American author John Grisham. As for the decision to go the limited series route rather than make it into a film, the decision was made to allow the whole story to unfold and dive deeper into all the characters involved in the book rather then cut corners in a two-hour movie. In each one-hour episode of A Time to Kill, determined investigators must piece together events during this critical window to reconstruct the timeline, unlock the motive, and ultimate. There never was a discussion to adapt that book, but when Grisham made it be known that a third Brigance novel was on its way in 2020, McConaughey was drawn to the idea of returning to the role that helped launch his career.Īlthough McConaughey has spent a lot of past year promoting his memoir Greenlights on his social media, he did take time in the fall to promote A Time for Mercy on his Instagram prior to its release, giving many fans hope that they one day would see him reprise the role, not knowing that Oscar winner already was in talks to make his return. Documentary Crime The key to solving the toughest homicides lies somewhere in the final hours of a victim's life. A Time for Mercy actually is the third book of Grisham’s to feature the Brigance character, with the second being 2013’s Sycamore Row. Parents need to know that A Time to Kill is a drama set in Mississippi about a white lawyer (Matthew McConaughey) who defends a black man (Samuel L.
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