After a dismal fall, NBC is pinning its hopes for a ratings turnaround on a slew of midseason series. One of them is legal drama The Firm, based on the John Grisham bestseller, which the network acquired in the spring. The series, premiering Sunday, continues the story of attorney Mitchell McDeere a decade later. Writer-executive producer Lukas Reiter said that author Grisham was on board from the very beginning, liking the idea of doing a new chapter in the McDeere story. ?He really didn?t (have reservations),? said Reiter, a former co-executive producer of NBC?s Law & Order.� ?I have been writing legal drama for most of my career, and The Firm has always been at the top of my list. Why didn?t John Grisham continue the story? I had a thought about how we might do that.” He added that writers and lawyers have one thing in common: ?The ability to think about the same thing for an irrational amount of time.? Asked by Deadline after the session for his thoughts on being part of NBC?s ?complete rebuilding mode,? as chairman Bob Greenblatt called it earlier today, Reiter said: ?It?s exciting that anyone would think of the show as getting to contribute to the next phase of what NBC is up to.? In 1993, Grisham’s novel was adapted into a feature starring Tom Cruise. On the series, the role is being played by Josh ... Read More »Source: http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/nbcs-the-firm-to-homage-tom-cruises-performance-in-1993-movie/
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