By Chris Evangelista/May 27, 2020 1:00 pm EST
Conelly also added that the coronavirus contributed to CBS passing on their own Lincoln Lawyer show. “It was a bit risky for them and they decided, in this environment, to not do any risky programming, and so they killed it basically,” he said. “It was a shock. I mean, we had actors set, we had directors set, we had sets being built. It was right on the precipice of becoming a reality when this happened. So it’s very disappointing.”
Published in 2005, The Lincoln Lawyer followed Mickey Haller, “a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car, traveling between the far-flung courthouses of Los Angeles to defend clients of every kind. Bikers, con artists, drunk drivers, drug dealers – they’re all on Mickey Haller’s client list. For him, the law is rarely about guilt or innocence, it’s about negotiation and manipulation. Sometimes it’s even about justice.” The book was previously adapted into a movie in 2011, starring Matthew McConaughey.
