Matthew McConaughey is set to star in a sequel to A Time to Kill, the movie that helped launch his career back in 1996.
According to Deadline, HBO has acquired the rights to A Time for Mercy, the sequel to the John Grisham novel that A Time to Kill was based on. However, this time around, the novel is set to be adapted into a limited series rather than a movie.
In A Time to Kill, McConaughey plays Jake Brigance, a young lawyer defending a Black man (Samuel L. Jackson) who's accused of murdering two white men who raped his young daughter. The courtroom drama also stars Sandra Bullock and Kiefer Sutherland.
In the follow-up novel, A Time for Mercy sees Brigance appointed to defend a 16-year-old boy accused of murdering a local deputy. The divisive case puts both Brigance's career and the safety of his family at risk.
After his leading role in A Time to Kill, McConaughey had a change of pace and went on to star in several '00s rom-coms like The Wedding Planner, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, and Failure to Launch. More recently, he's starred in movies like the mystery thriller Serenity and Guy Ritchie's action comedy The Gentlemen.
While we wait for A Time for Mercy to hit the small screen, make sure you've caught up on the best TV shows of 2020 first.
