Re: TNT books Grisham pilot

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:28:03 -0500, weberm@xxxxxxxxxxx (Ubiquitous)
wrote:

>By Andrew Wallenstein
>Tue Aug 30, 2:34 AM ET
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>TNT is teaming with best-selling author John Grisham to develop an
>adaptation of his novel "The Street Lawyer."
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>The cable network is eyeing a four-hour "backdoor" pilot that could
>eventually end up as a series. The concept was once under consideration
>at ABC as a drama pilot in 2003, but the network ended up passing.
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>"Lawyer" centers on an Ivy League-bred attorney who leaves his cushy job
>at a white-shoe firm for a legal-aid post after being held hostage by a
>vengeful homeless man. Grisham would serve as an executive producer. TNT
>declined comment.
>

One of Grisham's silliest novels.

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