USA Network has just announced that it has given a series order to new drama series The Rainmaker, which is based on the bestselling novel by John Grisham. The details provided in a Media Alert statement can be found below.
MEDIA ALERT: ‘THE RAINMAKER’
Status: Series order
Platform: USA Network
Genre: Drama
Studio: Lionsgate Television and Blumhouse TelevisionW/EP: Michael Seitzman (“Code Black,” “Intelligence”)
NW/EP: Jason Richman (“Stumptown,” “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon”)
NW/EP: John Grisham
NW/EP: David Gernert
NW/EP: Jason Blum
Logline: Fresh out of law school, Rudy Baylor goes head-to-head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond as well as his law school girlfriend. Rudy, along with his boss and her disheveled paralegal, uncover two connected conspiracies surrounding the mysterious death of their client’s son.
ON BACKGROUND
From Lionsgate Television and Blumhouse Television, “The Rainmaker” is based on the worldwide bestselling novel by John Grisham.
This comes as Lionsgate and Blumhouse recently teamed up on a multi-picture film deal with Blumhouse reimagining horror classics from the Lionsgate library.
Jason Richman and Michael Seitzman co-wrote the pilot.
Seitzman is repped by WME and Paul Hastings.
Richman is repped by CAA, Fuel Filmworks and Sloane Offer Weber & Dern.
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