Michael Connelly

ABC Developing THE LINCOLN LAWYER TV Series

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: August 8th, 2011 at 8:18 pm

The Lincoln Laywer was a solid hit for Lionsgate, grossing over $85 million worldwide and surprising critics to the tune of 83% on Rotten Tomatoes.  Factor in recent success on home video and a renewable premise, and The Lincoln Lawyer is ripe for franchising.  First stop: TV!  Variety reports ABC has ordered a pilot script for a proposed drama series from Lincoln Lawyer screenwriter John Romano and Michael Connelly, the author of the source novel.

Connelly has written five novels about charismatic defense attorney Mickey Haller, so the writers won’t lack for inspiration at the outset.  The series likely won’t stray too far from your typical procedural — one case per week, solved at the end of the show.  The twist, of course, is Haller’s peculiar choice in offices: a Lincoln Town Car.  I assume Matthew McConaughey will not reprise his feature role on a weekly TV series.  His brand of charm could be hard to replicate, but it’s a plum lead role  for the actor who gets it.  I speak as if the project is going straight to series, when really only one script has been ordered.  But this seems like a sure thing.  I imagine we’ll hear more about The Lincoln Lawyer: The TV Series in the near future.

Read a synopsis of Connelly’s novel after the break.

Adaptations of Michael Connelly’s THE BLACK ICE and THE BLACK ECHO Move Forward

by CJ Simonson    Posted: March 25th, 2011 at 12:11 pm

For many, The Lincoln Lawyer has been a bit of a surprise hit. It received shockingly good reviews and is doing okay at the box office. So it makes sense that we’re seeing movement now on two more Michael Connelly adaptations: The Black Ice and The Black Echo. Deadline is reporting that those two novels, both written by Connelly who also penned the book The Lincoln Lawyer was based on, are being adapted for film by producers Soren Staermose and Ole Sondberg’s Swedish production company Yellow Bird. Yellow Bird is best known for it’s adaptation of the Swedish version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

All this comes off of the heels of Connelly suing Paramount for the rights of both books. Paramount has had the rights to both The Black Ice and The Black Echo since 1992, but has stalled the projects on numerous occasions. Both novels center around Connelly’s main character, LAPD detective Harry Bosch. The character has been at the center of 16 of Connelly’s novels and will hopefully be hitting the screen sometime in the near future.  Hit the jump for synopses of The Black Ice and The Black Echo.

First Teaser Trailer for THE LINCOLN LAWYER Starring Matthew McConaughey

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: November 19th, 2010 at 9:51 pm

More Lincoln news! Okay, not really. This one involves the towncar. Lionsgate has released the first teaser trailer for The Lincoln Lawyer, based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Michael Connelly.  The film stars Matthew McConaughey giving off a bit of an A Time to Kill vibe, along with Ryan Phillippe, Marisa Tomei, John Leguizamo, William H. Macy, Josh Lucas, and Michael Peña.  The plot revolves around a successful criminal defense attorney who does business from the back of a Lincoln Towncar.  He gets involved with a high profile case concerning a wealthy realtor from Beverly Hills (Phillippe).  Tommy Lee Jones was previously attached to direct and star in the film but dropped out over creative differences. Brad Furman (The Take) now directs from a script by John Romano (Nights in Rodanthe).  The Lincoln Lawyer will be released on March 18^th, 2011. Hit the jump to check out the trailer.

Tommy Lee Jones and Matthew McConaughey to Co-Star in THE LINCOLN LAWYER

by Michael Sullivan    Posted: October 13th, 2009 at 8:55 pm

Tommy Lee Jones is in talks to co-star and direct the adaptation of Michael Connelly’s novel “The Lincoln Lawyer,” about a Los Angeles lawyer who sets up shop in the back of his Lincoln. McConaughey will play Mickey Haller the hotshot lawyer, and though Jones’s role is unknown as of now, he looks to be playing the Beverly Hills playboy Haller must defend for murder. More on the project after the jump.

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