All rise for the honorable Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale, The Invisible Man, Us), who is leading the cast of Hulu‘s upcoming legal drama series Conviction. The project hails from House creator and The Good Doctor developer David Shore, with Moss and Shore executive producing alongside Warren Littlefield and Bert Salke, and others, via 20th Century Television.
What’s Conviction about?
Conviction is an adaptation of the Jack Jordan novel of the same name, whose other books, Redemption (2024) and Deception (2026), are also getting series adaptations. Shore will write the screenplay, which “centers on criminal Defense Attorney Neve Harper (Moss), a confident lawyer who finally has her shot at a career-making case: a high-profile murder where the husband is accused of killing his wife by setting their home on fire. But when a mysterious stranger begins blackmailing Neve, she is forced to compromise every legal, moral, and ethical obligation to gain an acquittal – or else risk her dark secrets being exposed,” according to Deadline‘s report.
Jordan’s Redemption project is in the works
While audiences wait for Conviction to come together, they can look forward to the adaptation of Jack Jordan’s Redemption. Curious to know what it’s about? Here’s a synopsis for Jordan’s novel via Amazon:
AARON has just been released from jail after causing the death of a boy in a hit-and-run. Now a free man, all he wants to do is leave his troubled past behind him. EVELYN, consumed by grief and rage, has been counting down the days until this moment. After eleven long years, she is finally able to exact the revenge her late son deserves. TOBIAS knows what his wife is planning, and as they embark on a breathless pursuit across the Nevada desert, he is determined to do everything he can to save her from herself.
Even if it means protecting the man who killed their son. Locked in a blood-soaked collision course, they’re about to find out what waits for them at the end of the road.
While I’ve not seen The Handmaid’s Tale, I’m a significant fan of Elisabeth Moss’s feature output. There’s something strangely haunting about her, and she brings gravitas to all her characters. I could picture her owning this upcoming Conviction role, as she performs exceptionally well under pressure. A writer’s room for Conviction is opening soon, with production beginning in June in New York.
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