Many in Clanton want a swift trial and the death penalty, but Brigance sees it another way. Now, in A Time for Mercy, Jake is the court-appointed lawyer for Drew Gamble, a young man accused of murdering a local deputy. It established Jake as a classic American hero - a lawyer who sought truth and justice at all costs, even when his life and reputation were on the line.īrigance returned in 2013's Sycamore Row, in which he once again found himself embroiled in a deeply divisive trial. John Grisham's A Time to Kill is one of the most popular novels of our time. This time he's at the epicentre of a sensational murder trial that bitterly divides the citizens of Clanton, Mississippi. Sources say HBO is meeting with writers to pen the series and add that no director is attached at this time either, so production is still a ways off.Jake Brigance, the protagonist of John Grisham's classic legal thriller A Time to Kill, is back. This also marks the actor’s return to HBO after following his Emmy-nominated work as Rust Cohle in the hit series True Detective. As for the decision to go the limited series route rather than make it into a film, the decision was made to allow the whole story to unfold and dive deeper into all the characters involved in the book rather then cut corners in a two-hour movie. There never was a discussion to adapt that book, but when Grisham made it be known that a third Brigance novel was on its way in 2020, McConaughey was drawn to the idea of returning to the role that helped launch his career.Īlthough McConaughey has spent a lot of past year promoting his memoir Greenlights on his social media, he did take time in the fall to promote A Time for Mercy on his Instagram prior to its release, giving many fans hope that they one day would see him reprise the role, not knowing that Oscar winner already was in talks to make his return. A Time for Mercy actually is the third book of Grisham’s to feature the Brigance character, with the second being 2013’s Sycamore Row.
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