USA Network has cast its star for the reboot of John Grisham’s The Rainmaker.
mad Men Former director John Slattery will lead the yet-to-be-announced cast of the Lionsgate Television and Blumhouse Television drama, which includes Grisham, along with writer Michael Seitzman (Code Black, intelligence), Jason Richman (Stumptown, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon), David Gernert and Jason Blum serve as executive producers. Richman and Seitzman co-wrote the pilot.
Slattery plays Leo F. Drummond, one of Grisham’s most famous characters, a legendary lion of the courtroom and senior partner at Tinley Britt, the powerful firm that Rainmaker Protagonist Rudy Baylor appears.
The logline reads: “Rudy Baylor, fresh out of law school, goes head to head with legal tycoon Leo Drummond (Slettery) and his law school girlfriend. Rudy, along with his boss and her unkempt paralegal, uncover two interconnected conspiracies surrounding the mysterious death of their client’s son.”
The series order for a Rainmaker Restart, like THR As previously reported, this is USA Network’s first non-shared scripted series since 2020. The cable channel, home of former hits Suits And White collar – which is experiencing a resurgence thanks to Netflix – was previously the most-watched cable channel for 12 years in a row.
The Rainmaker The series comes after Lionsgate and Blumhouse recently partnered on a multi-picture film deal, with Blumhouse reimagining horror classics from the Lionsgate library.
Slattery’s television appearances include Mrs America, The Good Fight, 30 Rock, Documentary Now, Arrested Development, Sex and the City, Veep And K-StreetHe was nominated four times for his role as Roger Sterling. mad Menand received a Critics’ Choice nomination for his guest appearance in Wet, hot American summer: first day at camp. His film roles include Tom McCarthy’s Oscar-winning Headlights, ant Man, Iron Man 2, Flags of Our Fathers And Trafficamong other things.
On Broadway, he played the lead role in the Pulitzer Prize-winning rabbit holea revival of betrayal and more recently Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s The front page alongside Nathan Lane. He directed episodes of Mad Men, Judd Apatow’s Love and the functions God’s Bag And Maggie Moore with Jon Hamm and Tina Fey.
Slattery is repped by Gersh and Sloane Offer Weber and Dern.
