First look images reveal David E. Kelley’s Netflix series adaptation of The Lincoln Lawyer. Matthew McConaughey played unorthodox attorney Mickey Haller in the 2011 film based on Michael Connelly’s novel. For the upcoming Netflix show based on the second book in Connelly’s Lincoln Lawyer series, Haller is played by The Magnificent Seven’s Manuel Garcia-Rulfo.
Taking over for a performer as well-known as McConaughey may indeed be a daunting task for Garcia-Rulfo to tackle, but he’ll have great support from executive producer Kelley, who of course has loads of hit shows to his name including renowned legal dramas like L.A. Law, The Practice and Boston Legal. In addition to Garcia-Rulfo, Kelley’s Lincoln Lawyer stars Scream’s Neve Campbell as Haller’s ex-wife Maggie McPherson (the role played by Marisa Tomei in the 2011 film adaptation), along with Becki Newton, Jazz Raycole and Angus Sampson. The cast is rounded out by Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Christopher Gorham, Krista Warner, Michael Graziadei and Jamie McShane.
Now potential fans can get an early look at Garcia-Rulfo, Campbell and several other main Lincoln Lawyer cast members via a series of first look images from Netflix. The spoiler-free pictures also give a taste of the show’s sunny Los Angeles locations. See the images in the space below:
Kelley’s take on The Lincoln Lawyer was of course supposed to be delivered a year ago but COVID-related delays put principal photography on hold until March of 2021, with filming continuing until August. Indeed the show’s path to the screen was rocky even before these delays, as it was at one point dropped by original network CBS, leaving Netflix to pick up the ball. The Lincoln Lawyer season 1 is set to run for 10 episodes on the streamer, with The Good Wife writer Ted Humphrey serving as showrunner. It remains to be seen if more seasons will follow, but there are in fact five books centered on the exploits of Mickey Haller, so the potential is there for the show to continue beyond season 1.
Unfortunately for fans of the larger universe of Connelly’s novels, the author has already confirmed that Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller’s half-brother Harry Bosch of Bosch series fame will not be making an appearance on the new show, as Amazon holds the rights to that character. Indeed the cult success of Bosch on Prime Video is likely a big part of why Netflix decided to go ahead with their own Connolly-verse show. Of course it helps to have Kelley and his sterling small-screen track record behind the new series as well. The Lincoln Lawyer arrives on Netflix on May 13, 2022.
Source: Netflix