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Bridges boards a previously set cast that includes Skye P. Marshall (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Good Sam), Jason Ritter (Parenthood), David Del Rio (Maggie), and Leah Lewis (Nancy Drew).
Senior is “the firm’s managing partner who has an indomitable presence thatimmediately alters the temperature of any room,” per the character’s description. “The man’s influencereaches far and wide, and although he loves his son, Julian (Ritter), hemight respect his daughter-in-law, Olympia (Marshall), more.”
The Matlock reboot follows Madeline”Matty” Matlock (Bates), a brilliant septuagenarian who achieved success in heryounger years and decides to rejoin the workforce at a prestigious lawfirm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to wincases. Matty is assigned to Olympia, a seniorattorney and key rainmaker with a thirst for justice. Olympia’sex-husband, Julian, the son of the head of the firm, isintrigued by Matty and her clever skills. As Matty endeavors toestablish herself in her new high-stakes world, she works alongside thefirm’s younger associates – the charismatic Billy (Del Rio) andthe uber-ambitious Sarah (Lewis).
CBS Studios (the Hawaii Five-0 and The Equalizer reboots) is producing the series executive produced by Bates, Jennie Snyder Urman (Charmed), Joanna Klein (Good Sam), Eric Christian Olsen (NCIS: Los Angeles) and John Will (Hulu’s Woke).
