EXCLUSIVE: Hulu is developing Opposing Counsel, a legal drama based on Sheldon Siegel’s critically acclaimed book series, from Lauren Fields (The Flash), Morgan Faust (The Company You Keep, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow) and Rideback.
Written by Fields and Faust, Opposing Counsel is described as a character-driven legal prestigural set in modern-day San Francisco. The show centers on newly elected District Attorney Rosie Fernandez and her ex-priest-turned-defense-attorney husband Mike Daley as they navigate their marriage living on opposite sides of the law. Mike, Rosie and their teams of richly drawn colleagues regularly face off in court as they each fight for what they believe is right in an unpredictable legal climate. In season one, the couple is forced to face off in court when their best friend is accused of a brutal double homicide. What begins as a high profile murder trial becomes a collision course between marriage and justice-pushing them to their professional and personal limits.
Fields and Faust executive produce along with Jonathan Gabay, Jonathan Elrich and Michael LoFaso for Rideback.
The project is based on Siegel’s 17-book series; the first book titled Special Circumstances, which is a New York Times Bestseller.
Rideback, which is producing the project, is also producing the comedy Last Second Chance, based on a Japanese format, for Hulu, via 20th Television, from Corey Nickerson and Nahnatchka Khan.
Fields has written for Berlanti Productions’ The Flash, and a comic book for DC Comics (Earth-Prime #3). A USC Film & TV Production grad, Fields has had scripts advance for consideration in the Sundance Episodic Lab and Black List / WIF Feature Residency, as well as a short film screen at HollyShorts and WME as part of an upcoming directors’ showcase. She also has worked on series including, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Blindspotting, among others. Fields is repped by manager Abigail Palmer at Elevé Entertainment.
Faust most recently served as co-executive producer on ABC’s The Company You Keep and supervising producer on CW’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Additional credits include Gimme the Loot and Funny Ha Ha. Faust is repped by Steve Simons at The Shuman Company and Chase Northington at Paradigm Talent Agency.
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