One of
Stacey Abrams‘s novels is headed to the small screen.
The 47-year-old activist’s latest book, legal thriller “When Justice Sleeps”, is now being adapted for a television series with NBC Universal, according to Deadline.
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“When Justice Sleeps” was actually just published today and centers on Avery Keene, a brilliant young law clerk for the legendary Justice Howard Wynn, who is doing her best to hold her life together; excelling in an arduous job with the court while also dealing with a troubled family.
When the shocking news breaks that Wynn – the cantankerous swing vote on many current high-profile cases – has slipped into a coma, Avery’s life turns upside down. She is immediately notified that Wynn has left instructions for her to serve as his legal guardian and power of attorney.
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Failed gubernatorial candidate, possible illegal voter registration champ and former romance novelist Stacey Abrams is hitting the Hollywood circuit. NBCUniversal just announced a TV adaptation of Abrams’ latest crime novel.
The Hollywood Reporter wrote about the latest achievement from the former Georgia state representative, a crime drama novel called
While Justice Sleeps getting the freaking Hollywood treatment. Well, if that’s not a sign of the revolving door between lefty politics and the mainstream media, we don’t know what is.
Though we do have to comment on that book title. Considering Abram’s purported fraudulence in the past, the book should be named
11 May 2021
Stacey Abrams (D) is getting more love from Hollywood, this time in the form of a TV adaptation of her new novel,
While Justice Sleeps.
NBCUniversal International Studio’s Working Title Television will reportedly turn Abram’s legal thriller into a series, with Abrams serving as executive producer. No network or streamer has been announced for the show.
“After weathering the competitive storm to secure Stacey’s novel, we are elated to have come out on top,” said Tim Bevan, co-chairman of Working Title Television, in a statement sent to multiple news outlets. “This is one of those rare moments when the opportunity feels right, and we look forward to developing this thrilling project with the multi-hyphenate Abrams.”
Rosalind Bentley, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Stacey Abrams latest novel, While Justice Sleeps, feels modern until the protagonist comes home from a horrendous day and listens to annoying then menacing voicemails â left on a landline, attached to an answering machine, that beeps in between calls.
Why did she make such an anachronistic choice for the fictional 26-year-old U.S. Supreme Court law clerk at the heart of this sprawling thriller about the race to unravel a multinational conspiracy and save the life of one of the justices? I keep a landline and an answering machine, Abrams, 47, said. I keep a landline because if your service goes out, a landline still works. And I actually have a non-digital phone attached to one of my landlines.
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