The actress has been tapped to play a lead role opposite Matthew Rhys in HBO’s Perry Mason limited series. 

The series is set in 1932 Los Angeles when the city is booming while the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression. Rhys will star as the titular fictional criminal defense lawyer, during a time in the character’s life when he is living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, haunted by his wartime experiences in France. But when the case of the decade breaks down his door, Mason’s relentless pursuit of the truth reveals a fractured city and, just maybe, a pathway to redemption for himself.

According to Deadline, Maslany will play Sister Alice, the leader of the Radiant Assembly of God. Preaching three sermons a day to a hungry congregation and a radio audience that spans the country, she’s an entertainer, politician and God’s conduit to the City of Angels. Sister Alice wields great power when she speaks and plans to use it in ways only she can know.

The series hails from executive producers Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey under their Team Downey banner.

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The long-gestating project was first put into motion as a feature film starring Robert Downey Jr. Now that it’s a limited series and original scribe, Nic Pizzolatto has exited the project to focus on True Detective, the series will be penned by Weeds writers Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald. The series will be directed by Tim Van Patten (Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos).

Attached to star in the titular role is The Americans alum Matthew Rhys. This marks Rhys’ first TV project since starring on FX’s spy thriller. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series is based on the Erle Stanley Gardner novels but will focus on Mason’s origin story as a low-rent private investigator, haunted by his wartime experiences and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. But when a child is kidnapped, his pursuit of the truth may offer him a shot at redemption.

Here’s the official logline: “1932, Los Angeles. While the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression, this city is booming! Oil! Olympic Games! Talking Pictures! Evangelical Fervor! And a child kidnapping gone very, very wrong! Based on characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner, this limited series follows the origins of American Fiction’s most legendary criminal defense lawyer, Perry Mason. When the case of the decade breaks down his door, Mason’s relentless pursuit of the truth reveals a fractured city and just maybe, a pathway to redemption for himself.”

The original Perry Mason series aired from 1957-66 on CBS, and starred Raymond Burr.

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The actress has been tapped to play a lead role opposite Matthew Rhys in HBO’s Perry Mason limited series. 

The series is set in 1932 Los Angeles when the city is booming while the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression. Rhys will star as the titular fictional criminal defense lawyer, during a time in the character’s life when he is living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, haunted by his wartime experiences in France. But when the case of the decade breaks down his door, Mason’s relentless pursuit of the truth reveals a fractured city and, just maybe, a pathway to redemption for himself.

According to Deadline, Maslany will play Sister Alice, the leader of the Radiant Assembly of God. Preaching three sermons a day to a hungry congregation and a radio audience that spans the country, she’s an entertainer, politician and God’s conduit to the City of Angels. Sister Alice wields great power when she speaks and plans to use it in ways only she can know.

The series hails from executive producers Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey under their Team Downey banner.

The post Tatiana Maslany Joins HBO’s “Perry Mason” appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

The long-gestating project was first put into motion as a feature film starring Robert Downey Jr. Now that it’s a limited series and original scribe, Nic Pizzolatto has exited the project to focus on True Detective, the series will be penned by Weeds writers Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald. The series will be directed by Tim Van Patten (Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos).

Attached to star in the titular role is The Americans alum Matthew Rhys. This marks Rhys’ first TV project since starring on FX’s spy thriller. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series is based on the Erle Stanley Gardner novels but will focus on Mason’s origin story as a low-rent private investigator, haunted by his wartime experiences and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. But when a child is kidnapped, his pursuit of the truth may offer him a shot at redemption.

Here’s the official logline: “1932, Los Angeles. While the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression, this city is booming! Oil! Olympic Games! Talking Pictures! Evangelical Fervor! And a child kidnapping gone very, very wrong! Based on characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner, this limited series follows the origins of American Fiction’s most legendary criminal defense lawyer, Perry Mason. When the case of the decade breaks down his door, Mason’s relentless pursuit of the truth reveals a fractured city and just maybe, a pathway to redemption for himself.”

The original Perry Mason series aired from 1957-66 on CBS, and starred Raymond Burr.

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