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Thursday, February 11, 2016

Hayley Atwell Lands Lead in ABC's Legal Drama Pilot

Hayley Atwell joins new legal drama pilot Conviction
"Agent Carter" actress Hayley Atwell has joined the new legal drama "Conviction" developed by ABC. The plot follows a brilliant-but-rebellious daughter (Atwell) of a former President, who is blackmailed into taking a job as the head of Los Angeles' newly created Conviction Integrity Unit. There she will work alongside a team of lawyers, investigators and forensic experts to examine cases where there's credible suspicion that the wrong person may have been convicted of a crime.

While this is certainly good news for the actress, it could mean bad news for Marvel's "Agent Carter". While "Convicition" has not yet been ordered to series, if it does, Atwell may not be able to star in both series. However, this wouldn't be a first time that an actor has signed on for two series at the same time. For example, Ricky Whittle stars in "The 100" and has recently joined Neil Gaiman's "American Gods".

"Agent Carter" has received a solid critical reception, but it has struggled with the ratings even in its second season, while the other Marvel shows, "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." and "Daredevil" received quick renewals. Still, I'm not quite sure if Marvel is ready to suffer its first major defeat at this point especially when they are working so hard to build such a huge universe both on TV and on the big screen.

The "Conviction" pilot will be executive-produced by Mark Gordon, Nick Pepper and creators Liz Friedman ("Jessica Jones") and Liz Friedlander ("The Following"). Friedman wrote the pilot, while Friedlander is set to direct.




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