'PERRY MASON'
NEW PERIOD SET TV SERIES
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| Perry Mason starts tonight on HBO, tomorrow on Sky |
The official beginning of the summer is being celebrated today with the premieres of two new period series which both start tonight: I've already presented you with Luminaries last week, but over at
HBO and
Sky channels in Europe you can enjoy tonight the launch of
PERRY MASON 1930s set $75 million worth series starring
Matthew Rhys. Based on characters created by
Erle Stanley Gardner, this drama series follows the origins of American Fiction’s most legendary criminal defence 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.
What's The Story?
In 1932, the Great Depression grips the United States but Los Angeles
is prospering thanks to an oil boom, the film industry, the summer's
Olympic Games, and a massive evangelical Christian revival. Down-and-out
criminal
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| Matthew Rhys leads the cast of the new series |
defense attorney Perry Mason is retained for a sensational
child kidnapping trial and his investigation portends major consequences
for Mason, his client, and the city itself.
Developed and written by
Rolin Jones and
Ron Fitzgerald, the new eight episode series also stars
Tatiana Maslany as Sister Alice
and
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| The series had a rather big $75 million budget |
John Lithgow as Elias Birchard “E.B.” Jonathan! The series will keep you company this summer every Sunday night till August 9th. So far, the reviews mark it as messy written but visually very stylish.
The Plot Of The First Episode
Los Angeles, 1931. On the heels of an unsavory investigation
involving a famous comedian, Perry Mason (
Matthew Rhys) – a PI
struggling to make ends meet – and his right-hand man Pete Strickland
(
Shea
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| John Lithgow also stars in the new period set series |
Whigham) are hired by attorney E.B. Jonathan (
John Lithgow),
Perry's mentor, to solve a perplexing case: the brutal kidnapping of
one-year-old Charlie Dodson, whose parents Matthew
(Nate Corddry) and
Emily (
Gayle Rankin) were targeted for a $100,000 ransom. After meeting
with Herman
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| Tatiana Maslany also stars in the new series |
Baggerly (
Robert Patrick), a millionaire elder at the
Dodsons' church, Perry, E.B., and E.B.'s legal secretary Della Street
(
Juliet Rylance) ponder why a family of unmistakably modest means would
be extorted for such a steep price.