They talked so much that “She-Hulk: Defender of Heroes” sounded like “Ally McBeal” that it became inevitable. Exactly two decades after the end of the romantic comedy of lawyers, the American network ABC, which is part of the Disney conglomerate, has begun to develop a revival of the attraction.
The project is written by Karin Gist (author of “Revenge” and “Grey’s Anatomy”) and, according to the website Deadline, will have a new protagonist: a young black woman who joins the law firm of the original series after graduating from college. , right. The site believes the young woman is the daughter of Ally McBeal’s roommate Renée Raddick, played by Lisa Nicole Carson in the 1990s series.
Actress Calista Flockhart, who played the title character from 1997 to 2002, during which she was nominated for three Emmy Awards, is said to be negotiating her return in small parts, as well as a role as a producer on the new series.
But the creator of “Ally MacBeal”, the prolific producer David E. Kelley, will not be actively involved in the new attraction, either because he has a program full of projects: “Big Star”, “The Power and the Law”, “Nine Unknown” “, etc – as per their decision, to give Gist more space to explore the racial aspects of the new version.
20th TV executives have been looking for a way to bring “Ally McBeal” back for years, and efforts have intensified following Disney’s 2019 acquisition of Fox assets, including 20th TV, ahead of the way. the ABC network prioritizes attractions with female characters.
Ally McBeal was a lawyer who worked in a law firm alongside her former lover and wife, and defended several cases while seeking love and professional fulfillment. The main focus of the series was the romantic and personal lives of the main characters, often using court cases only to facilitate plot encounters.
The attraction won an Emmy for Best Comedy Series in 1999. In addition to Flockhart and Lisa Nicole Carson, the large cast of the production included Courtney Thorne-Smith, Greg Germann, Jane Krakowski, Peter MacNicol, Gil Bellows, Lucy Liu, Portia de Rossi. , singer-songwriter Vonda Shepard, and recurring guest appearances of Christina Ricci, Anne Heche and even Robert Downey Jr. in one of the first roles following her legal woes in the 1990s – and well before her return to a successful career in “Iron Man”.
Ally McBeal transcended television to become a pop culture phenomenon and spawned memes before memes even existed, thanks to her infamous dancing child. The series used fantasy to tell her stories, generating scenes like arrows shot at the protagonist as she broke her heart. And she remains influential two decades after her disappearance, as seen in “She-Hulk: Defender of Heroes”. The Marvel attraction creative team thought they used the show as one of their inspirations.
Remember the trailer for the first season of the original series below.
Source: Terra
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