Steven Bochco has revealed why he agreed to the L.A. Law reboot, per TVGuide:
“That was a show that I had said no to redeveloping on several occasions over the last five or 10 years. My friend and collaborator Billy Finkelstein, who was one of our original writers on L.A. Law, talked me into it, by pointing out — and rightfully so — that the legal stories that you’re going to be telling in 2016-17 literally didn’t exist 30 years ago. That’s how long it’s been. And so, what that gives you is an opportunity to really hold a mirror up to the way in which our legal culture … just changes our culture in general. Those stories are fresh, because they didn’t exist then.”
Bochco confirmed that the new series will link to the past:
“There’s going to be some linkage to the past, in certain aspects of how we produce it and the possibility of bringing at least a couple of characters back from the original show. But I wouldn’t want it to be just a replica of what we did then. The world has changed so much. One of the things that Billy and I spent a lot of time doing was really trying to think through the evolution of a boutique, full-service law firm. … In the same way that our business has changed dramatically over that period of time, how would that business change over time? We really put a lot of thought into that. And when you do that, what you come out with is something that looks and feels very different.”
The L.A. Law reboot is currently in development and is eyed for the 2017-18 season. Stay tuned to find out if goes to series and continues into a multi-season run…
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