Chris Evans is Set To Star in a Limited Series For Apple Called DEFENDING JACOB

A lot of fans are speculating that Chris Evans’ career as Captain America is going to come to an end with Avengers 4. There’s a good chance that he’s not going to live through that adventure. But the career of Chris Evans will live on!

According to Variety, the actor has just signed up up star in a new limited series being developed for Apple called Defending Jacob. The series in based on a 2012 novel of the same name by William Landay and it tells the story of a father whose 14 year old son is accused of murder.

That certainly sounds like it’s going to be an intense story. The series was created, written, and executive produced by Mark Bomback (War for the Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Outlaw King), who will also serve as showrunner. This will also be the first TV series that Evans will star in since the 2000 mini-series Opposite Sex.

Here’s the description of the book:

Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney for two decades. He is respected. Admired in the courtroom. Happy at home with the loves of his life: his wife, Laurie, and their teenage son, Jacob.

Then Andy’s quiet suburb is stunned by a shocking crime: a young boy stabbed to death in a leafy park. And an even greater shock: The accused is Andy’s own son—shy, awkward, mysterious Jacob.

Andy believes in Jacob’s innocence. Any parent would. But the pressure mounts. Damning evidence. Doubt. A faltering marriage. The neighbors’ contempt. A murder trial that threatens to obliterate Andy’s family.

It is the ultimate test for any parent: How far would you go to protect your child? It is a test of devotion. A test of how well a parent can know a child. For Andy Barber, a man with an iron will and a dark secret, it is a test of guilt and innocence in the deepest sense.

How far would you go?

I assume Evans will be taking on the role of the father Andy in the film and it’s a role that I’m sure he’ll be great in.