Regina King and David E. Kelley Teaming Up for New Netflix Series A MAN IN FULL
Regina King (Watchmen) and David E. Kelley (Big Sky, Big Little Lies) have teamed up to develop a limited series adaptation of the Tom Wolfe novel A Man in Full for Netflix.
In the series, “when Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker faces sudden bankruptcy, political and business interests collide as Charlie defends his empire from those attempting to capitalize on his fall from grace.”
Kelley will serve as writer, executive producer, and showrunner, and the series will consist of six one-hour episodes. King will direct the the first three episodes of the series and will also serve as an executive producer.
King said in a statement, “All I can say is when David E. Kelley calls, you just say yes. I know this partnership will produce something special.”
Kelley added, “A passion project for me, no doubt. The opportunity to tackle Tom Wolfe’s brilliant and prescient novel, to have Regina helming — I could not be more excited.”
Nne Ebong, Netflix vice president of overall deals went on to say, “The powerhouse combination of Regina King and David E. Kelley taking on the biting, still-timely social commentary of Tom Wolfe is simply undeniable.”
Here’s a full description of the story:
The setting is Atlanta, Georgia — a racially mixed, late-century boomtown full of fresh wealth and wily politicians. The protagonist is Charles Croker, once a college football star, now a late-middle-aged Atlanta conglomerate king whose outsize ego has at last hit up against reality. Charlie has a 29,000 acre quail-shooting plantation, a young and demanding second wife, and a half-empty office complex with a staggering load of debt.
Meanwhile, Conrad Hensley, idealistic young father of two, is laid off from his job at the Croker Global Foods warehouse near Oakland and finds himself spiraling into the lower depths of the American legal system.
And back in Atlanta, when star Georgia Tech running back Fareek “the Canon” Fanon, a homegrown product of the city’s slums, is accused of date-raping the daughter of a pillar of the white establishment, upscale black lawyer Roger White II is asked to represent Fanon and help keep the city’s delicate racial balance from blowing sky-high.
Networks of illegal Asian immigrants crisscrossing the continent, daily life behind bars, shady real estate syndicates — Wolfe shows us contemporary America with all the verve, wit, and insight that have made him our most admired novelist. Charlie Croker’s deliverance from his tribulations provides an unforgettable denouement to the most widely awaited, hilarious and telling novel America has seen in ages — Tom Wolfe’s most outstanding achievement to date.
This sounds like an interesting that will make for a great series, especially with the involvement of King and Kelley.
Source: Variety