Perry Mason

merc_1 wrote:

I wonder how many of the scripts are reworked from those old shows? Easy way to get a new series without the cost of new ideas?

Who cares as long as the result is good? They can rework any great show every x years for all I care.

Did you just want to let out some frustration or will you watch the show?

I get it is a reboot, sorta. I liked the original series because it was entertaining and Mason always won through some legal wizardy or some last second discovery.. Nothing about the origins of the characters. These characters are nothing like the original characters but then 50s-60s TV was really different story telling. Characters were not really allowed to be as flawed and broken as this group.

So far (4th S1E4) I am pretty hooked. Rhys is a good choice but I have to say it wasn't working at first. The girl who plays Della seems to carry the show a lot which also works. The other characters like Stephen Root, John Lithgow, Lili Taylor, Chris Chalk, Lupe Falcon, and Robert Patrick are all really good.

Honestly, I was worried that this would be just a bucket of disappointment like so many other reboots. This is really well done both in front of the camera and in the edits. I know that his is on a short line (8 episodes) but I am hoping for more goodness from this.

Fingers crossed..

‘Perry Mason’ Canceled By HBO After 2 Seasons

Perry Mason has tried his last case — at least for now. HBO has opted not to renew the prequel to the classic series, starring Matthew Rhys and executive produced by Team Downey’s Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey, for a third season. The news comes a month and a half after the Season 2 finale debuted April 24.
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“We are tremendously grateful for the remarkable work of Matthew Rhys and the unrivaled cast and crew of Perry Mason for their reimagining of such a treasured and storied franchise,” HBO said in a statement to Deadline. “While we won’t be moving forward with another season of the series, we are excited to continue working with the brilliant creatives at Team Downey on future projects.”

Speaking ahead of the Season 2 finale, Downey Jr. addressed the prospect for a third season. “I mean wouldn’t that be nice?,” he told Deadline. “I think that Matthew and all the other people populating it in front of the screen, all our people behind the scenes, have built this incredible world that I know we could continue to tell really interesting stories about. We would be lying if we didn’t say we’ve certainly been talking to Michael a ton about a third season, but our fate rests in the hands of others.”

HBO’s head of drama Francesca Orsi a couple of weeks ago spoke to Deadline about the ongoing “viewership relative to budget” review of several sophomore series, including Perry Mason.

“Each show has a job to do, given the price tag that we give to it, and there’s a viewership. component, and there’s a critical response element to it and of course, the buzz nature of a show. It’s those elements that we are always keeping in mind and discussing relative to whether or not a show will continue,” she said. “That factors in for Perry Mason, for Winning Time, for instance, for Gilded Age, so we have to play everything out and see how well they do.”

Perry Mason remains an awards contender for HBO this year. Its first season earned four Emmy nominations, including Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Rhys.

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