Skye P. Marshall has been cast as a lead in CBS’ upcoming drama Matlock remake. Marshall will star alongside Kathy Bates in the Matlock remake pilot. It’s a modern adaptation of the classic legal TV drama, originally starring Andy Griffith.
Jane the Virgin’s creator, Jennie Snyder Urman and NCIS: Los Angeles star, Eric Christian Olsen created the pilot. Urman will pen the piot and Kat Coiro is directing.
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Matlock’s story follows the character of Madeline Matlock (Bates), a brilliant septuagenarian who returns to work at a prestigious law firm after achieving success earlier in her life. Using her unassuming demeanor and crafty tactics, Matlock fights to win cases and expose corruption within the firm.
Marshall will portray Olympia, a formidable attorney with a thirst for justice, who works at New York’s most prestigious law firm. Despite juggling both her work and personal life, Olympia remains focused and determined to succeed, making it difficult for others to impress her. She is tasked with overseeing a junior associate, which proves to be challenging.
Bates will also serve as an executive producer on the project, along with Sutton Street’s Urman and Joanna Klein, Coiro, and Cloud Nine’s Olsen and John Will.
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Matlock reunites Marshall with CBS, CBS Studios, Snyder-Urman and Klein. Last season, she starred opposite Sophia Bush and Jason Isaacs in the CBS/CBS Studios medical drama Good Sam, created by Katie Wech and executive produced by Snyder-Urman and Klein.
Marshall is coming off the Sundance premiere of Qasim Basir’s To Live & Die and Live, in which she plays the female lead opposite Amin Joseph and Omari Hardwick. She will next be seen in the darkly comedic Indie thriller Coup! opposite Peter Sarsgaard and Billy Magnussen, and the Indie Daft State opposite Christopher Backus. Marshall, whose recent TV credits include a recurring role on the freshman CBS drama series East New York, is repped by Affirmative Entertainment and Meyer & Downs.