This limited series follows the origins of American Fiction’s most legendary criminal defense lawyer, Perry Mason (Rhys).
The limited series will be directed and executive produced by Tim Van Patten, who is one of HBO‘s longtime collaborators.
Emmy winner Matthew Rhys (The Americans) plays the title character alongside Oscar nominee John Lithgow (Pet Sematary, Terms of Endearment, The Crown) and Emmy winner Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black).
Based on Erle Stanley Gardner’s series of novels, the new Perry Mason will be set in 1932 Los Angeles.