The Good Wife spinoff will fight The Good Fight in New York
The Good Wife spinoff will be called The Good Fight, CBS announced. The network also announced that spinoff of the popular legal show The Good Wife began production in New York.
The Good Fight picks up a year after the end of The Good Wife. Christine Baranski and Cush Jumbo will reprise their roles as Diane Lockhart and Lucca Quinn. Rose Leslie, Delroy Lindo, Sarah Steele, Paul Guilfoyle, Bernadette Peters and Erica Tazel will also star on the series.
It was previously announced that Rose Leslie, who played Ygritte on Game of Thrones, was cast in CBS All Access’ The Good Wife spinoff series.
“We’re thrilled to have Rose on board,” said executive producers Robert and Michelle King. “We needed a young actress who could hold her own with Christine Baranski and Cush Jumbo, and Rose is perfect. She’s real, she’s strong and she can play comedy. If we designed an actress from the ground up, we couldn’t have done better.”
Besides, Game of Thrones, Leslie is known for her roles on Downton Abbey, Luther and The Last Witch. She will be playing Maia, Diane’s (Christine Baranski) goddaughter. The Scottish actress will be a series regular on the new series.
The spinoff series picks up a year what we last saw on The Good Wife. A financial scam destroys Maia’s reputation straight off passing the bar.
The 10-episode first season was originally set to premiere on CBS All Access sometime in spring 2017. The series, which will also star Cush Jumbo, will be available on CBS’ VOD and live streaming service.
The Good Fight will be executive produced by The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King.
The Good Wife offshoot will premiere on CBS in February. It is set to stream exclusively on CBS All Access after the debut of its first episode as its first original scripted series.
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