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USA Network Is Bringing Back Scripted TV. First up? John Grisham's 'The Rainmaker'
The Rainmaker updates John Grisham's 1995 legal thriller with new characters and setting, tackling ongoing legal and health insurance issues in a 10-episode USA series.
- On Friday, USA Network unveils The Rainmaker, inspired by John Grisham’s 1995 novel, with Milo Callaghan as Rudy Baylor in Matt Damon’s role.
- Highlighting persistent system flaws, John Grisham's sources of irritation remain 30 years later, making the adaptation timely.
- Despite its Southern backdrop, the series was mainly filmed in Ireland, relocating the setting from Memphis to South Carolina and reconfiguring several characters with Irish and British actors.
- As the trial unfolds, all three villains converge in the final two episodes after the first five episodes deliver a conventional legal thriller.
- Highlighting moral conflicts, the series shows Sarah’s first sellout and how small compromises erode integrity.
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If You Loved Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘The Rainmaker,’ the TV Show Is Something Else Entirely
Rudy Baylor, the protagonist and prophesied title character in “The Rainmaker,” shares a number of attributes across John Grisham’s 1995 novel, Francis Ford Coppola’s 1997 film adaptation, and now, Michael Seitzman’s 2025 TV series. He’s a poor kid who comes from nothing. His father died years ago, and his mother “remarried badly” (as Grisham first described it). Now, he’s a recent graduate of law school, eager to get into a courtroom, but his o…
Some John Grisham adaptations are better than others. We ranked them
The Rainmaker.'/>A TV version of The Rainmaker is out this week, which gave critic Linda Holmes as good a reason as any to rank the on-screen adaptations of John Grisham's legal novels.(Image credit: Christopher Barr)
The Rainmaker’s Milo Callaghan, John Slattery Reveal How They Brought the Iconic Novel to Life
The Rainmaker stars John Slattery and Milo Callaghan exclusively told E! News how their USA Network series, which debuts August 15, puts a new twist on the beloved John Grisham novel.
Why Mickey Rourke's 'Rainmaker' Character Was the Best Choice to Gender Swap
USA Network’s The Rainmaker went through several changes from the book and movie — but why was Lana Parrilla‘s character the best one to gender swap after Mickey Rourke originated the role? “I think Bruiser is a great character to gender swap for so many reasons. One, she’s much more powerful as a woman. The reason being that Bruiser — in the novel — is super, super shady and questionable,” Parrilla, 48, exclusively told Us Weekly. “In the movie…
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USA Network is bringing back scripted TV. First up? John Grisham's 'The Rainmaker'
After getting out of the scripted TV business in 2021 for reality TV and sports coverage, USA Network is returning to air scripted originals with the legal drama “The Rainmaker."
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