Update: Plot Of The Good Wife Spinoff Revealed Exclusively by Deadline.
Here is the news – the spinoff series will center around an enormous financial scam that has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor Diane Lockhart’s savings. Forced out of Lockhart & Lee, they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago’s pre-eminent law firms.
Steele will reprise her role as Eli Gold’s smart and outspoken daughter Marissa Gold. In the spinoff, she is a brilliant but scattered millennial who begins as Diane Lockhart’s secretary, but finds she has a knack for investigating. The character will continue the original series’ tradition of strong and sassy female investigators, following in the footsteps of Kalinda and Robyn.
“We’re absolutely thrilled that Sarah will be joining the show,” Robert and Michelle King told Deadline. “She’s a magnificent comedian with the dramatic skill to keep every scene real.”
The negotiations were complicated by Steele’s limited availability because of her co-starring role in the Broadway hit The Humans, which won Tony for best play. The stage show was supposed to end its run on July 24 but instead it moved to another theater starting Aug.
The 10-episode The Good Wife spinoff will premiere in February on CBS — its original network — before its episodes are released on CBS’ SVOD and live streaming platform All Access.
Steele will reprise her role as Eli Gold’s smart and outspoken daughter Marissa Gold. In the spinoff, she is a brilliant but scattered millennial who begins as Diane Lockhart’s secretary, but finds she has a knack for investigating. The character will continue the original series’ tradition of strong and sassy female investigators, following in the footsteps of Kalinda and Robyn.
“We’re absolutely thrilled that Sarah will be joining the show,” Robert and Michelle King told Deadline. “She’s a magnificent comedian with the dramatic skill to keep every scene real.”
The negotiations were complicated by Steele’s limited availability because of her co-starring role in the Broadway hit The Humans, which won Tony for best play. The stage show was supposed to end its run on July 24 but instead it moved to another theater starting Aug.
The 10-episode The Good Wife spinoff will premiere in February on CBS — its original network — before its episodes are released on CBS’ SVOD and live streaming platform All Access.
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TVLine has learned exclusively that Sarah Steele is set to reprise her role as Eli Gold’s hilariously sardonic daughter Marissa in the digital-only offshoot — and as a full-fledged series regular to boot. News of her casting comes just days after it was formally announced that Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King will not only exec-produce the drama, but serve as showrunners as well.
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