TORONTO – Production will kick off this week for a six episode reboot of ‘80s legal drama Street Legal, CBC confirmed Wednesday.
The public broadcaster said that the new series, like the original, will “combine cutting-edge storylines with ongoing serialized character development, focused on the people who practice law and the lives they lead both on and off the job”.
Cynthia Dale (pictured) will reprise her role as Olivia Novak, with Cara Ricketts (The Book of Negroes), Steve Lund (Haven) and Yvonne Chapman (The Crossing) joining the series as the next generation of Toronto lawyers fighting the good fight. Original cast members Eric Peterson (“Leon Robinovitch”) and Anthony Sherwood (“Dillon Beck”) are also confirmed to return for special guest appearances.
The show will pick up 25 years after the original series with Olivia now a partner at a major Bay Street law firm. Beaten to the punch on filing a massive class-action lawsuit by an upstart firm of young social-activist lawyers, Olivia pursues them as an acquisition target. But when her own firm goes down in a flame of egos and departing partners, Olivia finds herself starting over at the boutique firm with new younger colleagues.
Street Legal will premiere this winter on CBC, the CBC TV streaming app, and cbc.ca/watch.
"Street Legal struck a major chord with Canadians during its original run, and bringing back the series was an easy decision for CBC,” said CBC programming GM Sally Catto, in the news release. “With the strong creative team and talented cast we've assembled to re-imagine the series for an entirely new generation, our goal is to target fans of the original series as well as new audiences."
A CBC original series, Street Legal is co-produced by IGP and Broken Clown Productions.
Photo courtesy of CBC
