The name Perry Mason is legendary in the world of TV. The detective novels were first turned into a legal procedural TV series starring Raymond Burr back in the ‘50s and ran for decades through different iterations and TV films. But now, HBO is bringing back “Perry Mason” for a new audience, but not in the way you might remember.
As seen in the trailer for HBO’s “Perry Mason,” the series looks at the early days of the criminal defense attorney, back when he was just a private investigator in the early 1930s. And the series picks up with a mystery that involves some of the biggest names in Los Angeles and could lead to the PI discovering much more about the underbelly of his city than he bargained for.
The new drama series stars Matthew Rhys, John Lithgow, Tatiana Maslany, Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Shea Whigham, Stephen Root, Gayle Rankin, Nate Corddry, Veronica Falcon, Jefferson Mays, Lili Taylor, Andrew Howard, Eric Lange, and Robert Patrick. “Perry Mason” is co-created by Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald and produced by Robert Downey Jr and his Team Downey banner.
“Perry Mason” debuts on HBO on June 21. You can watch the trailer below.
Here’s the synopsis:
1931, Los Angeles. While the rest of the country struggles through the Great Depression, this city is booming! Oil! Olympic Games! Talking Pictures! Evangelical Fervor! And a child kidnapping gone very, very wrong. Based on characters created by author Erle Stanley Gardner, this drama series follows the origins of American fiction’s most legendary criminal defense lawyer, Perry Mason. When the case of the decade breaks down his door, Mason’s relentless pursuit of the truth reveals a fractured city and just maybe, a pathway to redemption for himself.
