EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Carnahan (House of Lies), Emmy nominee Nadia Hallgren (Becoming), and Ben Crump are developing the legal series Stokes, based on Crump’s life and work as a civil rights attorney.
The series will also follow Crump and his team as they travel the country fighting to change the problems within the justice system.Carnahan, creator and showrunner of Stokes, developed the script with Hallgren.
Crump and Carnahan’s producing partner, Joel Ehninger, will executive produce.“Working with Ben Crump is a stark rebuttal of the old saying about never meeting your heroes.
Three years in, through a documentary and this wonderful scripted series, Stokes, Ben is more my hero than ever, and his work has undoubtedly changed the culture,” said Carnahan in a statement to Deadline.Added Hallgren, “Ben Crump is one of the most nuanced, complex, and interesting characters I’ve ever met.
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