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The courtroom is a familiar setting for fans of film and TV alike. By their nature, legal battles have all the key elements of a compelling narrative: two conflicting sides, stakes, and a clear story structure. Perhaps that's one of the reasons why this subgenre of story has had such great success in multiple mediums. Despite the versatility of these stories, surprisingly few legal films have been adapted for TV.

Most courtroom films center around a single remarkable case, but in doing so, they often introduce the world to iconic characters with real staying power. Adapting these movies into long-running TV series would create an opportunity for writers to dig deeper into these classic cinematic figures.

Erin Brockovich's Impact Stretches Beyond Her First Case Her Life Can Fuel an Entire Series

Julia Roberts won an Oscar for portraying the titular scrappy single mom in Erin Brockovich. Hard up for cash and short on prospects,...

'Bread and Butter' movie: Christine Weatherup and Bobby Moynihan. 'Bread and Butter' movie review: Late life virginity and other social anxieties in a funny and awkwardly romantic comedy The first insight of debuting feature film director Liz Manashil is that romantic comedies should actually be funny first and romantic second – if ever. Her film Bread and Butter eventually works its way to a kind of awkward romanticism, but it's always dryly funny; its silliness deftly masked by all manner of understatement and managed execution. The second insight of the screenwriter-director was to populate her funny romance with the kind of people you almost never see in romantic comedies; which is to say people who look like people you might know, who have friends you might have, and who deal with issues less explored and probably more common than we tend to talk about, including social and other anxieties, as well as late life virginity.