A New Version of ‘Matlock’ Is Coming This Fall

Kathy Bates stars in a new version of ‘Matlock.’ (This reboot better be the gritty, darker ‘Matlock’ these times demand.)

in the title role. This time, though, it’s Madeline Matlock who is the focus, not Ben Matlock. Based on the series trailer, there doesn’t appear to be a familial relationship between the two Matlocks — in fact, in a somewhat bewildering moment, Bates’ Matlock says her name is “yes, Matlock, like the old TV show.” So she’s Matlock, in a world where exists, and she just so happens to also a folksy Southern attorney, and it’s all just a big coincidence? Weird.

Anyway, rather than working in Atlanta, Bates’ Matlock gets a job at a high-powered New York firm where she is perpetually underestimated because of her age. You can watch the trailer below:MATLOCK stars Emmy and Academy Award winner Kathy Bates as Madeline “Matty” Matlock, a brilliant septuagenarian who achieved success in her younger years and decides to rejoin the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases.

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