EXCLUSIVE: Skye P. Marshall has been tapped as a lead opposite Kathy Bates in CBS’ drama pilot ‘Matlock,’ a new take on the classic legal TV drama starring Andy Griffith, which comes from Jennie Snyder Urman and Eric Christian Olsen
written by Urman and to be directed by Kat Coiro, after achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock rejoins the work force at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within.
Marshall will play Olympia. A formidable attorney with a thirst for justice, Olympia is a key rainmaker at New York’s most prestigious law firm. Juggling work and life, she remains laser-focused and not the easiest to impress, which is apparent when she is tasked to oversee a third junior associate. Bates executive produces alongside Sutton Street’s Urman and Joanna Klein, Coiro, as well as Cloud Nine’s Olsen and John Will.reunites Marshall with CBS, CBS Studios, Snyder-Urman and Klein. Last season, she starred opposite Sophia Bush and Jason Isaacs in the CBS/CBS Studios medical dramaMarshall is coming off the Sundance premiere of Qasim Basir’s, in which she plays the female lead opposite Amin Joseph and Omari Hardwick.
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