First 'The Rainmaker' Remake Trailer Delivers a Fresh Take on the Beloved John Grisham Novel

USA’s first trailer for a new take on the 1995John Grishamnovel,The Rainmaker, has arrived. The novel wasfamously adaptedinto a movie in 1997, starringMatt Damon, Jon Voight, Mickey Rourke, andDanny DeVito. Now, a television series premieres on August 15 on USA. The series will consist of 10 hour-long episodes. Starring in the series areMilo Callaghan,John Slattery,Lana Parrilla, Madison Iseman, P.J. Byrne, Dan Fogler, Wade Briggs,andRobyn Cara. Callaghan stars as main character Rudy Baylor, a burgeoning lawyer who, in the trailer, gets fired almost immediately from his first big job at a major firm. Now tasked with finding a place that will take his hot-headed nature, he ends up working for Jocelyn ‘Bruiser’ Stone, played by Parrilla, who pushes Rudy, asking if he has what it takes to be a Rainmaker.

The logline forThe Rainmakerreads:

“Based on the best-selling novel by John Grisham, Rudy Baylor, who is fresh out of law school, goes head to-head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond as well as his law school girlfriend, Sarah. Rudy, along with his boss, Bruiser, and her disheveled paralegal, Deck, uncover two connected conspiracies surrounding the mysterious death of their client’s son.”

‘The Rainmaker’ Is a “David-and-Goliath” Story, According to the Showrunner

In the trailer, we see Rudy and his new firm take on a client who believes a hospital, through negligence, killed her son. Rudy’s former place of employment represents the hospital on the other side of the lawsuit. Another fly in the ointment is that Rudy’s girlfriend, Sarah Plankmore (Madison Iseman), still works for the firm. He must face off against his former boss, Leo Drummond, played by John Slattery, and not blow up his romantic relationship in the process.Michael Seitzman, who serves as showrunner onThe Rainmaker, says:

“The Rainmakerbegan as John Grisham’s fastest-selling novel, then became a feature film, and now, it’s a TV series. What is it about this story that keeps drawing people in? Maybe it’s the David-and-Goliath legal thriller, the dangerous romance or the coming-of-age story. For me, above all, it’s the characters. They jumped off the page in John’s book and were a joy to expand upon in our show. Not to mention, Milo Callaghan, who plays Rudy Baylor, is your next crush.”