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Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston Joins Showtime Legal Thriller 'Your Honor'

Looks like no matter which side of the law the characters Bryan Cranston plays fall on, they always seem to end up "breaking bad" – and that track record doesn't appear to be ending any time soon with his new Showtime drama Your Honor. Based on Israeli drama Kvodo and stemming from Peter Moffat (Criminal Justice) and Robert and Michelle King (The Good Wife), Cranston will star in and executive produce the 10-episode limited series – set to begin production in New Orleans later this year.

Describing the legal thriller as ripping through all strata of New Orleans society, Your Honor features Cranston as a respected judge whose son is involved in a hit-and-run that leads to a high-stakes game of lies, deceit and impossible choices. Moffat serves as showrunner, executive producer and will write multiple episodes – including the first episode.

"Peter, Michelle and Robert have crafted an original thriller with gut-wrenching suspense, raw emotion and moral complexity, and we are simply ecstatic that Bryan Cranston, one of the planet's finest actors, shares our enthusiasm and has agreed to play the lead. I can't wait to shoot Your Honor and show it to the world!"

– Gary Levine, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks

Based on Ron Ninio and Shlomo Mashiach's Israeli series Kvodo, Your Honor is co-produced by CBS TV Studios and King Size Productions. Liz Glotzer (The Good Fight, Castle Rock, The Shawshank Redemption), Alon Aranya, Scripted World's Rob Golenberg (Hostages, Betrayal), and James Degus will also serve as executive producers.

Deadline Hollywood

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