Inspired by the life of Isaac Wright Jr., For Life is a fictional serialised legal and family drama about a prisoner who becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit.
His quest for freedom is driven by his desperate desire to get back to the family he loves and reclaim the life that was stolen from him. The show will also, through the window of his ferocious struggle and his complicated relationship with a progressive female prison warden, examine the flaws and challenges in our penal and legal systems.
Starring Nicholas Pinnock (Counterpart) as Aaron, Indira Varma (Game of Thrones) as Safiya, Joy Bryant (Parenthood) as Marie, Glenn Fleshler (Billions) as Frank, Dorian Missick (Tell Me A Story) as Jamal, Tyla Harris (Six) as Jasmine with Mary Stuart Masterson (Blindspot) as Anya and Boris McGiver (House of Cards)as DA Maskins.
From Hank Steinberg, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson via G-Unit Film & Television, Doug Robinson and Alison Greenspan of Doug Robinson Productions and Isaac Wright Jr. The pilot is directed and executive produced by George Tillman Jr. (The Hate U Give). The For Life tv show is a co-production of Sony Pictures Television Inc. and ABC Studios. ABC Studios is a part of Disney Television Studios, a collection of studios comprised of 20th Century Fox Television, ABC Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios.
For Life premieres February 11th on ABC.
