Editing Perry Mason (section)

====''Perry Mason'' (2020)====
{{Main||Perry Mason (2020 TV series)}}
In August 2016, [[HBO]] announced a potential new series.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/hbo-eyes-series-from-robert-downey-jr-true-detective-creator-nic-pizzolatto-1201803911/|title=HBO Eyes Series From Robert Downey Jr. & 'True Detective' Creator Nic Pizzolatto|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|date=August 15, 2016|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=2017-09-05}}</ref> In August 2017 a change in the writing staff for the project was announced, with [[Rolin Jones]] and [[Ron Fitzgerald]] taking over for [[Nic Pizzolatto]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/hbo-perry-mason-reboot-robert-downey-jr-star-new-writers-rolin-jones-and-ron-fitzgerald-1202156373/|title=Perry Mason HBO Drama Project Starring Robert Downey Jr. Sets New Writers|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|date=August 25, 2017|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=2017-09-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://metv.com/stories/robert-downey-jr-is-officially-bringing-perry-mason-back-to-tv |title=Robert Downey, Jr. Is Officially Bringing Perry Mason Back To TV |date=August 29, 2017 |website=MeTV.com |access-date=September 3, 2017}}</ref> In January 2019, [[Robert Downey Jr.]] announced on his Twitter page that [[Matthew Rhys]] would be portraying Perry Mason in the new production; Downey was originally going to portray Mason, but was forced to bow out due to scheduling conflicts.<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Downey Jr. |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Downey Jr. |user=RobertDowneyJr |number=1084903953941245955 |date=January 14, 2019 |title="Now it seems to me the place to start is at the beginning." Perry Mason ... |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/matthew-rhys-play-perry-mason-hbo-drama-1175887|title=Matthew Rhys to Play Perry Mason in HBO Drama|date=January 14, 2019|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref> The HBO revival and reboot adapted its setting to [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]]-era Los Angeles, some twenty years earlier than the CBS show (but in line with the earliest novels by Gardner).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Deggans |first1=Eric |title=HBO Releases A 'Perry Mason' Makeover |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/06/22/881826888/hbo-releases-a-perry-mason-make-over |access-date=September 7, 2020 |work=NPR.org |date=June 22, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> It features [[John Lithgow]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/john-lithgow-hbo-perry-mason-limited-series-team-downey-1202608975/ |title=John Lithgow To Star In HBO's 'Perry Mason' Limited Series From Team Downey |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |date=2019-05-07 |website=Deadline |language=en |access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> and [[Tatiana Maslany]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/tatiana-maslany-hbo-perry-mason-limited-series-team-downey-matthew-rhys-1202594604/ |title=Tatiana Maslany To Star In HBO's 'Perry Mason' Limited Series From Team Downey |first1=Nellie |last1=Andreeva |first2=Denise |last2=Petski |date=2019-04-12 |website=Deadline |language=en |access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> in additional roles.
This miniseries was created with a budget of around $74.3 million and released its first episode on June 21, 2020. In July 2020, HBO announced that the mini-series had been picked up for a second season, and that the show would become a regular series.