In this Jan. 6, 2015 file photo, Ava DuVernay, director of “Selma,” attends the National Board of Review awards gala in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
(Entertainment Weekly) – Selmadirector Ava DuVernay is taking her talents to the small screen to direct CBS’ For Justice pilot.
For Justice is based on James Patterson’s The Thomas Berryman Number, a novel about an FBI agent bouncing between her blood family and her professional one.
Onetime Law & Order producer Rene Balcer is set to write and executive produce the series.