BREAKING. The Firm set to start on Sony Entertainment Television on Monday 7 May at 20:30 for 22 episodes.

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I can exclusively break the news that The Firm - based on the movie, based on the book by John Grisham - will start on Sony Entertainment Television (SET) on Monday 7 May at 20:30 for a first season of 22 episodes.

ALSO READ: Sony Entertainment Television will show The Firm in South Africa in 2012 as the drama kicks off globally.

The Firm is filmed in Toronto, Canada and takes place a decade after where the movie ended when lawyer Mitchell McDeere is on the run and enters a witness protection programme.

Now he and his family are leaving the witness protection programme after the mob put a hit on them and they are trying to rebuild their lives in Washington, DC. Then Mitch who starts his own law practice discovers that past dangers are still lurking.

John Grisham himself is the executive producer of the drama series based on his 1993 best seller which became a movie with Tom Cruise. Josh Lucas plays Mitchell McDeere.

BREAKING. Sony Entertainment Television will show The Firm in South Africa from 19 February 2012 as the drama kicks off globally.

Sony Entertainment Television (DStv 113) just confirmed that the TV channel will have the new TV drama The Firm, based on the John Grisham novel, for South Africa in 2012.

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) says in a statement that The Firm will start on 19 February worldwide - following the sudden global trend of Fox International Channels (FIC) and BBC Worldwide Channels to bring TV shows to viewers around the globe much sooner and within days of their American broadcasting date.

The Firm ''marks the first time the channels will launch a premiere event day and date across their footprint in every international region,'' says SPT.

''The Firm is a brand-defining show for our channels and this launch marks a key milestone in our strategy to produce more tent pole original series for our global portfolio,'' says Marie Jacobson, the executive vice president for programming and production, networks at SPT. ''With a great stable of partners, an unrivaled cast and a killer creative team, we are beyond excited to bring an entirely new chapter of The Firm to our audiences around the globe.''

Lukas Reiter and John Grisham are the executive producers with The Firm produced by eOne Television in association with SPT Networks and Paramount Pictures. The Firm that was also made into a 1993 movie with Tom Cruise, has a first season order of 22 episodes and is filmed on location in Canada.