Hulu has ordered a series adaptation of Jack Jordan's 2023 novel Conviction, with Elisabeth Moss starring as the lead. The legal drama, created by David Shore, follows a lawyer blackmailed into securing an acquittal in a high-profile murder case. Moss will also executive produce alongside Shore and others.
On February 13, 2026, Hulu announced a straight-to-series order for Conviction, an adaptation of Jack Jordan's 2023 novel. Elisabeth Moss, known for her Emmy-winning role in The Handmaid's Tale, will portray Neve Harper, a confident criminal defense attorney who faces a career-defining murder case. In the story, Neve is accused of defending a husband charged with killing his wife by setting their home on fire, but a mysterious blackmailer forces her to compromise her legal, moral, and ethical obligations to achieve an acquittal, or risk her secrets being exposed.
David Shore, creator of House and The Good Doctor, will write, serve as showrunner, and executive produce under his Shore Z Productions banner, alongside Erin Gunn. Moss executive produces through her Love & Squalor Pictures, with Warren Littlefield for The Littlefield Co., Bert Salke via Co-Lab21, Lindsey McManus, author Jack Jordan, Ann Johnson, and Lisa Harrison also involved. The series is produced by 20th Television, where Shore and Littlefield have overall deals, and Jordan holds a multi-year development agreement.
Production on Conviction is set to begin in June 2026 in New York. This project marks another collaboration for Moss and Hulu, following The Handmaid's Tale, where she earned four Emmy nominations for outstanding lead actress in a drama series, winning in 2017. Moss has seven Emmy nominations total, including six for Mad Men and one for Top of the Lake. She is currently executive producing the Handmaid's Tale spinoff The Testaments, premiering April 8, 2026, and stars in Apple TV+'s Imperfect Women, set for March 18, 2026, opposite Kerry Washington and Kate Mara.
Shore's credits include House, which ran for eight seasons on Fox, and The Good Doctor, which concluded after seven seasons on ABC in 2024, as well as Sneaky Pete, Accused, and Law & Order. Jordan's other works are in development, including a series adaptation of Deception with 20th Television and Redemption with Disney Entertainment's International Originals EMEA team.
