'Les Misérables' TV Series In Development at FOX

'Les Misérables' TV Series In Development at FOX

Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas is looking to make a literary classic into his next series project.

Deadline reports that Thomas has teamed with actor-writer Graham Norris for a drama series inspired by Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables. The project, which has landed at FOX, is a contemporary version of the story, following "a brilliant lawyer running a legal exoneration program who fights to evade the consequences of his own unjust conviction many years before. He must navigate high society, continue his mission of saving innocent people, and manage his tumultuous family and romantic life — all while staying one step ahead of a ruthless U.S. Attorney who refuses to let the ghosts of the past die."

This sounds like it has the potential to either be wonderful or a complete and utter disaster, with no room for middle ground. Hopefully, Thomas can achieve the success of primetime TV's other adaptation of 19th century French literature, as ABC’s Revenge was inspired by Alexadre Dumas’ The Count Of Monte Cristo.

So what do you think? Good idea, or disaster waiting to happen? Sound off in the comments!