BET To Turn Chris Stokes’ ‘Sacrifice’ Film Into 10-Episode Series With Paula Patton

Deadline is reporting that BET has handed a 10-episode series order to legal thriller Sacrifice, headlined by Paula Patton.

Debuting in December 2019 on BET+ as the streaming service’s first original film, the Footage Films feature originated as a movie written, executive produced and directed by Chris Stokes.

Sacrifice takes place in Los Angeles and follows Daniella Hernandez (Patton), a highly sought-after entertainment lawyer, as she navigates the nefarious lives of her rich and famous clients. Patton will reprise her role in the series, accompanied by returning cast members Marques Houston, James Trevena Brown, Veronika Bozeman, Altonio Jackson, Liliana Montenegro, Michael Toland, and Nelson Bonilla.

Kevin Arkadie has come on board as executive producer and showrunner of the series. Stokes and Marques Houston executive produce for Footage Films; Patton will serve as co-executive producer on the series.

The series will delve deeper into Daniella’s complicated personal life. She is a recovering alcoholic who compensates for her suppressed addiction with men and the adrenaline of defending the worst in the entertainment world against an over-zealous D.A. sworn to bring them all to justice. Daniella’s unimpeachable clients need her help, wisdom and resourcefulness – as do all the corrupt ones. She is the classic conundrum of doing good for bad reasons and doing bad for good reasons. Maybe it’s luck, maybe it’s skill, maybe it’s because she’s beautiful, but Daniella gets away with it… so far.

The sites states that Erica Ash, Juan Antonio and Josué Ramon Gutierrez are not expected to return to reprise their roles on the series.