UMC Orders Legal Drama “Lace” With Katrina Y. Nelson & Michelle Ebony Hardy Serving As Co-Showrunners

Deadline is reporting that UMC has ordered the legal drama “Lace” from Adam Starks (On My Block), Tracy Grant (Lincoln Heights) and Kemy Time Productions..

The series, stemming six episodes, will follow a prolific Los Angeles attorney who often blurs the lines between right and wrong to protect her rich and powerful clientele.

It is currently casting and the producers are in talks with Jamal Hill, who helmed Netflix feature Deuces, to direct. It was created by Katrina Y. Nelson, co-founder of Kemy Time Productions along with Michelle Ebony Hardy, Starks and Grant.

Nelson and Hardy will serve as co-showrunners and will executive produce alongside Starks and Grant. Brett Dismuke, Chief Content Officer of UMC, and VP of Development & Production, Nikki Love, will serve as executive producers for UMC. Sean Mik’ael Butler and Patrick Strøm, who most recently co-produced The Available Wife starring KJ Smith, will also serve as producers via Cultivate Entertainment.

Production is slated to begin in March 2021.